if you ave having snow problems, here is the fix.
1. Eject the video cassette
2. Hold down both the "Play" and "Stop" buttons at the same time for 10 seconds..(this re-sets the machine to factory defaults).
3. Turn Power off for 30 seconds
4. Restart and load a video cassette and you will have NO SNOW.
good luck
Russell Ruffin, January 2006