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Question about SL260A S-VHS VCR

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Eating tapes and then refuses to work The VCR started to eat my tapes! I stopped playing the tape, and tried to eject. The tape only came half way. It was "free" from the mechanical stuff, but ...

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Question about WF803 DVD Player/VCR

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...VCR eats a tape, it can be cause by a couple things. 1. There is a rubber wheel called a "pincher wheel" that compresses the tape against the "capstan". The capstan is a shiny metal spindle connected ...

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VCR, but when I stop a VHS tape from playnig and attempt to rewind it, the VCR eats the tape. I am sure that it is a belt that is causing the problem, but I am not sure which one. And if it is the one

Question about SLV-778HF VHS VCR

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...vcr forever and i have a bit of knowledge in electronics and it stopped working one day and started eating tapes so i took it apart and found out it was the small rubber band like belt on the gears ...

Question about W522 VHS VCR

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...VCR is supposed to look like to make sure I didn't mess anything up? Tape "eating" is usually caused by a no take-up condition, that is, the take-up spindle isn't being driven, and thus a certain ...

VCR stops, ejects, eats tapes We have a Symphonic WF802 DVD/VCR combo. The DVD player works fine, but the VCR has quit working. When we put a tape in, it gets stuck midway, the VCR shuts off, and the ...

Question about VRB420 VHS VCR

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eating my vcr tapes it just started eating my vcr tapes, ive had it a few yrs. i keep it clean and dust free. what happen how do i fix it. ok , lets start with MOISTURE where VCR located ,what happen ...

Question about VRB420 VHS VCR

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vcr has started to eat tapes. Put tape in starts to run then stops. I did not have a problem with a projector tv-it was a vcr. I took it apart-cleaned the heads and used compressed air to blow out the

Question about VRB420 VHS VCR

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...VCR's that eat tape is the rollers and belts that they use , over time they become warn and stretched . This happens particularly with the pinch wheel that feeds the tape through to the guide rollers ...

...tapes every time I go to click record it eats them only after I click the record button and it records for about 5 to 10 minutes however sometimes it doesn't eat them. The idle tire for your VCR is ...

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