I have a Sanyo VHR-H792E VHS Recorder and a Philips DVDR3380 connected to my TV (plus a Sky Box). Connections are via SCART leads. We haven't used the VCR for some months and when we tried to play a commercial (pre-recorded) tape today the picture is coming through "off track" and I can't get the tracking to correct. I've followed the instructions in the manual regarding tracking without success. This combination worked fine last time we played a tape and nothing has changed since. I've checked all the connections - all are well pushed in to their sockets. Anyone any ideas please? Thanks Peter
ranworth@ranworth.co.uk wrote: > I have a Sanyo VHR-H792E VHS Recorder and a Philips DVDR3380 > connected to my TV (plus a Sky Box). Connections are via SCART leads. > > We haven't used the VCR for some months and when we tried to play a > commercial (pre-recorded) tape today the picture is coming through > "off track" and I can't get the tracking to correct. I've followed the > instructions in the manual regarding tracking without success. This > combination worked fine last time we played a tape and nothing has > changed since. I've checked all the connections - all are well pushed > in to their sockets. > > Anyone any ideas please? Thanks > Dirty heads? A cleaning tape might do it.
On 25 Nov, 17:40, Gunther Gloop wrote: > ranwo...@ranworth.co.uk wrote: > > I have a Sanyo VHR-H792E VHS Recorder and a Philips DVDR3380 > > connected to my TV (plus a Sky Box). Connections are via SCART leads. > > > We haven't used the VCR for some months and when we tried to play a > > commercial (pre-recorded) tape today the picture is coming through > > "off track" and I can't get the tracking to correct. I've followed the > > instructions in the manual regarding tracking without success. This > > combination worked fine last time we played a tape and nothing has > > changed since. I've checked all the connections - all are well pushed > > in to their sockets. > > > Anyone any ideas please? Thanks > > Dirty heads? > A cleaning tape might do it. The book says the machine cleans heads each time a tape is inserted and no cleaning of heads is required. I did wonder about this - perhaps I'll buy a head cleaning tape and see what happens. Thanks for the suggestion Peter
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 ranworth@ranworth.co.uk wrote: > On 25 Nov, 17:40, Gunther Gloop > wrote: > > ranwo...@ranworth.co.uk wrote: > > > > Dirty heads? > > A cleaning tape might do it. > > The book says the machine cleans heads each time a tape is inserted > and no cleaning of heads is required. I did wonder about this - > perhaps I'll buy a head cleaning tape and see what happens. Most internal VHS head cleaners are little more than a foam roller that gets pushed onto the head for a second or so when a tape is inserted. They are most effective at ensuring all the heads are your machine are equally dirty as there's no way (unlike a head cleaning tape) they can actually take the dirt out of the machine. The foam has also been known to disintegrate and cause more damage than it ever cured! Andrew -- ---------------------------- Andrew Maddison ---------------------------- *(email)* andrewnews *(at)* resbh *(dot)* co *(dot)* uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------
