I have this vcr for repair, the problem is that more than half of the upper part of the image have snow and the bottom of the image is perfect. I tried to adjust the guides with no success. The video heads look good but I ham not shure. Before changing the video heads I would like to know if a defective video head could cause that snow just in the upper part of the image... Or what could cause this. I heard that it might be a bad feeder tension but it doesn't look bad (Checked it without instruments) but it doesn't feel to be that bad, i've seen worst.
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Solution #3
posted on Aug 10, 2005
kioner - usenet poster
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then it's not a tape path problem. If the tape path was off, the sound would also be bad. Are the tape guides going all the way into the V stoppers? Zenith & JVC used to have problems like this, it was a bad 3.3 Mfd smd cap on the drum motor PCB. Maybe it's something like that. Maybe a head-amp problem. I'm glad it's not me working on it! Good luck.
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Solution #4
posted on Aug 10, 2005
kcw573 - usenet poster
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I heard it might be a capacitor in the capstan pcb and found that strange but in the head motor pcb, it's very possible possible. So I have a new question... I'm not an expert in smd, how do I know the value of the capacitor, do I need the service manual or is there a way to it's value on the part (there is nothing wrote on it, no numbers, no color bars...)
Thanks
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