Safe Mode It says "safe" on the display, how do i get rid of that?It also doesnt play tapes when it displays this.

it is in safe mode as it detects a problem, perhaps pinch rollar is gone, not sure, but t needs service

If it gives you enought time, run cmd: and then execute
CHKDSK C: /F
presuming c: is your system drive, else select
corresponding
Also you might try Systerm Restore to point BERFORE this all happened.

If ask for restart, Restart

Are you already try changing tapes, if still try to hairdying the mecanism if you use the same tape after first try turn forward your tape manual, usually the cause of error 4 is the drumhead doesnt spinning cause sticky tape,
Hope this solve your problem

Restart the computer and press "Del"key or F2 key.. check whether any responce on display, if BIOS is displayed , then display is ok.
Then restart the computer and press F8 key continuosly till "SAFE MODE" list displaying. if displayed safe mode list, select "Enable VGA mode". then press enter. try to login to windows. then change the resolution if required.

No display? but you have an mouse cursor showing? So you must have an display and it is locking on startup of the OS. Do you have an bootable cd? If not lets try to start it up in safe mode..
1: power down system
2: on power up hit the F8 key keep taping it till you get display saying startup in safe mode.
3: start up in safe mode no network.
4: if it starts up to an desktop then its an driver or software which you have installed causing normal startup to stop.
If it doesn't start in safe mode we will have to boot to an OS CD.
Let me know how these first steps go..

The signal being sent is outside of the rated limits of the monitor (vertical or horizontal synch rates). Boot up in safe mode (by hitting F8 during the initial startup of the computer, before the windows logo screen comes up). Select Safe Mode. If you get a display in this mode, then you know your graphics card is sending a signal outside of the monitors limits, if not, then the monitor itself is probably bad. NOTE: The following steps are for Windows XP only... if you have a different OS, please reply and I'll research the steps for you.

If it is your graphics card, while in safe mode, right click on My Computer and choose Properties. Click on the Hardware tab. Click on Device Manager and double click the Display Adapter entry. Right click on your graphics card and click uninstall. This will force the computer to reinstall the graphics drivers at bootup and, hopefully, reset the adapters output mode. Reboot the system and once in, set your display settings to the best for your monitor (Windows XP should pick the best setting if the monitor is plug and play).

I can help with your locked dvd player.
To get the word SAFE to disappear, follow these steps.

I hope that helps.

To remove "SAFE" from the front display, using the remote control, press and hold "INFO" for 5 seconds until it disappears. This was probably acitivated while you stopped a recording which can trigger it, of you may have activated "Safe" by pressing the INFO button several times. This is to prevent access of the recorder by locking all controls. This is for the DVD Recorder/VCR combo VR320 and the 1st generation DvD Recorder DVR-130.

Even though this was a product I regret purchasing, it isn't as bad a people make it out to be. It works best with DV cable recording from 1 Hour Mini-DV tape camcorders to 1 Hour XP Record DVD mode. It is probable one of the best. Only issue I have is when you try playing a finalized DVD-R disc in another DVD player, there is a chance it might not work because of the Highest quality 1 Hour record mode. Standard is 2 Hour SP. You will have to burn an exact copy using DVD copy software on your computer to DVD-R. This will fix the problem.

Go inside and REPLACE e v e r y rubber band that u find in machine. Don't replace one or two, if you find one or two bad
REPLACE THEM ALL.