Sony DSR-1800 DV/Mini DV VCR "playback bad using" Questions

...combinations of them in different speeds and the ones used for slow speeds are maybe needing cleaning. If this is the case, the vcr will seem to be playing OK, but the video playback will be

WILL NOT TRACK. +/- BUTTONS ON FROM OF VCR ARE FUNCTIONAL, BUT IMAGE OF IMAGE IS DISTORTED AND NOT IN COLOR. I will assume you have tried to clean the video head, if you have not use a wet or dry ...

...playback it has started,after varying periods of time, to freeze the picture. It can only be restarted by using FF and then Play. I have tried switching off the power and restarting without success. ...

...Playback servo lock can be restored for a few minutes if the DSR-1800 power is shut off for two to three minutes, and then turned on again. Using a Sony head cleaning tape does not solve the problem. ...

PLAYBACK) DSR11 deck either buy or get a known good recording to isolate the bad unit. Camcorders are notorious for loss of interchange as the cassette compartment wears out the scissors jack elevator

...playback I have a problem when playing back recording in EP. It plays back briefly okay, then there is interference on the screen and noise as well, then briefly okay again, etc. It plays back ...

...playback. I have manually cleaned audio heads which did improve audio, Machine initally did report "use head cleaner" Hi Graham92. Read this through a couple of times, sorry it's a bit ...

...playback. This could be distortion. Without seeing the actual unit and examining the signals on an oscilloscope, I can't be sure where the problem exists. It should be fixable however. Something as ...