This is my elmo gs 1200 .I've had a lot of fun out of this .few things wrong bit noisy and film release gets stuck ....so you have to hold film at back and give the capstan a good thwak to release film.apart from that all working veri speed good sound good stereo good .don't know about recording part never used it .it needs a good clean and service .I believe the noise is a bering on the shutter wheel .happy biding this is the rolls Royce of projectors .I still used it with the noise and the capstan or what ever you calk it getting stuck .please look after it and get it serviced .happy bidding