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In Need to Repair a VHS tape
Posted: 23 Oct 2003 10:11 AM |
Hi Gang~
I was running a video tape through the VCR the other night and it was a rare magic show video tape of stuff from TV. The lead came loose from the take up real. Was wondering if anyone has a way to repair this and or diagrams of repairing this?
If you can help that would be greatly appreciated. I just want it repaired enough so that I can dub it to another video tape.
Thanks bunches~
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 Sandra
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Re: In Need to Repair a VHS tape
Posted: 23 Oct 2003 11:37 AM |
Hi Richard.
Do a search on Google.com for, Video Tape Repair, or contact a local VCR repair shop. It is a very common practice but without the right tools and supplies you may make it worse.
Here is some information from another website I found using google. http://www.unitedvisual.com/2tips/2tvcr105.asp
Can a damaged VHS tape be repaired?
In most cases, yes. If the plastic cassette itself was broken by being dropped but the video tape inside is still in good condition, the tape can be transferred into a new housing. United Visual repairs numerous tapes for our customers this way each year.
If the tape inside was damaged or broken, for example by a faulty VCR, the tape can be spliced. However, there are a couple of important things to be aware of. This should only be done by a professional and must only be considered a permanent fix if the splice is located at the very beginning or end of a tape where it attaches to the clear leader. If the splice is anywhere in the middle of the tape, the fix should be considered strictly temporary. The tape should be immediately duplicated and the original should never be used again. Store the original somewhere so that in an emergency another copy can be made after having the splice inspected. The reason this is so important, is that the splice is made with an adhesive splicing tape and adhesives, by nature, will fail in one way or another over time and use. When the splice is not located at the end, the splice will actually pass over the video heads which are spinning at high speed. Any slight deviation in the surface of the tape, such as a splice that is starting to separate, will usually destroy the fragile, and very expensive, video heads on your machine.
By the way, if you happen to have a damaged 8mm or Hi-8 video tape, you should be aware the chances of a repaired tape damaging your camcorder or VCR are much greater. It is much more difficult to repair these tapes too.
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Re: In Need to Repair a VHS tape
Posted: 23 Oct 2003 01:18 PM |
Thanks Sandra~
Shortly after posting it I decided to call my local technical college media center and they are willing to fix it for me and dub it to a new tape. Thank goodness for technical colleges. Thanks again though for the help. |
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