Tape eating I have had my camcorder since 2001 and had no problems until now. It has started eating my tape, whether I am taping or trying to replay. It happens shortly after the tape starts. Is there any solution I can do or does it require a repairman?

It needs to go in for cleaning and service. It is a vintage recorder and the rubber feed capstans are probably sticky and need replacing.

It is a known issue.

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its sounds like the tape deck needs to be cleaned

Hi ; this problem is a miss alignement off your tapthern and you may replace the pinch roler assy
and a good head cleen up
and that should solved the problem garanty
hope thats will help have a nice day

Your problem is a plastic belt that drives take up and supply reel. Most likely, you will not be able to relace it by yourself.

the roller inside your camcorder might have dust dirt. try to use camcorder's tape cleaner to clean it.

Canon NTSC ZR25 MC Digital video camcorder is eating the tape. I've loaded a new tape and get an "eject tape" message each time. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

you know what it could be a malfuntion in the circiut take it to future shop or something

The capten belt slipped from the motor.so remoce the mechanisum and fix with a new one.

try to clean the video head...i advise to use a blank tape and fastforward it until the time code counter display...you should on it the menu of the camera..

What happens to the audio when you play the tape in another machine? Does it still drop out? Check the tape visually when it has no sound and see if the edge of the tape is creased. Also is the picture OK when the sound goes off. Does it jump around ans lose sync. If it does it means that the tape is mistracking. It's possible for the tape guides to go out of alignment but usually this is accompanied by picture breakup too. If you've never done it before don't attempt to realign the guides youself, you can really put it out of alighnment and it will damage the tape. Is the microphone built in or removeable? if it's the latter then check the connections and make sure nothing's broken. If there's a switch to go from internal mic to external mic see if it's switched to the proper position, it could be half way between internal and external. I'm opting for a tape problem, Either way a trip to a repair shop may be the best bet. BMW