Is there any way

Rita · #1 02/09/10, 09:17 AM

Is there any trick to getting a VCR tape out of a built-in VCR player in a small TV? I put one in and it just won't eject. Hate to have to buy another TV just to be able to use the VCR player.

foxtrapper · #2 02/09/10, 09:18 AM

With screwdriver in hand you can remove the case and access the VCR unit. Then you can work the tape out.

Jenn · #3 02/09/10, 09:44 AM

I've retrieved them with tongs or chopsticks. However a machine that has grabbed one tape may be the problem, not the tape, so don't put your tools away after you get this one out.

Rita · #4 02/09/10, 09:53 AM

We've tried with a flat knife with fingers but it's just in there real tight.

Rita · #5 02/09/10, 10:02 AM

It's fixed! DH took to his basement workshop and plugged it in and pushed eject and it worked. Must have scared it into working.

uncle Will in In. · #6 02/09/10, 02:25 PM

VCRs need a good shake up now and then. Ours quit a few years ago, and we took it 20 miles to a repair shop. Went back a week later to pick it up, and they told us there weasn't anything wrong with it. It worked perfect after that little trip it took.