167 hours on dvx? Time to clean heads?

[MikeQuill]

I just checked my dvxa and it says I've put 167 hours on it. Although I haven't been having any problems with tapes getting messed up, I think it's time to get them professionally cleaned. Does anyone know the best place to have this done? I live in Boston.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[dvpixl]

eh.. whatever happened to that section with the procedures for cleaning the heads with the foamy material...forgot what it's called...

I have 600hrs on mine and no problems with recording.

 

[dlang]

save yourself some money and learn to do it yourself. Really it's worth it. For under 10 bucks you can buy the swabs and cleaner. do a search on cleaning heads and you'll find an excellent tutorial on how to do it. I just did it and it worked out great!

 

[mikkowilson]

No need to clean the heads unless you get a "dirty heads" warning from the camera or see any dropouts or clog.

Simply put: you can't clean it if its not dirty!


- Mikko

 

[MikeQuill]

Thanks for the info guys. Does anyone disagree that I should only clean the heads when the camera warns me or when it get dropouts?

Mike