my XL1s has developed a problem when I put a tape in the camera that is not
at the end of the tape I get a error eject tape, this seems to be a common
problem on Canon cameras but no one seems to say what the cure is I have
cleaned the heads and whilst this has made a very slight difference it
certainly does not cure the problem, which seems to get worse when the
camera get hotter, I don't get the problem when I insert the tape at the
start where there is no magnetic material!, and the camera seems to record
and playback without any problems, however it also seems to be a problem
when I try to rewind. it not a major problem as I rewind the tape in a
little rewind box and capture the whole tape to AVID before I edit, but it's
a real pain if I need to recapture a section from the tape for some reason.

This problem is not associated with the tape as I have tried many different
tapes new and old and of different makes, it also does the same thing with
the cleaning tape, anyone know of a good UK service company where I can get
it fixed, I don't want to go to Canon UK as they don't have a good record.

"Headrush Films UK" wrote in message
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anyone know of a good UK service company where I can get
it fixed, I don't want to go to Canon UK as they don't have a good record.


Might be worth asking about this in the uk.tech.broadcast group.