![]() I hope there's a resident expert who can help me! If you need additional photos, or video, or anything, just let me know. It works fine.īasically, since I don't know much about VCRs, I don't know what these symptoms could mean, and I hesitate to start disassembling this thing without knowing that I'll be able to put it back together. There is a small sensor switch that detects the tape's initial insertion, which I tested with my multimeter. If I try to insert a tape, it will go partway in but no further. Pretty much the same thing happens when I press the "Eject" button. Then the tape icon lights up on the front panel. Sorry I can't be more specific about what these parts are. Then one of the little plastic bits that turn the tape spools rotates for awhile, followed by some mechanical movement I can't see beneath the tape-holder assembly. When the deck is turned on, the semi-transparent gear you see just to the right the gear with the toothed belt on it spins quite fast, to no apparent effect. ![]() (The "Tape Inserted" icon on the front panel is illuminated, and the deck will happily play, pause, fast forward, etc, though there's nothing in there) ![]() It's a Sony SL-2401 and the problem seems to be that it thinks it has a tape in it. I recently acquired an old (circa 1983) Betamax deck, and I'm looking to get it working to play some old family tapes.
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