6
Head Cleaning
Perform head cleaning even 20 hours to enjoy
clear pictures.
Video heads get soiled with repeated recording and
playback, resulting in rough, uneven picture.
Perform cleaning of the tape transport mechanism
every 20 hours with the provided head cleaning tape
dedicated to W-VHS.
How to use the cleaning tape
1. Load the W-VHS dedicated head cleaning tape.
2. Press the PLAY button and then STOP button after
about 30 seconds.
3. Unload the head cleaning tape and execute a
usual recording and playback procedure on a W-
VHS cassette to see if audio/visual quality has
been recovered.
4. If tape quality does not pick up, repeat the
procedures 1. and 2. once or twice.
Cautions
●Do not rewind the cleaning tape after every use (for
about 30 seconds). You have only to start at the
position where the tape stopped in previous
cleaning. Rewind to the beginning when the tape
has been used to an end.
●30 seconds are enough for one run of the cleaning
tape. To keep running the tape for longer than 45
seconds may damage the heads.
●If sound and picture quality does not recover with
the cleaning procedures repeated three times, there
may be some other causes of trouble. Consult your
JVC dealer.
●The W-VHS dedicated cleaning tape can be used
100 times.
●Recording or playback is not possible on the
cleaning tape.
●Do not use any cleaning tape other than the W-
VHS dedicated cleaning tape for this machine.
●The W-VHS dedicated cleaning tape can be used
only with the video cassette recorder marked with
.
1 PRECAUTIONS
Recording modes available depend on the types of the cassette in use.
Recording Modes and Types of the Cassettes
Cassettes in use Recording modes Recording speed
W-VHS HD SP
SD EP
S-VHS S-VHS SP/EP
Selectable
VHS VHS SP/EP
Selectable
Remarks
S-VHS/VHS recording not possible.
HD/SD/VHS recording not possible.
HD/SD/S-VHS recording not possible.
Cautions
• HD recording at EP mode is not possible.
• SD recording at SP mode is not possible.