So what is the "Panasonic power supply issue"?

[dishdude]

Originally Posted by starbond

The only reason I say may is because i found about a dozen pf these tiny strands of tape inside the transport area, its slightly possible one shredded into the gap on the video head while spinning, I really hope
its not a blown head. But i have only put $10 into this unit at this point so if it turns out the head it dead then at least it was a learning experience how to troubleshoot a power supply
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It looks like something is misaligned in the tape path and shaving the tape off!