How to extract a stuck video tape?

my video wont wrong a video will go in then the tape will get stuck then try n eject itself? how do i fix this?

mary
February 2009

Simplfying what Jon just said, unplug your VCR, find where the video is been held, and you will find a gear that holds the video in place. (Look at it from the front and you will notice it easier) and now roll this gear and the video should start coming out manually. Dont worry about the slot hatch, as this opens up when the video is coming towards it.

Hope this helps.

Chad Bronson
July 2006

John are you Johnny?
When you go to eject, you may get the cassette
with a tape loop hanging out. If you are careful, you may be able to
extract the tape without crinkling it too badly but don't just pull - it
will break or be hopeless damaged. You will need to remove the top cover
and carefully lift the tape loop out of the machine and wind it back into
the cassette. If there is any significant crinkling or a partial break
in the tape, discard the cassette. If it is priceless and irreplaceable,
see the section: "Recovering damaged or broken tapes". DO NOT try to use it or
just return it to the video store without informing them of what happened -
it is unfair the next renter as a badly crinkled or partially broken
tape can destroy expensive video heads.
http://repairfaq.ece.drexel.edu/REPAIR/F_vcrfaq4.html#VCRFAQ_001

My primary purpose for making this information available is simply to help out other folks who might find themselves in the same situation I was. Unlike myself, I realise that most sane people probably would not be inclined to tear open their HiFi VCR when it stops working, so if this saves one of these folks the expense of having to shell out $100-200 for another VCR, then this has served its purpose.

http://www.jonsteiger.com/WWW/VCRFIX/


http://www.fixer.com/no-eject.html

Jon Kemp
September 2004