Don, I have no notes on this model & Jim may well be right But my experience has always been that "Stars & Stripes" are ususally a grounding problem. Clint Vanorsdell, DBA Video Van, 90 Rockland st, Hanover, MA In a message dated 5/3/04 5:18:06 PM !!!First Boot!!!, becyn@xxxxxxxxxx writes: The "process jungle" IC is probably NG. I've seen a few that developed servo sync/switch-point problems. they're usually 80 pin smd monster. GOOD LUCK! See if you can buy the pcb for a reasonable price. Sometimes ya get lucky... Jim McVey McVey Alltronix 327 Broadway Newburgh Ny 12550 ph: 845 561 8383 fx: 845 561 9017 Consumer electronics & computer service. Factory authorized for over twenty brands. ----- Original Message ----- From: <MagLfixIt4ya@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: [TechAssist] VCR, Go Video DDV9550 looks like bad heads > Hello all, Playback of known good tape (movie) on deck 2 has video noise, I > cleaned heads but no cigar, then switched heads from deck 1 to deck 2 and put > deck 2's heads in deck 1, deck 2 side still has the noise so I am ruling out > bad heads. The noise looks like stars with tails across the screen. Has anyone > seen this? Any help is appreciated. > > Don@ Affordable Electronics Repair > 153 Garfield Place > Brooklyn NY 11215 > 718-788-0384 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/