AG-1980 suddenly only plays HiFi tapes in linear mono?
Out of nowhere, one of my AG-1980s - which has played flawlessly for over a year, and in recent days - will only play back tapes in linear mono.
The audio meters are active, but the L and R squares are not lit (indicating linear mono mode, as would happen if I played a mono tape). I have tested this with multiple HiFi VHS tapes, all of which now play back in mono on this deck. They still play fine in HiFi on my other AG-1980. UPDATE - I tested with a high quality store bought SP HiFi movie tape - again, video is perfect, audio is linear mono. Video is unaffected. I opened the unit, cleaned the audio head, nothing seemed to be present and nothing changed after cleaning. I feel like there might be some easy fix to this which I'm overlooking. I checked all the switches to see if they were off their normal positions, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Thanks in advance if anyone has any advice. |
The hi fi audio is on the video tape cylinder with video heads assembly.
The linear audio is on the stationary head. So I interpret you only cleaned the linear head. |
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Thank you. |
HiFi is back after cleaning the video heads! You have no idea how relieved I am.
Thanks again, Dougmc! |
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