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Thread: Tape stuck in Mitsubishi HS-M68 |
    
New member Username: Videotape7
UK
Post Number: 1
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 05:15 pm: |
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Hi,
A video cassette has just stuck inside my beloved Mitsubishi HS-M68! :-(
I can't eject the cassette or perform any other functions with the machine - when I turn it on the mechanism simply jerks a little and then the machine shuts off again.
I've tried taking the case off the machine to have a look inside but I don't really have any knowledge of VCR maintenance and found that it's beyond me to figure out what to do to release the cassette or whether anything fatal has occurred. In its current state the loose tape was still clinging to the heads although the mechanism to hold it there is no longer positioned to do so and appears to have returned to its resting place under the flap at the front of the cassette.
The machine had been working fine until a minute before the problem; I had FF a tape which mysteriously stopped before reaching its end. I ejected the tape to check if it was okay, it looked fine, so I inserted it again. I pressed play to see if it would play. The picture was unstable. I hit eject again, but this time it wouldn't.
Any clues what to do please? I'll be devastated if the machine is dead as no other VCRs seem to playback my hundreds of LP tapes nearly so well as this machine.
Thanks for your help! |
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Bronze Member Username: Dicks_ndickweeds
Bonerland,
USA
Country Music
Post Number: 79
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 05:29 am: |
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Use a long toothpick or long skinny piece of plastic to lift the tape upwards off the heads and tracks. Use a flashlight. Once the tape is off the heads and tracks the tape will eject. This is easier than taking the top off the vcr. I've done it dozens of times and it worked every time. |
Silver Member Username: Ftalife
Post Number: 325
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 08:44 am: |
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If you've tried that with no luck you could always shake the crap out of it.
Butter knife worked for me years ago. |
Bronze Member Username: Dicks_ndickweeds
Bonerland,
USA
Country Music
Post Number: 91
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 07:25 pm: |
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You don't want to scratch the audio or video heads. |
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