VCR tape stuck in Zenith TVR1920. Power shuts off with NO response of any buttons.

eject motor weak or dirty

Hi,

This guide should help you.

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First unplug the VCR then you can carefully unscrew the screws that hold the body to the base of your machine and you can carefully remove your tape !?!

Remove the top cover to see the tape and get at it. Remove it there using plastic tools, not metal.

you can get the code automatically by pressing set button the remote then after keep pressing the volume key while you observe the tv for response once you notice any response press the set button again.now its ok.

This can be something mechanicaly binding in the mechanism. It is also possible that the power supply is starting to fail, and when under load it goes into protect. It is also possible that there are some circuits in the VCR that are pulling too much current due to some failures.

The VCR should be checked by an experienced service tech who knows VCR's.

Jerry G.

take it to someone who has experience in removing stuck VCR tapes or you will be paying a lot more for a new VCR. They won't charge you much....IF they even charge you.

i took mine out with 2 butter knifes. 1 pressing on each side of the tape forcing it outward while pressing eject at the same time

Yes, it is a mechanical problem. While the tape is in fast forward the gears are engaged and locked to provide drive to the spindel on the right, however when you press the rewind button without hitting stop, the gears try to engage the spindel on the left without stoping and reversing (changing rotational positioning), this causes the motor to stop (this emulates a tape jam)the tope is left in and the unload mechanism never spools the tape back in because the motor has stopped. To free the tape, what I do is open up the unit and find the main motor check to see if the belt has slipped, if it has not try to manually spin the motor to engage the unload mechanism and eject the tape.