Hi,
My name is Nicolas and I live in the Secam-L country
I've got a bit of an issue on a 2001 JVC S-VHS camcorder I try to fix.
If you ask why I even bother with it, just because I love to learn everything about analog video, it has a good vibes for me. I'm learning everything myself. I've been thinkering with VCR and old electronics since I was 4-5 Yo.
I bought this camcorder broken (really, cheap, 10€). I've never seen it working before. It seem kind of average as far as hours goes, but it's complete in box with manual.
There is what I call "small wear" on the upper drum as far as I can see. Don't look high hours.
Symptom :
The head drum was seized
I took everything apart to lubricate the bearings, I've never touched the head, just the upper drum. Head have been clean with paper and isopropyl alcohol as usual.
I think I've put the head back correctly but maybe not ?
I had taken pictures of head placement.
Is there is any kind of mark regarding the drum motor position to heads ?
I've checked all the heads using my multimeter, all shows 0.04/0.05 Ohm. I've looked at the rotary transformer under microscope and nothing seem cut.
I've looked at the heads under the microscope, one of them look a bit strange, the wire is hanging a bit, but maybe it's not that ? Or maybe it is
Video is OK for most part but there is a noise bar at top or bottom of the picture, depending on tape and if you look on LCD or an external monitor. Most time it show video for a second and switch to black screen. I have to Pause or FF/RW manually and play again untill image is stable. I've turned the TBC OFF to see.
Images recorded on the camera exhibit the same issue.
The tape path is correctly aligned, I'm sure, turning the guides (entry) doesn't yield any differance.
Can you help please ?
I've made a short video, it's easier for you to see the issue : (don't worry about the no color part, it's a SECAM-L recorded tape and this is a PAL camcorder)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdps...ature=youtu.be
Thanks