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<DIV>Lee,</DIV>
<DIV>We should be able to help you out. If you could send us a couple
of the tapes in question and the head block we can see what we can do to
adjust the head block to match the recording on the tape. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks Tony</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com
href="mailto:lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com">lee williams</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:01
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [QuadList] AVR 3 heads
question</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>Hello Tony, <BR>Please review the original question.
<BR><BR>All NEW heads ( have gone through 4 in the last 2 years) will
not play the old tape stock. <BR>Only 1 very old head (that is now
wearing out) will make a clean picture. <BR><BR>I know ( guess) the
stock was not recorded properly, but what ever is off on the recordings
is constant. <BR><BR>Is there a way to reproduce what ever is tweaked on
that odd ball head because my client has a couple of thousand tapes that
this head was the only thing that would play them? <BR><BR>Thanks
<BR>Lee <BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 8/2/11,
<SPAN><SPAN>Videomagnetics</SPAN></SPAN>
<I><vmi@csprings.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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Videomagnetics <vmi@csprings.com><BR>Subject: Re: [QuadList] AVR
3 heads question<BR>To: "Quad List"
<quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, August 2,
2011, 8:35 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Lee,</DIV>
<DIV>This could be a rotary transformer problem on the head.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tony</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 01, 2011
3:13 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [QuadList] AVR 3
heads question</DIV>
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<DIV>Lee</DIV>
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<DIV>What does the Demod out look like?</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Hill</DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 8/1/2011 5:12:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<A href="/mc/compose?to=lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow
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<DIV>Hello Larry, </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Sorry but not the problem, </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The closest thing I can describe the effect is white
streaks with analog snow in them trailing out like a comet
tail from the trailing edge of anything white in the
picture. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>No digital blocks, Not a head clog. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Lee </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 7/31/11, LARRY
<I><leodham@centurylink.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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LARRY <leodham@centurylink.net><BR>Subject: Re:
[QuadList] <SPAN>AVR</SPAN> 3 heads question<BR>To: "Quad
List" <quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com><BR>Date:
Sunday, July 31, 2011, 6:58 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Hello Lee,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have been following some of the back-and-fourth
e-mails on your tape playback trouble.</DIV>
<DIV>Here is my two cents worth:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I have experienced this problem before.</DIV>
<DIV>The video is tearing in what looks to be square
blocks? right??</DIV>
<DIV>I have encountered that very same effect here on a
VR-1200b. It was caused here by the playback equalization.
A good way to verify if this is the problem is to go to
manual equalization, and turn down(reduce) the EQ one
channel at a time. If you see an improvement, then stop
the machine, unthread the tape, and look with a magnifier
at the drum surface behind each head tip(trailing
surface). You may find a small build-up of black-looking
stuff behind one, or all, of the head tips on the
drum edge surface itself. </DIV>
<DIV>This build-up increases the diameter of the head drum
just enough to decrease tip penetration at the head.</DIV>
<DIV>Usual cleaning of the tips will not remove this
buildup. Alcohol and a fingernail will. CAREFULLY!!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> OK, hope this helps,</DIV>
<DIV>larry<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "lee
williams" <lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com><BR>To:
"Quad List"
<quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com><BR>Sent: Sunday,
July 31, 2011 12:24:33 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [QuadList] AVR 3
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<DIV>Hello, </DIV>
<DIV>Answers below questions. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 7/30/11,
Chill315@aol.com <I><Chill315@aol.com></I></B>
wrote:<BR></DIV>
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Chill315@aol.com
<Chill315@aol.com><BR>Subject: Re:
[QuadList] AVR 3 heads question<BR>To:
quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com<BR>Date: Saturday,
July 30, 2011, 9:38 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Lee</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>How does the RF envelope look on the
scope?</DIV>
<DIV>No Scope - I can tell I have plenty of RF
with my tracking adjustment. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>How is Vertical lining up with house?</DIV>
<DIV>AVR3 is on internal generator. No difference
if I hook up a black source to the machines.
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Do you have an alignment tape? If so,
how does it play and where is the tracking
knob?</DIV>
<DIV>Alignment and known good tapes play fine.
</DIV>
<DIV>Client has several thousand tapes made in the
early 80's (probably on a VR2000) </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Are you using manual or auto tracking?</DIV>
<DIV>Manual normally. No difference in auto.
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>30 lines of black may be that you are one or
two head passes off in the vertical realm.
The tearing may be due to the fact that you can
not get the head centered on the track
perfectly. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The head assemblies are made so good that
they meet SMPTE specifications with in a few
hairs. This is to create interchangeability
between machines. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I would not touch the heads in any way as you
will destroy the interchange. It is a
critical factor. If you saw the recent slide
show on here, you see the great deal of care taken
to make a head.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now the tape you have may have been done in a
non standard method. That is why all the
questions. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I always assume that the tape was poorly
made. Many operations did not do best
practices and thus there is a lot of poorly made
tapes. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I know it's the tape that is off. (several
thousand of them) </DIV>
<DIV>Now how do I get them transferred short of
sending in the weak head to the rebuilder and have
him duplicate the deviation were the head is off
of true? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Chris Hill</DIV>
<DIV>WA8<SPAN>IGN</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 7/30/2011 11:56:38 A.M.
Eastern Daylight Time,
lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com writes:</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top><BR>Hay all, <BR>Have a good one
here ??? <BR><BR>AVR3 Mark XV heads.
<BR><BR>Have some 2" tape that when you try to
pull it through the machine will will give you
something that looks like video tearing in the
whites and slow horizontal jitter. <BR><BR>If I
slam the tracking all the way down, I get a very
clean picture, but about 30 lines of black
overhead on the screen. <BR><BR>I see this on
all my new(er) heads I get from both Aheadtek
and VideoMagnetics. <BR><BR>I have 1 very warn
out head (supplier unknown) that will lock to
these tapes<BR><BR>Has anybody seen this before
and is there a way this heads set up can be
duplicated? <BR><BR>Thanks <BR><BR>Lee
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