How locate video heads on panasonic pv v4522

Panasonic has the manual on the product page here: https://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/PV-V4022.html . Scroll down to the Owner's Manual. Currently the direct link to the manual is ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/vcr/om/pv-v4022_mul_om.pdf . Note: the manual is shared with the PV-V4522.

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Cindy Wells

You just have a dirty main video head. You can get a head cleaner tape or you can buy a tin of Servisol Video 40.
To clean with the Servisol, remove the top cover of the VCR. You will see a big shiny video head. Spray that head with the cleaner. You can also wipe it over with a cotton bud if it is very dirty. It's a good idea to clean all the surfaces that the video tape touches. If you don't know which, when you first take off the cover with the VCR on power, put a video tape in a press play then watch where the tape runs. Eject the tape, then clean with the spray and a cotton bud. You can even spray the cotton bud and then clean with that if you are not happy just spraying into the unit.
Make certain that the sprayed areas are dry before trying a video. It dries very quick anyway.

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Sounds like the guideposts need realignment to center the tracking or something got bent in the tape jam removal, check the tape path!. Also could try a take apart cleaning of the head with a piece of paper and some alcohol.

Is the eject switch one of those plastic type that pushes against a push to make switch (see image below).
If it is you can melt the plastic with a soldering iron so it engages again.

Your heads are dirty , clean with a cleaning tape.

Yes. There is a driver. Click here to download

hi well... this can be a small capacitor blown or it could be the microprocessor and it will cost like a new CAM cant know without more details good luck