I work at a University in the Nashville,TN area and the men's basketball coach has three 1970's that all seem to be suffering from the same problem. The video is fuzzy to the point of visual unintelligibility on all three of them when you play any tape back on any of them (redundant? good!). Audio is proper on all three of them, so there aren't any issues there. I have heard about the dried capacitors and was wondering if that is the problem with these decks.
Any help from any body out there that I can educate myself and others on this would be greatly appreciated.
thanks!
Bry
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The heads may be shot.
This may seem dumb, but is the sharpness slider set to the softest settings? It's odd that ALL THREE units would act the same. Are the units kept in an outdoor location, in a hot/moisture-filled lockeroom/office, or does the coach smoke in the room where these are located?
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has anyone tried a head cleaning tape? (preferably a brand new one)
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Cleaning the head is the first initial response. For the fuzzy....
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I had the UK equivalent and had the same, played an head cleaning tape through it , clear as day.
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Head cleaning tapes don't do much, you can try one but if it doesn't work it may still just need cleaned. To really clean VCR heads you need a chamois made for head cleaning.
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