Re: PXL noise

[Ryan Steele <rsteele@island.net>]

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> From: [r.mci] / [blue] <roland.mcintosh@oberlin.edu>

> To: pixelvision@jupiter.rowan.edu

> Subject: PXL noise

> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 10:29 AM

> 

> some time ago I acquired a PXL, and thanks to a fast answer from the list

I

> bought the required game switch needed to view the videos.  The first

tape I

> shot was almost unwatchable - there was conostant visual noise (snow)

> throughout.  I also shot much of it in low light, and I guess the PXL

> doesn't like that.. ;(

...

> So, the question:  can I get rid of this, or is this one of the exalted

> features of the PXL?  I can barely make anything out!  I'm wondering if

> dirty tape heads might be a factor, and if so, can I use a standard

cleaning

> cassette, or should I swab them with alcohol?



I too own a PXL camera, and I have had the very same problem. I noticed

that when I used the camera with batteries as opposed to the AC adapter

that comes with it, the noise disappears, but since the unit goes through 6

alkaline AA batteries in about an hour, you can go through batteries really

quickly. Does anyone have a solution to this problem?



Ryan Steele - rsteele@island.net