It may be used but they sold you a defective unit. If it doesn't work then repair or cleaning can have them claiming your work killed it.
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I recently bought a used Panasonic PV-GS-150 Mini camcorder. The first time I used it I got a indicator warning of dirty recording heads as I got near the end of the cassette tape. When I reviewed the recording the tape has no sound and the video has blue mosaic lines. I used a video cleaning cassette but the tapes still has no sound and blue lines. Is the tape ruined or should I continue to try and clean the heads again?

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