Audio problem with VHS tape

[sync]

Can a tracking problem affect only the audio and not video? I have a tape where the video looks fine and the audio is fine, but you can hear electronic noise that ruins the sound track.

My VCR is a JVC 9911 that is supposed to do automatic tracking. The remote doesn't even have tracking buttons.

[johns0]

The noise you are hearing is from the audio hifi heads on the video drum,they are not tracking properly,not much you can do,try cleaning the heads or use another machine.

[lordsmurf]

This usually means the recording deck was screwed up.
Not the player.

[The_Doman]

My VCR is a JVC 9911 that is supposed to do automatic tracking. The remote doesn't even have tracking buttons.

You can try to use the channel up/down buttons while playing a tape to adjust the tracking manually. A lot of VCR's do it like that. That works with my JVC's.
If still no avail try to switch to MONO sound as the last option.

[sync]

My VCR is a JVC 9911 that is supposed to do automatic tracking. The remote doesn't even have tracking buttons.

You can try to use the channel up/down buttons while playing a tape to adjust the tracking manually. A lot of VCR's do it like that. That works with my JVC's.
If still no avail try to switch to MONO sound as the last option.

The sound disappears when I use the Normal audio setting, which I assume is JVC speak for mono. Thanks!

Does VHS support a stereo and a mono audio track?

[The_Doman]

Does VHS support a stereo and a mono audio track?

Normally a stereo(hifi) recording has also a mono audio track. The stereo track is very sensitive to tracking/signal errors.

[SatStorm]

I had a tape like this once. I bypass the problem with manual tracking... But it wasn't easy!

When I had acceptable audio, the video was distorted. When the video looked perfect, the audio was terrible.

So, I captured twice the same tape: One for Video and one for audio. I split the capturing to quarters, to avoid huge lipsynch issues and later manually, I try to adjust audio / video stream. I manage to fix it, but it took me much time...

Of course this is not a solution. Just an alternative to do your job done!