98 GO VIDEO REFERENCE GUIDE
Technical
Specifications
VIDEO RECORD SYSTEM (VHS) Rotary, Double azimuth four-head helical
scanning system. Luminance: FM
azimuth recording. Color: Converted sub-
carrier phase shift recording.
VIDEO PLAYBACK SYSTEM (8mm) Rotary two-head helical scanning FM
system. Quasi Hi-8 playback.
TELEVISION SYSTEM NTSC-type color signal EIA Standard
(525 lines, 60 fields).
AUDIO TRACK (VHS) Normal: 1 track, Hi-Fi: 2 track.
AUDIO TRACK (8mm) AFM: 1 track.
TAPE WIDTH (VHS) 12.7 mm, 1/2 inch.
TAPE WIDTH (8mm) 8 mm, 5/16 inch.
TAPE SPEED (VHS) SP: 33.35 mm/s, LP: 16.67 mm/s,
SLP: 11.12 mm/s.
TAPE SPEED (8mm) SP: 14.3 mm/s, LP: 7.2 mm/s.
PLAY/RECORD TIME (VHS) T180 tape: SP 3 hrs, LP 6 hrs,
SLP 9 hrs.
PLAY TIME (8mm) P6-150 tape: SP 2.5 hrs, LP 5 hrs.
FF/REW TIME Less than six minutes with T-120,
less than 4.5 minutes with P6-120.
HEADS (VHS) Video: DA4 rotary heads.
Audio: Normal: 1 stationary head, Hi-Fi: 2
rotary heads.
Control: 1 stationary head.
Erase: 1 full track, 1 audio track.
HEADS (8mm) 2 rotary heads.