| From: | nobbyfu |
| Date: | 22 May 2001 at 22:14:05 |
| Subject: | way OT(was Re: LG808B) |
Hello Don
On 22-May-01, you wrote:
> Who does make reliable VCRs these days?
>
> I need to replace a Sony that ate several tapes in a sneaky way.
>
> (They appear to play normally the first time, but next time you go to
> play them they are covered in noise bars.)
The main cause of a vcr eating tapes is the 'idler tyre'some video's use a
gear instead but the tyre is more common.After a while the rubber
deteriorates and loses it's stickinesss,leaving it hard and shiny and stops
the take up reel from turning which spills the tape into the machine,hence
the tape chewing.If it is a recent sony model the pivot on the'half loading
arm'could need lubrication.The noise bars could be caused by a number of
things,the video heads may have picked up some oxide and aren't making good
contact with the tape.A good way to clean the heads is to play a good
quality pre-recorded tape from start to finish.Later sony vcr's have
emergency codes that appear on the video display .The codes show up instead
of seconds,
00=normal
01=abnormal take up reel rotation
02=. " " supply reel rotation
03= " " head rotation
04= " " forward motor rotation
05= " " reverse motor rotation
06= " " cassette loading
07= " " cassette unloading.
play a tape until the vcr shuts off and check for the code.It may help to
diagnose the problem.Most of the time it turns out to be something simple.
If you fancy trying to fix it yourself then have a look at
http://204.143.86.12/repairfaq/REPAIR/F_repair.html
I know you didn' t ask for all this info but a good video recorder is always
worth rescuing
-- nobby--
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