[TechAssist] Re: Question reguarding Panasonic VCRs

  • From: "Rafael Gallegos" <gallegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:36:59 -0700


sometimes when they are really dirty you have to let them play for 10 =
minutes or even more of course after you clean the heads.  then you will =
see the video coming back little by little.



Rafael Gallegos
Lead electronics technician
Rockford corp.

>>> radiodok@xxxxxxx 11/20/01 06:27PM >>>

doc
I do agree with a good cleaning I usually try a few times with head =
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fluid if no result I will try 409 (yes 409 household cleaner)just dry =
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drum after,as alast resort try contact cleaner.
if one pickup is bad you will get a noisy picture sometime even a clear =
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of picture at the bottom.



>From: George Winters <littletiger67@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question reguarding Panasonic VCRs
>Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:59:46 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>  Howdy Wally,
>If the heads are bad there won't be any video showing on the screen, if =
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>have even and inch of video showing on the screen the heads are good, =
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>them again. I've had some vcrs unit in my shop that would have to be=20
>cleaned 6 times to clean the heads out. Hope this help you.
>George Winters Jr.
>GLW CUSTOM ELECTRONICS
>TN.
>   Jeff Dougherty <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Wally,
>If these things have the spongy self cleaners..this is more than likely =
the
>cause. What a sales gimmick!
>
>
>Jeff
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wally Heise"
>To:
>Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:39 AM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Question reguarding Panasonic VCRs
>
>
> >
> > I now have about 4 Panasonic vcrs which all have what appears to be =
bad
> > video heads when you play. All of these vcrs are 1-4 years old and
> > different model numbers. I don't have a video head tester to check the
> > heads yet, (have not had a big need for one). I am wondering if others
> > have seen a high failure rate with Panasonic video heads? Or is there
> > something else I'm missing? Is there an easy method of determining if =
a
> > video head is defective, without the tester? Needless to say I have
> > cleaned and cleaned the heads to no avail.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Wally Heise
> > South Isle Repair
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