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cjacek2000 · 16th Mar 2019, 6:59 pm

Unfortunately nothing's changed. I cleaned the heads again (no visible dirt "tracks" on the alcohol moistened paper) and heads look clean as a whistle. I inserted a new virgin BASF tape, pressed record, recording started. I then played back what I attempted to record. Only sound was recorded, no picture, "snow", like it never even recorded any image whatsoever. It's like somebody completely disconnected the ability to record video. That's how it plays back. The factory prerecorded tape, however, plays back fine, no issue...

16th Mar 2019, 6:59 pm	#8
cjacek2000 Tetrode Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: British Columbia, Canada. Posts: 54	Re: Old Betamax records audio but no picture Unfortunately nothing's changed. I cleaned the heads again (no visible dirt "tracks" on the alcohol moistened paper) and heads look clean as a whistle. I inserted a new virgin BASF tape, pressed record, recording started. I then played back what I attempted to record. Only sound was recorded, no picture, "snow", like it never even recorded any image whatsoever. It's like somebody completely disconnected the ability to record video. That's how it plays back. The factory prerecorded tape, however, plays back fine, no issue...