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Originally Posted by waltchan
Unfortunately, that's the wrong move, as someone on eBay bought a new in box JVC HR-D830U for $400 shipped, and it did NOT work out from the box. He even exchanged it, and the second unit was broken also and did the same thing. The problem he described was the partial snow, and it cannot digitally track any tapes. This is due to a bad surface-mount cap under the video head.
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Takes all of 10 minutes to fix that. And a 3.3uFd/25V SMD capacitor.
Or, possibly one of the brass guide posts fell out of the bottom of a tape guide base. That can cause that symptom too. Another easy fix.