Re: Sony VCR repair in Atlanta -- seeking good tech

From: Jim Adney (jadney_at_vwtype3.org)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:29:34 -0600

On 6 Feb 2005 20:56:18 -0800 chris-google@pobox.com wrote:

>I have a Sony SLV-696HF VCR that won't playback or record. I can take
>any tape (recorded by others, commercially recorded, anything) and it
>plays back only garbage video (looks like blank tape to me) but perfect
>audio. If I record on a tape in that deck and then playback on another
>good deck, the tape shows nothing (don't know about audio). I already
>tried a head cleaner :)

If you record on this machine and then play it back on the SAME
machine, does that work well? If so, I'd say that the tracking is
simply off.

Have you tried adjusting the tracking while trying to view a
prerecorded tape? Try it; there should be some effect.

Try adjusting the tracking while viewing a self recorded tape. If that
doesn't seem to have any effect at all, then there must be a problem
with the tracking adjustment/control circuit.

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    Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org
           Madison, WI 53711 USA
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