VCR won't push the tape down

Toss it out.

You need to clean the video head. With these types of sets it's best to use a tape cleaning cassette. I should get a Scotch Head Cleaner Plus tape currently on sale on Amazon for around 4 pounds.

it should be on your remote or in the menu set up

first, try another tape. if it does the same thing the vcr is out of alignment. many times a broken lever inside the vhs tape can cause the vcr to shut down.

<b><font size="1" face="Helvetica-Bold"><font size="1" face="Helvetica-Bold"> To turn on, </b></font></font><font size="1" face="Helvetica"><font size="1" face="Helvetica">hold down<br /> REC on the VCR in Stop<br /> mode with no tape<br /> inserted for 7 sec.<br /> (Please ignore the NO<br /> CASSETTE warning.)<br /></font></font><b><font size="1" face="Helvetica-Bold"><font size="1" face="Helvetica-Bold"> To turn off, </b></font></font><font size="1" face="Helvetica"><font size="1" face="Helvetica">repeat above<br /></font></font><!-- from fixya rte -->

Change the motor belt charge

the tape is trapped in the mechanisms, you have to strip the VCR down to get the tape out

regards

You will have to take the cover off. ( un-plug the AC cord)
Look for the loading motor at the back right side.
Rotate the motor and you will see the tray moving thru its cycle to un-load the tape, it does take quite a few turns, its slow.
Let me know if you run into a problem?

it happened to me too. the only way to fix it or take the vhs from the vcr is to open it.

Just a thought : check if the head isn't blocked ! It should rotate freely (without any friction). I had more or less the same phenomenon (my VCR wouldn't accept any tapes and nothing was activated if I "pushed " a tape in). The reason was here that the VCR wasn't used for a long time (a few months), but it was plugged in all the time (heated up the interior). As a result the head was a-kind-of-blocked. Nothing serious, since I rotated the head manually my VCR works fine.