Auto tracking is looking at the amplitude of the RF envelope and the control pulses so look to those two things to find the source of the problem. If this is only happening with one tape there may not really be a problem with the vcr. What happens if you turn off the auto tracking? Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 864 232 3889 Fax 271 2080 mailto:greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "david stereo exchange" <stex@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Techassist@Freelists. Org" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: [TechAssist] rca vr61hf vcr > > rca vr61hf vcr.... > Any one know about the auto tracking reseting itself every 5 to 10 > seconds..???? > Help...help.... > Thank you.... > > david > stereo exchange > chicago, 1-773-784-0004 > http://www.turntablerepair.com/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html