Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:19:42 -0500
From: Ron Glasgow <sockdoll-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hey Jim Gamble


Mark,

I'm not Jim Gamble, but I do own and enjoy four or five of his tapes. 
Maybe you've already tried this, but I've noticed with VHS tapes having 
the exact same problem that you describe, (including brand new tapes),  
that you can pop the tape in and out of the machine a couple of times 
and the problem just goes away. I don't know what causes that to work, 
but it always does the trick for us, now that machines no longer have a 
manual tracking adjustment. It might have something to do with the way 
the tape is lining up or making contact with the heads, but the 
auto-tracking kicks in and the tapes play fine. If that doesn't fix the 
problem then you may have gotten ahold of a truly bad tape, and should 
take it back to the retailer.

Hope that helps,

Ron Glasgow
Cumming GA
USA


Cahebay-AT-aol.com wrote:

>Jim: I picked up one of your Videos on Puppet making, for the local Children's Library VHS -Bogner Entertainment Inc. / Laser light 1996 Delta Music Inc. Brand new factory sealed when played I notice the tracking is bad, the image jumps like a  Mexican jumping bean, and there is no tracking control like the old  machines, also every 15 seconds +/- there is a signal loss, <snip>
>
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