Audio on recorded tape

Whenever I record something to a tape from my television, it plays back the image but no sound. How can I fix this?

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You could try a wet type tape head cleaner but I doubt if that will help but it couldnt hurt. These combo units are built so tight together I wouldnt recomend that you try to open it. I would though look through the front door and look toward the right side and see if something got inserted into the machine and is blocking the audio head. If this dosent get you back audio then you have a curcuit problem and you are gonna need to take her in for an estimate Good Luck

Posted on May 15, 2006

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