- General
- Product Name: VCR Video Head Cleaner
- Brand: Insignia™
- Model Number: NS-HCL302
- Warranty
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts: 1 year limited
- Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor: 1 year limited
- Other
- Cleaning Solution Included: true
- UPC: 600603179013
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Keep your VCR functioning smoothly with this Insignia™ NS-HCL302 video head cleaner that features a wet cleaning system to easily remove dust and dirt, resulting in optimized VHS picture and sound quality.
- Compatible with most VCRs: To clean your existing VCR.
- Wet cleaning system: Removes dust and dirt from your VCR with ease. Cleaning after every 20 hours of VCR playback helps ensure optimized VHS picture and sound quality.
- Cleaning cassette tape: Cleans your VCR head and tape path in approximately 20 seconds.
Whats Included
- Cleaning tape, cleaning fluid
- Insignia™ VCR Video Head Cleaner
Product Manuals
Q: Where do I put the drops in the VCR cassette cleaner?
A: There is a small hole on the top of the VCR cassette. Take the solution and squeeze 3-4 drops into the hole and insert the cassette into the player then press play. It is now clean but for old or dusty ones clean then 2-3 times ok! Now try a movie that you don't care too much about to test the VCR. If it works that is great! but if it still giving you a problem then clean the player some more until it plays the movies like a DVD. I hope this help.
A: First a wet section of the "cloth tape" goes along the same path the magnetic tape takes. The liquid on the tape loosens and dissolves the built up residue. Then a dry part of the "cloth tape" follows it picking up the loosened residue and drying the tape path. Wait a few minutes to let it "air dry" and remove any remaining liquid before inserting a video cassette. After all you've just applied a solvent for what the video tape is made of to the tape path. Just imagine what damage getting it on your video tape could cause.
Q: Will this help the shaking of my movies?
A: Yes, unless it is your tracking that needs adjusted or the tape is too deteriorated.
A: This video head cleaner features a wet cleaning system to easily remove dust and dirt, resulting in optimized VHS picture and sound quality.
A: As a side note (almost) never rewind and reuse a cleaning cassette. Most of them are designed to make a limited number of single passes along the tape path. If you rewind and reuse them your most likely redepositing back on to the heads (tape path) residue that you had previously cleaned off. When the you reach the end of the cleaning tape replace the cleaning cassette.
Q: Can this cleaner clean recording heads?
A: Based on my use of many brands of cleaning cassettes over the years I would say most likely yes. Every decent vhs cleaning cassette I've ever seen cleans both the record and playback heads (audio and video).
Q: Is this available in store or only on-line?
A: The huge numbers of VHS DVDs combo units and VCRs sold around 30 years will ensure this product and others will continue to be available in stores and online
Q: Where can I buy blank tapes to record on?
A: Amazon or Ebay! Since VCR's became extinct VHS tapes also became extinct! I'm replacing a lot of my VHS Movies with DVD's! Try stores that sell Nostalgia products! I can also suggest you look at Maxell, Scotch, or Sony websites and see what they have. Maxell was the top of the line when it came to VCR blank tapes!
