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> > Hi All,

> > Have a problem, hopefully someone might know what is going on.

> > Was playing a tape the other day on our Panasonic NV-FJ620 and all of
> > a sudden the picture split into 3/4 segments and went grey etc.
> > Anyway, I opened it up and cleaned the heads with iso. alcohol (eject,
> > audio and video heads) - video ones were quite dirty. After, the
> > picture was improved - but still not perfect (and the audio kept
> > dropping out).

> > Ejected, the put the tape back - it spooled (i.e. the rollers pushed
> > the tape against the drum) and started moving, but there was no
> > picture and the counter showed it was going too fast (like 3/4 seconds
> > in 1 actual second). This happened as I put the tape in, I didn't
> > press play etc - and in fact, if I try to press play, stop, eject
> > nothing happens while this is happening. You can see the tape
> > advancing (in the casette itself) and it going through, and no way of
> > stopping it. It basically continues to do this until the tape reaches
> > the end - then you can press play/eject etc.

> > Could this have happened after I cleaned the heads? Does anyone know
> > what would cause the above issue and how I could fix it?

> > Thanks heaps,
> > Andrew

> Could just be light on the end sensors because you have the lid off.
> Try shading it.

> Cheers John.