Another Sanyo M-7900 / MR-V8 – The Network NW-700

[yammi99]

Recently I caught a clone of Sanyo’s famous M7900 / MR-V8. It was made in Korea and except the different speaker grills it looks quite the same as the original M7900.
It just needed some simple cleaning as it still works without problems; both tape and tuner. Probably it already got a new belt.

 

[Reli]

Wow, never seen that before. Take some pics inside to see if it was made by Sanyo.

 

[Superduper]

It says MADE in Korea, not assembled, which is interesting because Sanyo has always been a Japanese company. Even today, Sanyo is owned by Panasonic which is as we all know, likewise pure Japanese.

 

[stereomad]

I like that....it looks better than the Sanyo

 

[Mystic Traveller]

I like that....it looks better than the Sanyo

Very nice, with those grills.

 

[goodman]

Wow, looks like new. Congrats for this rare mini.

 

[yammi99]

Wow, never seen that before. Take some pics inside to see if it was made by Sanyo.

I found the following 10 years old thread:
http://boomboxery.com/forum/index.php/topic/1257-twins/

It seems, there were a lot of M7900 clones, that were produced in Korea. I did not yet open mine as it still runs well.

"actually the sanyo#-m7900 IBBN 7-02124
appeared with 7 aka boxes:

brother#-ot446 IBBN 7-05825
elin-5322 IBBN 7-15028
mark-dw1100 IBBN 7-15083
orbit-rrs1030 IBBN 7-10138
portland-tc1000 IBBN 7-14487
taihan-tc1000 IBBN 7-15625
tensai-rcr244 IBBN 7-16098"

Now we have 8 aka boxes

 

[Superduper]

Wow, never seen that before. Take some pics inside to see if it was made by Sanyo.

I found the following 10 years old thread:
http://boomboxery.com/forum/index.php/topic/1257-twins/

It seems, there were a lot of M7900 clones, that were produced in Korea. I did not yet open mine as it still runs well.

"actually the sanyo#-m7900 IBBN 7-02124
appeared with 7 aka boxes:

brother#-ot446 IBBN 7-05825
elin-5322 IBBN 7-15028
mark-dw1100 IBBN 7-15083
orbit-rrs1030 IBBN 7-10138
portland-tc1000 IBBN 7-14487
taihan-tc1000 IBBN 7-15625
tensai-rcr244 IBBN 7-16098"

Now we have 8 aka boxes

One thing that was never resolved on that thread was whether or not these were clones or aka's. The difference being that clones are copies whereas aka's may actually be Sanyo parts, boards... essentially actual sanyo guts under a different branding and cosmetic variations. No one, it seems has taken one apart and shared their findings.

 

[koleloi]

It looks much better than the V8. Congrats!