This video recorder is hugely capable, it can play back tapes recorded in even the most obscure television standards. But ours has intermittent snow on the picture, a fault which online forums mention is quite common. The fault turns out to be hideously difficult to repair. But repair it we did.


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00:00 Introduction
02:09 Test and fault shows up
03:53 Inspect heads
08:26 Dismantle
13:59 Main PCB
16:12 Test again
20:56 Head drum dismantle and work
24:49 Deep dive into head and transformer connections
36:06 Reassemble head drum
39:29 Test again
42:11 Head switching fix
43:50 Recentre tracking
53:56 Reassemble and clean up
54:44 Final test and conclusion