Cleaning The Stationary Heads - Sony HDCAM HDW-F900R Maintenance Manual

2-1-4. Cleaning the Stationary Heads

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The FE head has the cleaning blade.
The cleaning blade has the sharp edge that can cut your hands. Never touch the cleaning blade with bare
hands. Be careful also not to cut your hands during cleaning.
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Take care not to damage the surfaces of the stationary heads when cleaning.
Tools
. Cleaning cloth : 3-184-527-01
. Cleaning fluid : 9-919-573-01
Procedure
1. Clean the tape running surfaces of the FE, CTL and CUE/TC heads in the vertical direction using a
cleaning cloth moistened with cleaning fluid.
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If the magnetic powder is accumulated in the head gap of the FE, CTL and CUE/TC heads, a play-
back error may occur during recording/playback. Remove the magnetic powder completely.
2. After cleaning, be sure to wipe the tape running surfaces of the FE, CTL and CUE/TC heads using a
dry cleaning cloth.
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Never touch the cleaning blade of the FE head with bare hands.
Cleaning blade
CTL head
FE head
HDW-F900R/V1 (E)
CUE/TC head
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