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VCR head cleaning sensor? How does that work?
Hello all...
I own a relatively late model Panasonic VCR. Last night I went to play a tape (the VCR had been sitting idle for a while) and the picture came up as mostly snow with good sound. I knew immediately that the heads probably needed a good cleaning, so I took the VCR out and put it on the bench to clean it up. However, before taking it out, I noticed that the VCR was displaying an on screen message stating that the heads probably needed to be cleaned and that a cleaning tape should be used. Now the video/audio/erase heads are clean and the VCR is working nicely. However, I am wondering how the VCR "knew" that the picture quality was poor? I don't think it was a simple timer-triggered event. William |
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