bill@crystal.UUCP (11/01/84)
The referenced article gives all the appropriate warnings, etc. My comments preceded by "@@@". > The tools required are an appropriate screw driver for removing the cover of > your unit, a clean tech swab (the long foam tipped "Q-tips") and some video head > cleaner, which as far as I can tell is mostly isopropyl alcohol (should be > available at your vidoe shop). Never use a cotton tipped swab, since it @@@ Freon TF is the better stuff. > can leave damaging lint behind. > > You may also have to move some circuit boards to gain access to the head. > Look closely before attacking. My SL5200's head is blocked by a board, > but the board is hinged to swing out of the way to allow access to the > entire tape transport mechanism. You might think that they planned it > that way. @@@ Same setup on a 2700 > > A word of warning: Sony has developed a new head which it uses in the SL2700. > This head is not the traditional spinning cylinder. Actually, it is a > stationary cylinder with a circumferential slot cut in it with a tiny head > that whirls around in the slot. I don't know anything about cleaning this > kind of head, so my advise is leave it alone or let a professional do the > job, unless someone out there is knowledgeable on the subject. @@@ According to the techs that gave a headcleaning class at my local video @@@ store, just hold the swab steady on the drum surface, and turn the circular @@@ metal piece at the top of the drum to move the heads past the swab. Works @@@ just fine for me. William Cox Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin, Madison WI bill@uwisc ...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill -- William Cox Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin, Madison WI bill@uwisc ...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill