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Old 12-23-2016, 11:41 AM
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If it was in front of me, with it in play I would look down at the control head with a flashlight and my little dental mirror to see how the head is aligned, the pickup pole or core should be just barely visible below the edge of the tape. And the audio pole should be barely visible above the tape.


And I assume you cleaned it. Sometimes I would have to use a polishing compound on the AC head to get hardened-on gunk off, especially the older linear stereo VCRs would come in with the L channel muffled and barely audible. No freon or alcohol would cut it. Put a bit of automotive polishing compound on the tip of a wet Q tip and gently going back-and-forth in a horizontal motion I would polish the head.Then clean it with alcohol to remove any of the compound. Audio restored. Same can happen with the CTL track especially since it's on the bottom edge of the tape.
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