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ChrisCoaster wrote:
Question: Last summer my above combo deck the VHS side stopped
showing image from tapes. Audio however remains crystal clear and hi-
fi stereo, balanced at all times no dropout except for a half-second
immediately after pressing Play(auto tracking engages).

?? What does one use to clean the video drum when "wet" and "dry" vhs-
tape shell cleaners do not work ??

Is the sci.electronics.repair repairfaq still up?

Looks like it. http://www.repairfaq.org/

As I remember, it had a good section on VCR cleaning.

Mark Zenier
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