Jerry, What is a lapping tape? I have used a business card or even a thumbnail when other methods fail, but never heard of lapping tape. Ken Smith Gulf Technical Services 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 20:36:44 -0500 "J Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx> writes: > Sometimes you can get a better idea of what is going on with heads by > playing a prerecorded tape in forward search. Its unlikely that all > the > heads are bad, if any. If I feel that a head is either bad or > clogged and I > cannot unclog it, I run a lapping tape for about 10 seconds. > Sometimes that > unclogs it and anyway at that point there is nothing to lose. > Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc > Mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx > 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC > 29609 864 232 3889 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John H Smit" <jsm@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:59 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] JVC GR-DVL725 U ( Camcorder) > > > > Hello all members > > According to the customer,this camcorder was doing fine,until a > message > came > > on the screen that the heads were dirty,and to run a cleaning > tape. > > He did and after that it will not play back anymore. > > > > I checked the heads,but they seem to be clean.and do not see > anything > > obvious to solve this problem. > > So I ask any of the techs,if you have a clue to please pass it > along to > me. > > Thank you in advance. > > John H Smit > > Smit's TV Service > > PO.Box10 > > Gunnison Utah 84634 > > jsm@xxxxxxxxxx > > 800-355-4948 > > 435-528-7955 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > --- > > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/