Some tapes will start and immediately shut down

I have a Toshiba M655 VCR which plays back OK. But, on some tapes, it immediately shuts down. I watched with the lid off it it looks like the take-up reel on the bad tapes has trouble turning. The tape starts to back up by the capstan and then it shuts down. Sometimes, if I hit PLAY a second time it will work OK.

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The vcr is on threshold of belt life. try replacing (or cleaning with alcohol) the take-up reel belt. The vcr has a built-in time-out feature to protect the video tape. if it takes too long for things to happen, shut-down occurs.

Posted on Aug 30, 2007

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Anonymous Sep 03, 2007

do you still need help with this? do you still need help with this?
Anonymous May 06, 2012

It has been cleaned and all tapes shut down, even new ones.
Thijs Meindertsma May 28, 2014

I have a Sony HVR-A1U with the same problem. First I thought it was the battery, but even with a new battery, the camera shuts down after a couple of seconds. I don't know what to do

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