To clean the lens, remove cover, take a cotton swab and dip it in rubbing alcohol and rub cotton swab on lens. This will clean your lens. If the problem persists after the lens is cleaned, than the laser motor is bad, or the timing is off and will need new mechanism.
vcr will not play tapes. trys to start but then ejects I removed the cover and put tape in player....
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vcr will not play tapes. trys to start but then ejects I removed the cover and put tape in player. tape makes contact with head but motor for advance of tape seems slow to astart and jerky. Tape is eventually ejected