I have an issue with a Panasonic AG1980, and I was hoping somebody could maybe identify the problem and tell me if it's something that's fixable.
The unit plays tapes perfectly at first, then after 45 minutes or so of continuous playing, the video starts to get fuzzier and fuzzier until it goes out completely. I was capturing a tape the last time it happened, and I put the last 10 seconds before the video went out on youtube :
http://youtu.be/-7kY1A4QuPA
The unit doesn't seem to run hot. If I eject the tape and put it right in, the problem returns. But if I wait a little (say 30 minutes) most of the time the video is back to normal. One time, I captured a 3 hours event without watching it, and looking at the capture after I noticed that the video went out after an hour, but then went back to normal at the 2 hours mark...
I tried another power cord (I have other AG1980 VCRs) and I can rule that out. The problem is not coming from the tape itself, as I tried a few and the issue keeps occuring regardless.
Any idea what could be wrong ?
The unit plays tapes perfectly at first, then after 45 minutes or so of continuous playing, the video starts to get fuzzier and fuzzier until it goes out completely. I was capturing a tape the last time it happened, and I put the last 10 seconds before the video went out on youtube :
http://youtu.be/-7kY1A4QuPA
The unit doesn't seem to run hot. If I eject the tape and put it right in, the problem returns. But if I wait a little (say 30 minutes) most of the time the video is back to normal. One time, I captured a 3 hours event without watching it, and looking at the capture after I noticed that the video went out after an hour, but then went back to normal at the 2 hours mark...
I tried another power cord (I have other AG1980 VCRs) and I can rule that out. The problem is not coming from the tape itself, as I tried a few and the issue keeps occuring regardless.
Any idea what could be wrong ?