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Posted: 5 months ago by dollyllama:
I have a VCR that's probably 10 years old but not used all that much. I wanted to transfer some video tapes to DVD (I have a DVR too).
I popped a tape in and hit play and the VCR promptly started eating the tape. I tested a few other tapes and same thing.
So, is this VCR screwed? Are the heads out of alignment or just need a cleaning (I can't find the head cleaner and I'm pretty sure I had one). Is it even the heads? Any idea what it would cost to repair? I don't really want to buy another one just to convert the tapes because it's unlikely I'll ever use it again after that.
Any suggestions?
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Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames:
could be the heads, could be any part of the system that moves the tape.
It may very well need a cleaning, that would be most likely.
Either pick up a cleaner and try it or see if a friend has a vcr that you can use to convert your tapes to dvd.
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