Canon Elura 90 Mini DV Digital Camcorder "clean heads" Questions

10 horizontal bands on playback but not on viewscreen Heads are clogged, have it cleaned or use head cleaning tape.

picture during playback is badly distorted I have cleaned heads with cleaning tape several times There could be several reasons for badly distorted pictures. considering the age of the unit as DV ...

canon elura 60 Stripes are either caused by - Bad tape - try a new tape Dirty tape head - can it be cleaned? Cotton wool bud and some metho? Electronic fault. Try a different tape first. If that doesn

...tapes you've recorded. If that works, you have dirty heads. Quick remedy for this is using head cleaning tape. Run for about 10 seconds and see that helps. If not, it's time for local repair ...

...clean. This appears to be a tape feed or tape head problem; Canon's web site cites $157 plus tax for a repair. Is this perhaps a do-it-yourself repair I could attempt? Any thoughts? Is cleaning safe? ...

...clean the heads, but if the tape is dirty, then it will transfer that dirt back to the heads and youp;ll end up in the same position. The problem is, that the heads will wear out if you clean them to ...

...clean, not just the tape heads, but the entire path. In other words one that is not just a brush that moves back and forth, but one that winds on to both spools and gets pulled over the entire path. ...

mode. If you record alot, you should clean the tape heads every 6 months as well. I haven't really found any bad tapes out there (I'm sure there are some). Usually Sony and JVC are good choices to use

canon elura 90: won't load tapes I tried to rewind a tape that was in the camera, heard a loud sound and then the message eject tape came on. I tried to load another tape and it won't go down. It ...

clean the heads, take out the batteries, remove power for 20 minutes, remove the memory card, etc). What worked for me: I left the main battery in, installed the small memory battery, installed the SD