Paul, check to see if the take-up reel drive has too much torqe . this was a common problem on Panasonic vcrs about 12 years ago. can cause the sound warble with no other symtoms..was bad take up idler causing the trouble..Hope this helps.. Kerry,KER-TEK TV, Medford,Or. -----Original Message----- From: C&W Electronics <c_w_electronics@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:55 PM Subject: [TechAssist] [TechAssist]RCA T19064 Combo sound warbles > >Need some help here. Picture/sound perfect thru TV on antenna. Picture >perfect on VCR play, but sound WARBLES. The frequency of the warble changes, >depending on the playback speed(SP,LP,EP). > >Half-way suspect capstan motor, but I think that picture should show signs >of wrong speed. When I load capstan motor with my finger, picture will begin >to streak. Drive on pinch roller seems smooth. When I input an ac input >signal on the audio head, the ac signal seems to have warble also.(may be my >imagination?) > >Called RCA Tech Line(what an expensive waste!). They didn't have a clue. The >cap mtr is $40+, so this is not something I just want to try... > >Let me know if anyone has had this type problem and any possible solution or >some way to trouble shoot(verify)the problem. > >Paul W >C&W Electronics > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > >------------------------------------------ >Make your TechAssist database better! >Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ >------------------------------------------ >To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: >mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the >SUBJECT field to the address above. > > ------------------------------------------ Make your TechAssist database better! Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.