On 6 Feb 2005 20:56:18 -0800 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
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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