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I just bought a used Camcorder off of Ebay. It's listed as working fine and in excellent condition, and I've already mentioned my problem to the seller who told me he's not sure what's going on.

Anyway, the model is a Sharp VL-AH151. I tried taping w/ a Hi8 tape I used from my old camcorder and when I went to play it back, the picture is goes fast, skips, and has tracking problems (at least that's my impression).

I tried a brand new tape and filmed a blank wall for 30 minutes and played this tape back. It plays fine, but it goes to static every 10 seconds or so for around 2 seconds.

Any help, or can someone point me in the right direction?

MOds: Sorry if this is in the wrong place