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Posted by Rick Merrill on 12/22/05 14:54
Richard Crowley wrote:
> raja.rajendran wrote ...
>
>> Recently my mini-dv camcorder alerted "Head Dirty, Clean Head" when
>> recording. The message disappered
>> after the recording was stopped and restarted.
>>
>> When the tape was reviewed after recording, some segments were
>> recorded perfectly, some had a blank blue screen with no timecode and
>> others had horizontal bands (with timecode but the image in the
>> horizontal bands were static while the image outside the bands was the
>> actual recording).
>>
>> Is there any way to recover the recording in the tape? The recordings
>> were done during our recent vacation and I would hate to lose them.
>
>
> 1) Play the tape back on the same machine that recorded it.
> 2) Run a head cleaning cassette which is approved by the
> on the manufacturer of your camcorder. Be sure to follow
> the instructions that come with it. DON'T over-do it!
> 3) Take your camcorder to a repair shop along with the
> tape and tell them what happened and what you want.
> 4) Next time, don't ignore the "Clean Head" message.
> Carry a head cleaning cassette in the camera bag.
What's a typical cost for a head cleaning cassette and are all makes
about the same?
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