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Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-07-2021, 11:20 PM
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Posted By Koen
Yes, I once bought one of these cheap later JVC's...

Yes, I once bought one of these cheap later JVC's that turned out to be rebadged (I recognised the menu from a cheap Aiwa I was once given). Absolute crap. I now know I have to look for the mention...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-06-2021, 11:33 PM
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Posted By Koen
Thanks again. I can't see anything untoward...

Thanks again.

I can't see anything untoward about the head, not a visible groove as far as I can tell. It looks fine to me but then I haven't been working on these things for five decades. (You...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-06-2021, 08:06 PM
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Posted By Koen
Thanks for your input. Perhaps I should...

Thanks for your input.

Perhaps I should have mentioned before I'm in Europe (Belgium) so we're talking EU models here.

I had been toying with the idea of just swapping the A/C head, although...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-06-2021, 04:11 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,288
Posted By Koen
Some rather limited success this evening. ...

Some rather limited success this evening.

Careful A/C adjustment has clearly diminished the muddled sound problem, but sound continues to be less than stellar. I am, however, now noticing the...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-06-2021, 03:16 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,288
Posted By Koen
And here we have the JVC sample.

And here we have the JVC sample.
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-06-2021, 02:23 PM
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Posted By Koen
Here's the Pana file, now as an attachment (I...

Here's the Pana file, now as an attachment (I initially didn't know you can attach files to the forum, many places don't want that.)
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-06-2021, 02:21 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,288
Posted By Koen
Thanks for that, I intended for the pencil...

Thanks for that, I intended for the pencil (byro... whatever) to act as a guide, something like an inch before the tape reaches the head, to slightly pull back the tape, thus ensuring better contact...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-06-2021, 12:33 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,288
Posted By Koen
Latreche - I'm not sure what YT has done to the...

Latreche - I'm not sure what YT has done to the videos, it may have cranked up the gain. See the Audacity picture I attached to the 6th post in this thread - the output from the problematic recorder...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-05-2021, 12:35 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,288
Posted By Koen
Thanks to both of you. Going through a few...

Thanks to both of you.

Going through a few suggestions.

Clipping - isn't that something you get when audio is very loud? In this instance it's very quiet...
I'm attaching the Audacity...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-04-2021, 04:24 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,288
Posted By Koen
Oh, I screwed up A/C head factory settings years...

Oh, I screwed up A/C head factory settings years ago (as I said, I often find it useful to adjust because so many tapes are recorded out of spec).
Samples... two quick and dirty YT uploads, one...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-04-2021, 03:20 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,288
Posted By Koen
Panasonic 850 linear audio: hiss and dropouts, cause?

Hi there, over the past few years I've used intensively my trusted Panasonic 850. In recent times, it has developed some linear audio issues that are nagging me.

1) On quite a few (but not all)...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 05-05-2017, 10:42 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,597
Posted By Koen
Thanks for that clip. As you say, mono from VHS...

Thanks for that clip. As you say, mono from VHS needn't be quite as bad as some people like to think!
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 05-04-2017, 08:43 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,597
Posted By Koen
Thanks for your comments and the Dropbox file....

Thanks for your comments and the Dropbox file. That really sounds astonishingly good for linear audio, and the fact it's stereo very much adds to the 'experience'. I listened to it using headphones,...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 05-03-2017, 11:07 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,597
Posted By Koen
Thanks for that. Must admit EQ is not something...

Thanks for that. Must admit EQ is not something I've especially paid attention to - perhaps I'm thinking too much along the lines of 'if high is OK, all is fine', which may be a bit too simplistic....
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 05-01-2017, 02:24 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,597
Posted By Koen
Thanks for taking the effort of analysing the...

Thanks for taking the effort of analysing the buzz! You're right, this one isn't all that obvious. Some are slightly louder, although not that much. (Besides, I wouldn't have any terrible examples...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 05-01-2017, 01:38 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,597
Posted By Koen
As I said I could try swapping the ES10 I'm...

As I said I could try swapping the ES10 I'm currently using for another one (complicated to rewire everything in such a small space, but nothing insurmountable) but I'd have thought that if the ES10...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-30-2017, 10:44 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,597
Posted By Koen
I should perhaps add that you sometimes hear such...

I should perhaps add that you sometimes hear such clicks when turning off a light. I did just that earlier today while wearing headphones and heard a click. Thought I'd mention that.

Something...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-30-2017, 09:38 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,597
Posted By Koen
Thanks to both of you for your most helpful...

Thanks to both of you for your most helpful replies.

I've uploaded another, perhaps somewhat clearer clip. From a different JVC, recorded a few years ago.
...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-29-2017, 09:12 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,597
Posted By Koen
Clicking noises from mono VHS, static electricity?

Hi

I have several JVC VHS recorders that occasionally/often/always (depending on the machine) produce faint clicking noises from the mono track (stereo is not affected).

Here's a video.
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Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-26-2015, 05:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,362
Posted By Koen
Thanks for your reply. I had read about...

Thanks for your reply.

I had read about that legacy driver for Win7 and installed it immediately after connecting the new PCI card, which came by post earlier this morning.

I don't have...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-15-2015, 07:06 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,362
Posted By Koen
I know. :-) Luckily, most of it is not all that...

I know. :-) Luckily, most of it is not all that important, so I start with the stuff I like most, and I'll see how far I get. Not going to keep much as DV AVI, by the way - a lot of it I'd like to...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-14-2015, 07:12 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,362
Posted By Koen
Something like Black Magic, with its ability to...

Something like Black Magic, with its ability to import uncompressed AVI would obviously be preferrable, but there's roughly between 15 000 - 20 000 hours I'd like to transfer (time permitting...) and...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-13-2015, 09:16 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,362
Posted By Koen
Thanks for the replies so far, people. I'd like...

Thanks for the replies so far, people. I'd like to get this Magix thing to work properly, but I realise those USB devices have their issues - I just may have to wait for a new computer!

Meanwhile,...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-10-2015, 11:32 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,362
Posted By Koen
Capture VHS from USB to VirtualDub - then computer crashes?

Hi

As a hobby, I have transferred lots of video tapes (a few thousand hours). I've always used a VCR -> DVD recorder setup, but I'd like to start using capturing straight to computer. It means you...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 07-24-2014, 10:39 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,282
Posted By Koen
Thanks for that. :-) The magnetised head...

Thanks for that. :-) The magnetised head hypothesis was also suggested some time ago in reaction to the Youtube video I linked to. Out of the two possibilities you suggest I think that may be the...
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