JVC Mini DV Reliability?

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>Anyone have any expereince JVC mini DV units?

I had no problem until recently. The camera has only a few house on it, and a
message popped up during shooting that I have to clean the heads. Now I have
to find a headcleaner somewhere. My old minicam never had to have the heads
cleaned. Maybe using sony tapes had something to do with it? Other than that,
it seems to work fine.


2-Ton Toni

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In article <Pvqkd.6794$_J2.5397@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
"FLY135" <fly_135(@ hot not not)notmail.com> says...
> Subject: Re: JVC Mini DV Reliability?
> From: "FLY135" <fly_135(@ hot not not)notmail.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.video.desktop
>
>
> "Toni" <tonitalley1@aol.comspamfree> wrote in message
> news:20041110102945.11831.00000416@mb-m16.aol.com...
> > >Anyone have any expereince JVC mini DV units?
> >
> > I had no problem until recently. The camera has only a few house on it,
> and a
> > message popped up during shooting that I have to clean the heads. Now I
> have
> > to find a headcleaner somewhere. My old minicam never had to have the
> heads
> > cleaned. Maybe using sony tapes had something to do with it? Other than
> that,
> > it seems to work fine.
>
> I use Sony tapes exclusively in my Elura DV. No problems at all.
>
>
>
>

Same here so far. The JVC might just have a built in timer for hed
cleaning, check the manual for a way to disable it.
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