VHS plays back fast

jbeavon · 05-05-2004, 00:41

Hiya,
not sure if this is the right place for this, but I think it is. My nan rang me up yesterday, to say she's recorded a video in her bedroom, on a televideo thing, and when she came to play it back in her living room, the video played back too fast, she recorded it in LP, and when the video was playing back, it was trying to play it back as LP. My thinking is that the LP switch on the video in the living room is knackered, but i'd be interested to know if anyone else has any suggestions as to why it isn't working!

kev · 05-05-2004, 11:03

Does the downstairs video have Long Play?

Some videos we sotrted through at school were recorded in Long Play but in the SP only VCR they played back very fast and after about 2 minutes the video gave up trying on the tracking and they disolved into static....

flagpole · 05-05-2004, 11:53

Are you sure that the vid in the lounge actually has LP, just cos there is a button on the remote doesn't mean it does.

GaryB · 05-05-2004, 13:29

The SP/LP switch doesn't do anything on playback. If the VCR is capable of LP, it will detect the signal on the tape and switch to it automatically. If the VCR definitely has LP and isn't switching it's usually because of a fault (which will require an engineer) or possibly a dirty audio/control head. It is the signal picked by by this head that the VCR uses to work out what speed the recording on the tape is. Check the top edge of the tape to see if it is crinkled. If it is, the audio/control head will have trouble picking up the signal it needs as that is where it is recorded.

05-05-2004, 16:58

Interetingly, my - VCR downstairs we had in 1996-1998 a Goodmans - (it didn't go with that Goodmans TV we got in 1997 - that i mentioned about) anyway, we had that and in around 1997 when you taped something in LP mode - the audio would would sound quick - sort of "mueh" and the person was speaking at double speed and the picture was trying to "semi-forward scan" and i think the machine had had it - and then we got an Hitachi -1997-2003 and after a few years that did the same. Weird.

Alex

jbeavon · 05-05-2004, 17:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by flagpole

Are you sure that the vid in the lounge actually has LP, just cos there is a button on the remote doesn't mean it does.

hiya, i've checked in the manual, and it says the video supports long play, i think she just needs to get a new video, shes had that one about 8 years now

05-05-2004, 00:41	#1
jbeavon Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Runcorn - Near Liverpool Posts: 3,145	VHS plays back fast Hiya, not sure if this is the right place for this, but I think it is. My nan rang me up yesterday, to say she's recorded a video in her bedroom, on a televideo thing, and when she came to play it back in her living room, the video played back too fast, she recorded it in LP, and when the video was playing back, it was trying to play it back as LP. My thinking is that the LP switch on the video in the living room is knackered, but i'd be interested to know if anyone else has any suggestions as to why it isn't working!

05-05-2004, 11:03	#2
kev Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: South Notts (Waltham TV TX) Posts: 20,200	Does the downstairs video have Long Play? Some videos we sotrted through at school were recorded in Long Play but in the SP only VCR they played back very fast and after about 2 minutes the video gave up trying on the tracking and they disolved into static....

05-05-2004, 11:53	#3
flagpole Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,524	Are you sure that the vid in the lounge actually has LP, just cos there is a button on the remote doesn't mean it does.

05-05-2004, 13:29	#4
GaryB Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St Albans Posts: 4,088	The SP/LP switch doesn't do anything on playback. If the VCR is capable of LP, it will detect the signal on the tape and switch to it automatically. If the VCR definitely has LP and isn't switching it's usually because of a fault (which will require an engineer) or possibly a dirty audio/control head. It is the signal picked by by this head that the VCR uses to work out what speed the recording on the tape is. Check the top edge of the tape to see if it is crinkled. If it is, the audio/control head will have trouble picking up the signal it needs as that is where it is recorded.

05-05-2004, 16:58	#5
kentboy Posts: n/a	Interetingly, my - VCR downstairs we had in 1996-1998 a Goodmans - (it didn't go with that Goodmans TV we got in 1997 - that i mentioned about) anyway, we had that and in around 1997 when you taped something in LP mode - the audio would would sound quick - sort of "mueh" and the person was speaking at double speed and the picture was trying to "semi-forward scan" and i think the machine had had it - and then we got an Hitachi -1997-2003 and after a few years that did the same. Weird. Alex

05-05-2004, 17:29	#6
jbeavon Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Runcorn - Near Liverpool Posts: 3,145	Quote: Originally Posted by flagpole Are you sure that the vid in the lounge actually has LP, just cos there is a button on the remote doesn't mean it does. hiya, i've checked in the manual, and it says the video supports long play, i think she just needs to get a new video, shes had that one about 8 years now

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