Questions & Answers for: camcorder playback black horizontal lines

playback video indicate a clogged or defective video head assembly. If your cleaning tape appears to resolve the problem, the heads are getting contaminated. I would not use the same tape in this unit

...black lines across the playback LCD screen and after resetting and ejecting and putting back in the tape they are not there ...until they reapear the next time the Camera is used. Camera is under 3 ...

...camcorder fell too often on the floor. It looks like some poor contact inside from the head for playback. To get to the head contacts means taking absolutely everything out...a lot of effort...I'll ...

...on the camcorder are worn. The heads can be replaced however it would be considerably cheaper to buy a new camera I have gray horizontal lines on my camera during playback. Is there anything I can

playback..... i got the cam corder less than a year ago Someone here recommended on another post to put the lense cap on & videotape the blackness in a quiet room for 5-10 mins. I tried this as a last

...black piece of carbon (tiny). This is actually one of the heads. You can take a swab (Q-tip) with liquid head cleaner and very gently clean the heads (more than one) wipeing horizontally, never ...

black lines on playback no playback please help, just switched on my panasonic nv gs17 mini dv and there seems to be a problem with recording and playback, there are black horizontal lines still ...

...playback video, 5 black horizontal lines interfere with the picture. What can i do? I desperately don't want to throw the tape away! I don't have specific editing software, but I recently bought ...

Black horizontal lines on playback. Happened after I tried to dub tapes to a video capture device usung a S-video cable. This is usually caused by an oxidized or defective Audio/Video drum. Try ...

...playback The problem that you are experiencing with your camcorder is possibly dirty video heads. I would recommend trying a Sony brand head cleaner tape. Be very careful and follow the directions ...