Sony SLV-D550P DVD Player/VCR "unit eats tapes" Questions

...they eigther get kit out and turn off. or play a little eat it a little then kit out, turn off. The unit has a bad transport mechanism--it among other things moves the tape in play etc and when ...

...and winds the tape back into the cassette and closes the door on the tape BEFORE the tape exits the unit.It is not doing that so the tape gets mangled--bad belts, bad rubber drive wheel etc---all ...

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 to a

it eats VCR tapes! I cannot find another unit that has a tuner to replace this wonderful DVD/VCR player/recorder. have the heads and followers cleaned and adjusted. any electronics shop can help.

...eats the tape. I have two of these units, the other one overheats. check out my profile. It sounds like the machine needs a thoro cleaning especially around the guide pins and tape head. Also make ...

...eats tapes. Opened it up and see a thin white plastic strip loose on one end. The loose ens has a **** in it and I'm guessing it's supposed to be attached to something. A dirty VCR will do this and ...

...tapes is a mechanism problem--worn idler or drive unit and or belts if used.Other problem is: This sounds like a very common issue. If set is hard to turn on (takes several tries)but will eventually ...

Eats the tapes I've had this unit for about 3 years and have use the VCR side sparingly. When I went to use it recently, it preceded to not play and eat up my tapes in the process. I had to use a thin

...tapes. dirty heads? how do you fix it? OK, lets get the terminology correct and resolve this. The most common cause of this symptom is a bad drive belt. These units are a bit tricky to get to without ...

...eats tapes, it sounds like a combination of one or more things including; mode switch; worn/glazed/shiny pinch roller; poor back tension on the reel tables; stretched belts (if more than one belt is ...