Panasonic VCR (NV-FJ620), heads dirty/plays fast?
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From: andrew_h on 31 Oct 2009 00:45 Hi All, Have a problem, hopefully someone might know what is going on. Was playing a tape the other day on our Panasonic NV-FJ620 and all of a sudden the picture split into 3/4 segments and went grey etc. Anyway, I opened it up and cleaned the heads with iso. alcohol (eject, audio and video heads) - video ones were quite dirty. After, the picture was improved - but still not perfect (and the audio kept dropping out). Ejected, the put the tape back - it spooled (i.e. the rollers pushed the tape against the drum) and started moving, but there was no picture and the counter showed it was going too fast (like 3/4 seconds in 1 actual second). This happened as I put the tape in, I didn't press play etc - and in fact, if I try to press play, stop, eject nothing happens while this is happening. You can see the tape advancing (in the casette itself) and it going through, and no way of stopping it. It basically continues to do this until the tape reaches the end - then you can press play/eject etc. Could this have happened after I cleaned the heads? Does anyone know what would cause the above issue and how I could fix it? Thanks heaps, Andrew
From: John Ferrier on 2 Nov 2009 17:08 "andrew_h" <andrew.heyn(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:64b4bb9a-0f5a-4f69-9533-f03514e29295(a)f18g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Hi All, > > Have a problem, hopefully someone might know what is going on. > > Was playing a tape the other day on our Panasonic NV-FJ620 and all of > a sudden the picture split into 3/4 segments and went grey etc. > Anyway, I opened it up and cleaned the heads with iso. alcohol (eject, > audio and video heads) - video ones were quite dirty. After, the > picture was improved - but still not perfect (and the audio kept > dropping out). > > Ejected, the put the tape back - it spooled (i.e. the rollers pushed > the tape against the drum) and started moving, but there was no > picture and the counter showed it was going too fast (like 3/4 seconds > in 1 actual second). This happened as I put the tape in, I didn't > press play etc - and in fact, if I try to press play, stop, eject > nothing happens while this is happening. You can see the tape > advancing (in the casette itself) and it going through, and no way of > stopping it. It basically continues to do this until the tape reaches > the end - then you can press play/eject etc. > > Could this have happened after I cleaned the heads? Does anyone know > what would cause the above issue and how I could fix it? > > > Thanks heaps, > Andrew Could just be light on the end sensors because you have the lid off. Try shading it. Cheers John.
From: andrew_h on 6 Nov 2009 21:48 On Nov 3, 8:08 am, "John Ferrier" <johnantispamferr...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > "andrew_h" <andrew.h...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:64b4bb9a-0f5a-4f69-9533-f03514e29295(a)f18g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Hi All, > > > Have a problem, hopefully someone might know what is going on. > > > Was playing a tape the other day on our Panasonic NV-FJ620 and all of > > a sudden the picture split into 3/4 segments and went grey etc. > > Anyway, I opened it up and cleaned the heads with iso. alcohol (eject, > > audio and video heads) - video ones were quite dirty. After, the > > picture was improved - but still not perfect (and the audio kept > > dropping out). > > > Ejected, the put the tape back - it spooled (i.e. the rollers pushed > > the tape against the drum) and started moving, but there was no > > picture and the counter showed it was going too fast (like 3/4 seconds > > in 1 actual second). This happened as I put the tape in, I didn't > > press play etc - and in fact, if I try to press play, stop, eject > > nothing happens while this is happening. You can see the tape > > advancing (in the casette itself) and it going through, and no way of > > stopping it. It basically continues to do this until the tape reaches > > the end - then you can press play/eject etc. > > > Could this have happened after I cleaned the heads? Does anyone know > > what would cause the above issue and how I could fix it? > > > Thanks heaps, > > Andrew > > Could just be light on the end sensors because you have the lid off. > Try shading it. > > Cheers John. Hi John, Thanks so much, this was exactly the problem. I've tried to fix the underlying problem though and have really been stumped - I hope you don't mind me emailing you with details to please see if you might recognise the issue (using your email on this minus the anti spam word part). Thanks HEAPS, really appreciate it! Andrew.
