You say in the video that you had the unit for about 9 months, but
below, you say that you purchased it a few years back. How many years?
Did you buy it new, or was it used?

First off, you should check the power supply voltages to make sure
they are OK. Maybe look for bulged caps.

Generally speaking, VCR's load the cartridge until the "tape down"
switch is activated. Then, the posts should start wrapping the tape
around the head.

I would guess that the "tape down" sensor/switch is working because it
starts to load the tape around the head. However, the head doesn't
spin, and the take-up reel doesn't turn when unloading.



On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:12:25 -0700 (PDT),
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.