I recently bought this unit on
eBay to digitize some professionally-produced Hi8 tapes I acquired that were recorded with PCM audio that my D8 camera couldn't play the audio. The EV-S3000 arrived and it barely plays tapes (seller claimed the unit was in working condition, they are offering me a refund however). The best I can get is an occasional dark, snowy image, but usually I just get a blue screen. I manually cleaned the heads and this did not help. Should I just take up the seller's offer to return the unit or is there something else I can do to get it working?
I've attached an image of what the VCR plays.