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Article #5264Re: Crickets in the VCR
From: Dick King
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1988 18:54
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1988 18:54
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In article <109@richp1.UUCP> robert@richp1.UUCP (Robert Miller) writes: Path: kestrel!labrea!agate!ig!uwmcsd1!bbn!oberon!cit-vax!elroy!spl1!richp1!robert From: robert@richp1.UUCP (Robert Miller) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics Summary: How to eliminate the noise? Date: 11 Feb 88 15:27:40 GMT Reply-To: robert@richp1.UUCP (Robert Miller) Distribution: na Organization: Rich Inc., Franklin Park, IL Lines: 14 Xref: kestrel misc.consumers:6799 sci.electronics:2396 References: When I record or play back a tape on my VCR (Sears brand), The unit makes a rather annoying squealing sound like a cricket. Certainly this can't be normal. The VCR is about two years old. Don't remember this being a problem until recently. There is no audio or video distortion. How does one eliminate this noise? Some VCRs control the speed of the head drum by providing a motor that wants to turn it slightly too fast and using an electromagnetically controlled brake. Some such brakes are eddy current brakes [no mechanical contact] but others are mechanical [ecch]. Probably you need to have it done, but it shouldn't be too expensive. "To open, cut along dotted line." ________________________________ _____\______________________________________________ / | Robert Miller @ ihnp4!richp1!robert | | \_____/ -dk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!labrea!kestrel!king From: king@kestrel.ARPA (Dick King) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Crickets in the VCR Message-ID: <33411@kestrel.ARPA> Date: 12 Feb 88 18:54:23 GMT References: : <109@richp1.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Kestrel Institute, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 38 In-reply-to: robert@richp1.UUCP's message of 11 Feb 88 15:27:40 GMT Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.47.1 of Sun Jun 28 1987 on kestrel (berkeley-unix)