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- From: kosts@ursa.calvin.edu (Steven Koster)
- Subject: Re: Hi Fi VCR for taping audio FM? (Re: A Timer/Recorder for AM/FM Radio?)
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:35:42 GMT
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- ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
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- > kosts writes:
-
- >> Tracking, I believe, is an adjustment to align your video
- >> heads to the video tracks. If you have snow on your picture,
- >> it may be because the heads aren't scanning the video tracks
- >> in their entirty. So, if you use the tracking adjustment to
- >> align the heads closer to the tracks, you may eliminate the snow.
-
- >Ah.. so its only "foreign tapes" you'd be worried about? And it's
- >never important during recording right?
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- I wouldn;t ever say never, but essentially, as I understand it, yes.
- Tracking is mostly a fine tuner for playback.
-
- And again, I expect that hi-fi audio on SLP video tape
- is an excellent archival method for these shows.
-
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