| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 22 May 2001 at 22:46:10 |
| Subject: | Re: way OT(was Re: LG808B) |
On 22-May-01, nobbyfu@btinternet.com wrote:
> 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.
These tapes aren't chewed. One that I looked at had little dents all
along the tape at roughly 3 inch intervals - obviously catching on
something.
But with the top off, I can see nothing going wrong with the transport.
The damaged tapes show noise bars on other players as well, of course.
So it's not a dirty head.
The problem is, it's too risky to put any undamaged tapes in it.
Regards
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