Don, Check for poor ground connections on preamp section, first. If there's a place for a screw there, replace the screw and try it. Flex the ribbon cable and see if symptoms improve. Jeff -- Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair 263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113 717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/