When i put the video into the combo,I can only hear sound but have no picture.I have tried a dry video head cleaner which has not worked.What can i do to make the picture visible?
Hi,Techman Thankyou for your detailed response in helping with my problem. I just had a few questions,as the machine is a combo,how would i get to the place where i need to clean? Would a wet video cleaner do the same job? Thanks.Hi,Techman
Thankyou for your detailed response in helping with my problem.
I just had a few questions,as the machine is a combo,how would i get to the place where i need to clean?
Would a wet video cleaner do the same job?
Thanks.
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CLEANING THE VIDEO HEADS - in the event of a head clog, the first thing professionals try to accomplish on a cleaning job is to restore the picture. Cleaning the video heads is the most critical part of the process. Use extreme caution. Never use cotton swabs. Cotton tends to grab, get caught or leave fibers in the heads. It can also break them. Using chamois sticks is by far the safest method.
Soak a chamois stick with head cleaning fluid and place it directly on a video head with light pressure. For beginners, the safest method involves holding the chamois stick stationary in one hand and rotating the drum clockwise with the other. You want all scrubbing action to be in a horizontal direction. Never use any vertical motion; it's very risky for head tip breakage. When finished, allow a minute or two for the heads to dry and your ready to try it out.
Pop in a tape and press PLAY. Confirm the picture is now clear. If not, you might want to repeat the above process once again. Ninety eight percent of the time, cleaning the video heads solves this symptom. Most of the remaining two percent is caused by a defective video head somewhere on the upper drum. Hope this helps
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It is a good possibility it could. and to answer your other question Look at this article I wrote for another site.
http://www.techlore.com/article/14550/It is a good possibility it could. and to answer your other question Look at this article I wrote for another site.
http://www.techlore.com/article/14550/
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You need to clean the video head. Though you can buy a tape head cleaner tape, it's much better to take the top cover off and spray the head with Servisol Video 40. Make certain it's dry before putting a tape in.
the heads are dirty inside the video you need a head cleaner tape which you can buy from most dealers get the wet and dry version as this will not wear out your heads
It sounds like it could be: (1) Video track on the tape might be messed up. Or (2) The heads on the camera may be dirty. Or, (3) It may be dirty battery connection. (Most likely, it's dirty heads.)
Solutions: (1) Try playback with a different tape that you know is good. Still nothing?? (2) Run a head cleaner specific to your camera, for about 20 seconds. Remove head cleaner and wait 10 to 15 minutes. Put tape back in and try playback again. This will probably solve it.
Another thing to try.. (3) Turn camera OFF. Remove the battery, wipe off the connectors on both the battery and the camera with a clean cloth. Return battery to the camera.Try playback again.
If these steps don't solve the playback problem, you will probably need a camera repair person.
the video heads are probably dirty.there is a steel drum 1/2 inch thick that you can see if you look thru the front lid where the tape loads.the video heads are little black spec looking things on the bottom of the drum.the easiest way to clean the drum for a novice is to put isopropyl alcohol on a piece of 2 inch square paper.hold the paper very lightly against the drum with your right index finger.turn the drum from the top,anti clockwise.you will see some black stuff on the paper.do the same with a piece of dry paper.otherwise the tape will stick to the drum if still wet.DO NOT use a q tip,as it will get caught in the heads and break them.
sometimes,just running a new blank tape for 15minutes will dislodge the particles and the picture will re appear.if you have recently rented a movie,and saw lines running across the screen,and noise from inside the machine,it is damaged tape going across the heads and drum and it can wipe out the picture just like that.run a blank tape first and then clean the drum if you have to.
Open the dvd player up take a Q-tip dip it in alcohol clean the lenses . Then dry it off with a new dry Q-tip, put it back together start watching dvd's, Peter
bring a head cleaner tape and run it some time than check the play of any good recorded tape if some noise appear clean the head again with cleaner tape, i hope your camera get well. sanjy
Hi,Techman
Thankyou for your detailed response in helping with my problem.
I just had a few questions,as the machine is a combo,how would i get to the place where i need to clean?
Would a wet video cleaner do the same job?
Thanks.
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