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Originally Posted by TUD1
I've put about five hours on it recording, and the head drum is extremely LOUD! It has a very audible electronic whine that gets louder and quieter as time goes on. What the heck could be causing this? Is this VCR reaching the end of its useful life?  |
I had that same exact VCR for a while (I had gotten it from a friend of mine who I used to go to church with who was an A/V techie back in the 1970s-1990s ) and mine did that as well I believe its fairly normal operations for those old Zeiniths as they are early 4-Head VCRs and the early 4-Head assemblies were a lot heavier than the 2-head assemblies which put a little strain on the head motor assembly which is why it whines like it does, but its not failing, if it were failing you wouldn't be having that good of picture with playback, you would actually have issues with video dropping out and audio sounding tinny and muffled if the VCR's heads were failing.