From: andrew_h on 6 Nov 2009 22:32 On Nov 7, 12:48 pm, andrew_h <andrew.h...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 3, 8:08 am, "John Ferrier" <johnantispamferr...(a)ntlworld.com> > wrote: > > > > > "andrew_h" <andrew.h...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:64b4bb9a-0f5a-4f69-9533-f03514e29295(a)f18g2000prf.googlegroups.com.... > > > > Hi All, > > > > Have a problem, hopefully someone might know what is going on. > > > > Was playing a tape the other day on our Panasonic NV-FJ620 and all of > > > a sudden the picture split into 3/4 segments and went grey etc. > > > Anyway, I opened it up and cleaned the heads with iso. alcohol (eject, > > > audio and video heads) - video ones were quite dirty. After, the > > > picture was improved - but still not perfect (and the audio kept > > > dropping out). > > > > Ejected, the put the tape back - it spooled (i.e. the rollers pushed > > > the tape against the drum) and started moving, but there was no > > > picture and the counter showed it was going too fast (like 3/4 seconds > > > in 1 actual second). This happened as I put the tape in, I didn't > > > press play etc - and in fact, if I try to press play, stop, eject > > > nothing happens while this is happening. You can see the tape > > > advancing (in the casette itself) and it going through, and no way of > > > stopping it. It basically continues to do this until the tape reaches > > > the end - then you can press play/eject etc. > > > > Could this have happened after I cleaned the heads? Does anyone know > > > what would cause the above issue and how I could fix it? > > > > Thanks heaps, > > > Andrew > > > Could just be light on the end sensors because you have the lid off. > > Try shading it. > > > Cheers John. > > Hi John, > > Thanks so much, this was exactly the problem. I've tried to fix the > underlying problem though and have really been stumped - I hope you > don't mind me emailing you with details to please see if you might > recognise the issue (using your email on this minus the anti spam word > part). Thanks HEAPS, really appreciate it! Andrew. Hi John - the e-mail you list in here didn't seem to work (I took out the 'antispam" word part) - would you mind please e-mailing me your email address to mine, andrew.heynREMOVE(a)gmail.com (without the REMOVE word in it). Thanks! Andrew
From: andrew_h on 6 Nov 2009 22:54
On Nov 7, 1:32 pm, andrew_h <andrew.h...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 7, 12:48 pm, andrew_h <andrew.h...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 3, 8:08 am, "John Ferrier" <johnantispamferr...(a)ntlworld.com> > > wrote: > > > > "andrew_h" <andrew.h...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:64b4bb9a-0f5a-4f69-9533-f03514e29295(a)f18g2000prf.googlegroups.com.... > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > Have a problem, hopefully someone might know what is going on. > > > > > Was playing a tape the other day on our Panasonic NV-FJ620 and all of > > > > a sudden the picture split into 3/4 segments and went grey etc. > > > > Anyway, I opened it up and cleaned the heads with iso. alcohol (eject, > > > > audio and video heads) - video ones were quite dirty. After, the > > > > picture was improved - but still not perfect (and the audio kept > > > > dropping out). > > > > > Ejected, the put the tape back - it spooled (i.e. the rollers pushed > > > > the tape against the drum) and started moving, but there was no > > > > picture and the counter showed it was going too fast (like 3/4 seconds > > > > in 1 actual second). This happened as I put the tape in, I didn't > > > > press play etc - and in fact, if I try to press play, stop, eject > > > > nothing happens while this is happening. You can see the tape > > > > advancing (in the casette itself) and it going through, and no way of > > > > stopping it. It basically continues to do this until the tape reaches > > > > the end - then you can press play/eject etc. > > > > > Could this have happened after I cleaned the heads? Does anyone know > > > > what would cause the above issue and how I could fix it? > > > > > Thanks heaps, > > > > Andrew > > > > Could just be light on the end sensors because you have the lid off. > > > Try shading it. > > > > Cheers John. > > > Hi John, > > > Thanks so much, this was exactly the problem. I've tried to fix the > > underlying problem though and have really been stumped - I hope you > > don't mind me emailing you with details to please see if you might > > recognise the issue (using your email on this minus the anti spam word > > part). Thanks HEAPS, really appreciate it! Andrew. > > Hi John - the e-mail you list in here didn't seem to work (I took out > the 'antispam" word part) - would you mind please e-mailing me your > email address to mine, andrew.heynREM...(a)gmail.com (without the REMOVE > word in it). > > Thanks! > Andrew Me again... I just tried your email with a dot between names and it seemed to go through (sent from my main address, not gmail one). |