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Old 04-14-2021, 11:31 PM
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Not an expert on these machines, but I'd hazard a guess that either the tape or the head is running at the wrong speed, causing a constant tracking problem and loss of color.

If this is a HIFI unit, you are also probably getting only longitudinal sound with tracking this bad.
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