Manufacturer and Model would be a lot more info.
Jeff

"R3Jar" wrote in message
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Does anybody know how a combination radio/cassette player senses the end
of
tape? I have a radio/cassette player in my Toyota Previa Van that started
to
periodically eject the tape or reverse itself. I dealt with it and it
continued
to work intermittently until now when I insert a tape it plays for about a
half
of a second and then ejects. I thought it might sense drag on the tape but
that
cannot be the cause. Can somebody tell me what to look for or how to
repair
this? This maybe an electronic problem as now I notice that if I try to
insert
a tape and press the fast forward or reverse buttons the radio goes to
radio
mode???? If I knew how it sensed the end of tape or what it senses to
reverse
and play I could repair it. I have removed the player from the vehicle and
also
the cassette mechanism and noticed a belt on the underside. Replace that
belt
with one very similar with no change of symtoms. Maybe bad motor? Hope
that
somebody knows something.
Thanks in advance