Questions & Answers for: play vcr tape picture rolls

tape back, horizontal lines appear across the picture. Sound is not affected. Adjusting the tracking makes the lines roll faster or slower, but does not solve the problem. This is a fairly new machine

...play back. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? Thank you. Azor Does it do this with other television sets? If so, then it indicates the problem resides in the VCR. Rolling as you describe ...

play the tape on another VCR, I can see the picture, but the sound has a "grinding" type noise. Help, please! I need my VCR. Thank you! I suggest you get the Tape path cleaned up. Could be dirty video

...VCR and they play fine, but that same tape, when played on my Zenith XBV442 rolls the picture...do I need new heads? Please help if you can! Thanks! Not likely. They probably just need to be cleaned ...

...vcr. I pulled the tape out and now it won't play any tape smoothly so you can see the picture. It's like the way tvs used to roll like a film was slipping..... Good Day; Try using a VCR tape cleaner ...

...play back after recording the picture rolls. Will not hold steady. If a pre recorded tape is played the picture is fine. Help Try cleaning the heads, but it seems like the heads may be faulty, you ...

...the TV for this vertical rolling? unfortunatly no. the vert hold is set by black bars at the top/bottom of the video signal (outside of the viewable area). it sounds like your VCR or tape is

...the frame rate being out of sync with the play back device. If the tape was recorded at say 25 f/m and is being played back at 26f/m. If you can, adjust the frame rate until the picture stands

...play, and not with on air programmes, it is surely either with the tape or with the mechanism. Look at the tape filim for any curl at its bottom edge. If there is curling, rolling will occur becuse, ...

...to track the tape. Some VCR's will only playback SP or LP tapes and don't have EP mode. In which case you should check to see if these VCR's can play the EP tape and if they can't find one that