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1200A deck error
My panasonic 1200A deck was working fine then all of a sudden it started giving me e-00 and e-01 error messages and had green verticle bars running over the image during playback.
E-00 is “servo not locked” = appears when servo is not locked for 3 or more seconds during playback or recording
E-01 is “low RF” – no head output (due to clogging for instance) for 1 or more seconds during play back
Is this something that needs to be fixed by the guys at panasonic or can i do anything to alleviate this problem?
Thanks!
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6 Replies
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Justin,
It’s dirty head, cleaning is complicated, best fix is return to Panasonic. They’ll clean head and replace rubber rollers. Sorry, but it will cost about $300 plus shipping, but there’s really no other way.
JS
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Deck needs service… don’t bother trying to clean on your own. It will only get worse.
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I thought so…
We sent it in not even 7 months ago to get it fixed because it was eating tapes. The heads were cleaned and a bunch of parts were replaced.
What a lemon.
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What brand of tape stock are you using? I had a bad experience with Maxell tapes… won’t touch them now.
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We are using the Fujifilm tapes
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One other piece of advice, when you get your deck back from service, test it with a tape you don’t care about. I made the mistake of inserting a “high-value” tape into a freshly serviced deck. The deck ate the tape and it took a local tech 2 hours to extract it. Thankfully it was not damaged. The deck’s transport carriage was damaged… Lesson learned.
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