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Focus Diode · 14th Jun 2020, 1:32 am

I had an 8930 equivalent with the same problem. It was always possible to adjust the thumb wheel tracking control to get perfectly stable playback on pre recorded tapes. I put it down to marginal variations between machines hence the need for the control.

Still have many recordings made on the deck from the '80s which are of superb quality, both vision and sound, but the control requires adjustment to achieve that, that isn't always necessary for recordings made on other VCRs.

14th Jun 2020, 1:32 am	#23
Focus Diode Octode Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Borough of Gateshead, UK. Posts: 1,420	Re: Ferguson Videostar 3V30 Tracking I had an 8930 equivalent with the same problem. It was always possible to adjust the thumb wheel tracking control to get perfectly stable playback on pre recorded tapes. I put it down to marginal variations between machines hence the need for the control. Still have many recordings made on the deck from the '80s which are of superb quality, both vision and sound, but the control requires adjustment to achieve that, that isn't always necessary for recordings made on other VCRs.