Canon XL2 Mini DV Digital Camcorder "dirty heads" Questions

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heads dirty if so will head cleaner work, could there be another problem other than dirty heads? during playback the picture is all snowy, is this due to dirty heads & will a head cleaner work? Is

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...heads become dirty even a little. If such symptoms appear, clean the video heads with a commercially available dry cleaning cassette. If the symptoms reappear shortly after cleaning, the video ...

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dirty heads canon hv20 heads are dirty. camera won't record or play back ANY tapes. just cleaned heads with cleaning cassette. 3 times. I work for canon and when I get one this dirty I use a tape that

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heads become dirty even a little. Video heads may become dirty under the following conditions: (1) When using the camcorder in humid or hot places. (2) When using cassette with damaged or dirty tape.

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...heads become dirty even a little. If such symptoms appear, clean the video heads with a commercially available dry cleaning cassette. If the symptoms reappear shortly after cleaning, the video ...

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etc...but will not record. dirty video head. go to a store and buy a video head cleaner. that should take care of your problem. yes, even if its new the heads can get dirty just from dust or moisture

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dirty and needs its heads cleaned. A HI 8 still is a magnetic tape and thus dirty or dust can get in the recoder head and thus obscure the color or recording. I would be on the safe side here and have

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...heads were dirty at the time of recording. Clean the heads, and perform recording and playback again. If normal playback can be performed, the heads are clean. Before an important recording, be sure ...

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...results together end rule out some things and/or find a common. I have experienced the "dirty head message". I have to admit I had ignored that for a while before I was able to get my

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...Dirty heads on the recording machine. If the heads were dirty at the time of recording, the dirty heads didn't record a strong enough signal on the tape. The damage is done for this tape and recovery ...

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