Amazing. I opened up my RCA from circa 1993 and followed your instructions and it worked perfectly. First time the heads were cleaned. This is very easily done, don’t be intimidated.

Never put iopropyl alcohol on rubber parts like the pinch rollers. It will degrade the rubber, dry it out, and then you're screwed. Maybe just a moist cotton swab, and allow to thoroughly dry. As all rubber eventually deterioriates, this is something to consider.

Very handy. As someone who has old family videos on VHS tapes this is a good key too keep a VCR running when youre too stubborn to convert them to digital like me. Plus I love the nostalgia.

Just ran across the video looking for tips on cleaning a VCR in order to transfer VHS tapes to DVD, and it worked superbly.

I tried to set up my Fathers old VCR and tapes (more than 20 years old) - tried running and got zero picture - on occasions "no signal" or some lines - totally despondent. Followed the video instructions and it worked!!! Fantastically. Thanks so much

Cut your paper with scissors and fold it, DO NOT tear it because small fragments can stick in the head slots and make things even worse!

Thanks for the video! I had 3 more vhs c tapes to convert and all I got was audio. This worked perfectly!

Thank you so much! My VCR is working much better now!

Been using this method for almost a year now, totally recommended 👍

You were supposed to do this every 20 hours? Oh my god, the birthdays you'd miss cleaning your vcr

Thanks a lot for this video. It helped with my Bang & Olufsen VCR too! 🙂

Thank you thank you thank you, my husband followed your instructions on cleaning my VCR. And now it works perfectly!!!

Sure miss those fun days of going to video store and hanging around talking to people and renting videos. be kind and rewind...

Will this remove mold from the VCR? I put a moldy tape in by accident and cleaned it with this method.

YES! It WORKS GREAT! THANK YOU!

Thank you for the opening credit! :) Always a joy to hear my work in the wild.

Hello Everyone 10 minutes ago (edited) I am a consumer electronics tech, now first of all the type of paper to use is new coffee filters and drip isopropyl alcohol on to the coffee filter, fold the filter in half place it flat with finger slite pusher against the video head cylinder and with another hand rotate the drum, then clean the audio and control head and pinch roller and capstan with cotton swabs soaked with alcohol, for now, leave the top cover off connect VCR to a monitor for test play.

Thats great. Keep it up idol.. it's working thank you.

Thank you very much this video helped me out

I have two vhs jvc version HR-D721EN and both play with sound but black image, I already cleaned the heads and it's still the same, if I fast-forward there you can see the rain but then it's black with the play logo. any idea how to repair it or a circuit that is wrong. Thank you

you have to put flat of surface of the paper on the side of head then rotate the upper drum you would feel the head pass through when you rotate

I ended up cleaning my vcr in the clothes washer. Just remember to put it on gentle cycle with cool/warm water. Made watching my under water films much easier!

Use 70-90% alcohol and microfiber. Worked great for me.

Well this corrected if your VCR is eating your tapes, I will give this a try, hopefully it will clean it out and stop eating my tapes

can I use 70° surgical alcohol to clean the heads

I cleaned the drum head with paper and 99% rubbing alcohol but the paper continually is dirty and the dirt is not diminishing. I don't know if this is a good or bad sign or what I should do.

already clean the head few times,but when put tape for play it will play few seconds and then no more picture only showing- problem head status-,what to do?

You can buy vcr cleaner at the smut shops. It's not only good for cleanin!

It work for me thanks!

Thanks!

Clean top of your VHS too , Be Clean.

Thanks this works

IT WORKED, my Hitachi camcorder used to work but then I used cotton swabs to clean the head and it never worked after that, tried this and the paper was dirty and it showed video!!

Very informative. Much Blessings to you. Thanks for sharing, Lord-Jesus-Christ dot

I had some problems with my VCR the other day and when I tried to put the tape in it has some static lines on the VCR. It would be the VCR Head is dirty

QUESTION: I cleaned the VCR heads similar to what is done in this video. I used paper and the 91% rubbing alcohol. The tapes played with improved video and audio. Everything seemed fine. But then I put the cover back on the VCR and the video problems and audio problems returned. I then cleaned the heads again. This time when I put the cover on the VCR the video problems no longer existed, but there was still a slight "static" hiss type of noise. This happens EVERY TIME. I have tried this over a dozen times and the moment I place the cover onto the VCR while a tape is playing, the static "hiss" starts to be there. What is causing this and how can it be corrected?

Testing ??????

What about those Allsop VCR head cleaning tapes that you wet with alcohol and run to clean the heads?

Can I use any alcohol

what kind of alchol do i uise can normal rubbing alcohol work??

Mine is tearing up tapes. Will this help mine?

I am getting sound but no video what is causing that

on my vcr the picture is fine, but the audio gets very low sometimes. how do I fix that?

the P2 guide and p3 shows tape align if the tape alingment is not correct then there is problen

Can you use 100% isopropyl alcohol?

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my problem is the viceo will not ply and the audio is fine. i switched wires and vcrs and the new one worked fine and old one no video, any suggestions? cleaning?

The issue that I am having is the picture shaking on the screen don’t know if that is a cleaning issue

I could not tell what you were doing with the folded paper. Maybe a different camera angle.

But how do you clean it in this manner when the VHS is inside a tv? 📼 📺? I have one in my kids room please help??

Sir I need L15 vcr head

I have a video head cleaner can I just put a few drops of isopropyl alcohol on it?

Seems like a pain to do this every time. Head cleaning tapes often do the trick, but for the more stubborn funk, I taped four Q-Tips to the end of a pencil, drip the alcohol on the tips, and get in through the tape door and keep turning the heads while cleaning them up n' down - - - like brushing teeth. Then let it dry, and that usually works. Been doing that for years. I guess as a last resort I would pull the cover and really clean the heads with tissue or Q-Tips and 91% alc.

Can we use the petrol instead of Alcohol???? plz tell me...

what was the wrong way to do it?

The inside of a VCR is wild

91% alcohol and chamois swabs

Maybe you're so get a can of compressed air to get all the dust out

Best paper you can use si Coffee filter paper with the 99% alcohol on it.

Use 90% isopropyl alcohol. Not ethanol. Dont use paper or towels with lint that can be deposited on the video heads. Now if there was a way to safely clean mold off the actual tapes, that'd be awesome. Ivr had to throw out dozens of VHS tapes due to mold growing on the tape itself.

Don't worry now I have 1 TB hard disk

No alcohol on rubber please - it will destroy the rubber!

Not the technique I would use personally.

Never use paper. Its too abrasive. Use a microfiber cloth with 90% isopropyl alcohol

You will destroy your vcr doing this. Buy the head cleaning kit for the love of god!

Need 70-99% alcohol!!!! Yeah get your skin oil all over the rubber rollers also,NOT!

Use device LEDs, as VCR frequencies! XY=Secure frequencies as, canvas VCR: frame indicator! Secure: Messages or "Leftovers!" as the, Reverses! Z=Indicate secure: LEDs of devices as, "Music Notes!"

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You use: VCR tape cleaner-- man! Never touch any metal, that gets electrified-- it ruins it, as film.

Is there any substitute to isopropyl alcohol?