Cleaning - Sony SVT-RA40 Service Manual

1-2-2. Cleaning

1. Cylinder (Drum)
Moisten a chamois with methyl alcohol and clean the video
head and the tape path surface of the cylinder. Be sure to
wipe horizontally in relation to the video head. If you wipe
vertically, or use excessive force, you can damage the
video head.
2. Tape Path System / Reel Drive System
Clean the pinch roller, the capstan shaft, the tape guides,
the FE head, the ACE head, the reel table, the pulley and
the reel belt with a soft cloth, or chamois, moistened with
methyl alcohol.
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If the dirt on the tape guide cannot be cleaned off, replace
the tape guide.
Cylinder (Drum)
Tape path surface Video head
Fig. 1-2-2
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SVT-RA40/RA168