Problems with miniDV camcorder

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Most likely this is due to head alignment. It should be adjusted using
a standard setup tape, but you might be able to get someone to align
it to suit your tapes.

"Paul Marino" <illrobinson@illclan.com> wrote:

>Hello all-
>
>I recently attempted to use my Canon Elura (yes, an early miniDV unit), to
>which I noticed that my recordings and playback resulted into a extremely
>disjointed image, with several blocks the screen out of place, and virtually
>unwatchable.
>
>I've researched the web a bit about this problem, but wasn't able to come up
>with a concrete answer as to what I'm experiencing here. Is it possible this
>is just a severe buildup on the playback and recording heads? To that, I
>tried a standard miniDV head cleaner, but didn't have much luck with it.
>
>Any insights to this problem would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Paul
>