My Phillips VCR won't eject. I have a tape loaded and now its stuck in
there. Otherwise, it functions fine, can play and record. When I press
the eject button (either on the set or the remote) the unit tries to
eject, but fails and goes into standby. Any ideas what can be wrong?

The Phillips service centre here is in another town and opens only
during office hours and I do not want to take a day off to send it for
repairs and another day to collect it. The shop I bought it from way
back in 1997 no longer exists. Hopefully, it's something I can deal
with myself. I'm hoping to get a couple more years life from it before
moving on to DVD recorders.

Benn.

Hello, !
You wrote on 21 Oct 2005 01:28:32 -0700:

b The Phillips service centre here is in another town and opens only
b during office hours and I do not want to take a day off to send it for
b repairs and another day to collect it. The shop I bought it from way
b back in 1997 no longer exists. Hopefully, it's something I can deal
b with myself. I'm hoping to get a couple more years life from it before
b moving on to DVD recorders.

Does the machine rewind OK?

Don't know which model you mean, but it sounds like it might be a rewind
idler or motor problem.
It would be helpful to let folks know the model number.

With best regards, 3T39. E-mail:

In a quiet room, listen carefully as you hit the eject button. Likely,
you'll hear some mechanical activity even though there is no eject.
Quite often a rubber belt is slipping and is unable to lift the tape.
The system quickly sees a fault and shuts down the motor. Before
considering electrical faults, look at the belts. Sometimes a cleaning
will help, but a new belt is better. Most repair shops will sell you
the belt if you have the original, saves having to look up part numbers
etc. BTW, VCR's have light sensors to watch the mechanics and tape.
Keep bright lights away from the unit while trying to eject with the
cover off.

wrote:
My Phillips VCR won't eject. I have a tape loaded and now its stuck in
there.

Check out http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_vcrrx.html .

Matt Roberds

wrote:
My Phillips VCR won't eject. I have a tape loaded and now its stuck in
there. Otherwise, it functions fine, can play and record. When I press
the eject button (either on the set or the remote) the unit tries to
eject, but fails and goes into standby. Any ideas what can be wrong?

please always post your model number if you want specific (read:
helpful) advice.

almost certainly a drive belt on a load motor or the cassette basket
gone slack, but as i said, it depends on the model.......
-B

The model number is Philips VR428. This is Asian model, not sure if the
number is same in other countries. Pretty basic 4 head mono VCR from
around 1997.
Rewind and forward works ok.
I opened the cover. It looks pretty complicated, so I don't know where
to start. Anyway, when I press the eject button, the tape goes back in
to the casette, and the VCR tries to lift the casette but fails and
returns the casette back to the loaded position with the tape wound on
the drum and goes to standby.

writes:

The model number is Philips VR428. This is Asian model, not sure if the
number is same in other countries. Pretty basic 4 head mono VCR from
around 1997.
Rewind and forward works ok.
I opened the cover. It looks pretty complicated, so I don't know where
to start. Anyway, when I press the eject button, the tape goes back in
to the casette, and the VCR tries to lift the casette but fails and
returns the casette back to the loaded position with the tape wound on
the drum and goes to standby.

As someone else posted, it may just be that some rubber belts and such
need replacing. If you aren't willing to do it yourself, this is a simple
repair for a professional. If all you want to do is get the tape out,
helping it along when it's trying to lift up may be enough to get it out
without damaging anything.

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