You get the same symptom if the static brush is not making good contact to the drum, or if a grounding screw is loose. On some vcrs, the drum grounding brush is underneath or inside the drum assembly. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:14 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Sanyo DVW6000 DVD/VCR deck. Orig. no eject, then VCR PB had "tadpoles" thru pix. Fix > Originally customer said it kept a tape, no eject. > I powered it on, and it ejected OK. > I cleaned the rollers/tape path and heads. > Inserted my commercial tape to test playback, and noticed dashes all > thru the PB picture, like tadpoles. Recleaning no help. I noticed if I > move the flat ribbon cable that goes from control/audio head to deck, it > cleared. careful removal and reinsertion of the cable cleared the picture. > This was not the video heads cable, the control head cable! > Just a heads up. > Phil Bader > > -- > > Philip Bader > Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) > 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 > Fax (863) 299-8821 > email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 1/10/2005 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 1/12/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 1/12/05 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/