Audio problems when replaying video on my Canon camcorder.

Camcorders do not record pictures correctly and images being played back may be distorted if the video heads are dirty. The video heads may be dirty

if the camcorder shows the following symptoms.

Picture looks like a mosaic (See Figure 1) or has stripes (See Figure 2) during playback.

The picture and sound freeze for a moment (for about 0.5 seconds), or a blue screen appears.

The message "HEADS DIRTY, USE CLEANING CASSETTE" appear on the side panel.

Figure 1



The picture looks like a mosaic


Figure 2



The picture has stripes