On Sun, 28 Sep 2014, wrote:

Hello. I purchased this combo player/dvd recorder a few years back. Only played about 10 vhs tapes with it, as I transferred old stuff to dvd. Then it began to do what it does in this video: it will accept the tape, seat the tape, then eject it and create a situation where there's a string of tape not wound back into the cassette:

http://youtu.be/s2e9OQBMAy8

Hopefully someone knows what's going on. I don't have a ton of tapes,
but would like to transfer my few remaining home videos before retiring
the format forever. Thanks.

There's a faq about VCRs at http:www.repairfaq.org that even includes
some photos of how the tape is supposed to wind. At least read that first
before asking a vague question.

Michael