Here's the pics of that problem......they're the best I can do......but the line is clearly visible....

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Pic 2

Any ideas, anyone?

Have you tried tapping the tape hard on your hand? Sometimes the tape gets just slightly misaligned with the heads and needs a short, sharp shock, just to get back into place. Also you could try ffing the tape to the end then rewinding. Sometimes that helps.

I tried both of these suggestions and neither helped. The line is still there and goes away at the same time as before.

Is there a girl buried in a well underneath your TV room?

Thanks MBJ.....now I'm not going to answer the damn phone for the rest of my life!!!!