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Posted by 100246.2055 on 07/03/07 23:37
On Jul 4, 3:25 am, hannah.mad...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm getting the following problem - does anyone know how to fix it?
>
> When I play back my tapes from my XM1 the image is split into 8
> horizontal bars - alternating between the image and a grey or green
> bar. The bars are quite chunky as you can imagine.
>
> This still happens when I take that tape out and play it back in
> another camera, a brand new camera in fact, so I think it can't be the
> camera, must be the tape... but
>
> The tapes were brand new when I recorded on to them, and the picture
> was fine as recording.
>
> Here is the weird bit. Sometimes, the stripes go away. Sometimes, when
> I'm watching a tape, and it switches from one take to another take,
> they will appear and disappear with the takes. Which is why I think it
> might be the camera, not the tape. But I've tried them in another
> camera.
>
> It doesn't seem very logical and seems really strange the lines will
> sometimes come and go.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Hannah
Sounds like the tape was faulty.
If the oxide on the tape is shedding it will build up on the heads in
the recorder and prevent the record signal being made.
the reason there are horizontal stripes is because only one head
is clogged and it will not record or playback, the other one
still works.
If the clog happened while you were recording there is nothing
you can do about it, the signal was not recorded and just isn't there
to be played back.
If the clogging is happening on playback it will happen at different
places
each time you play the tape back.
In any case you need to have the heads cleaned.
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