PXL weirdness

[Sean Kersey <seank@ntr.net>]

I have my pxl hooked up to a tv, and I flip the switch to record onto

the tape in the pxl. Ok, as I am watching on the tv what I am filming, I

notice that the tape player seems to be messing up the signal with wavy

lines and stuff on the tv. I flip the switch off, and the lines stop,

start recording on tape again, and they start backup. Have I done

something wrong? Should I not hook up the pxl to the tv while I am

taping in the tape player? Further, not only were there wavy lines of

interference, but the picture kept getting all static like. I am

attributing this to an old tape and a pxl that hasn't been used for a

while. How do you clean the heads? Regular head cleaning kit? Where do

you get chrome type II tapes, type II I found, but the chrome ones I

didn't. Not at Wal-Mart anyway.



-seank