Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!iedl02!dca From: dca@iedl02.UUCP Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Cleaning heads Message-ID: <1673@iedl02.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 09:00:33 EST Article-I.D.: iedl02.1673 Posted: Wed Feb 15 09:00:33 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 01:42:57 EST Lines: 17 All that I have read about video equipment recommends that either the heads simply not be cleaned or at most cleaned by the alcohol and swab method. All the advice I have read definitely indicated that the head cleaner cassettes where not recommended, in fact, more likely harmful. There is good reason that video heads are less likely to need cleaning than audio cassette heads. The audio tape players heads actually have a small gap which a field is applied or detected which can become jammed with shedding oxide. The video players have no such gap (or maybe the gap is filled by a non-magnetic material, I can't remember). Thus, the heads are much more resistant to picking up garbage and need much more infrequent cleaning. David Albrecht General Electric iedl02!dca