Did your VCR eat a tape before? When it did, did you forcefully pull the cassette out? If so, then your problem is probably a bent backtensioning arm. What happens is that loose tape can catch on the backtensioning post when pulling the cassette out. Pulling the cassette out forcefully without clearing the tape out of the way of the posts could allow the tape to catch the backtensioning post and then bend the backtensioning arm. When bent out of shape, the arm allows the post to mechanically get in the way of the left side of the cassette when you try to load it. The reason why the arm bends: on these Funai-made VCRs, the backtensioning arm is made of thin sheet metal, so it can be bent relatively easily. With a cassette unloaded, the backtensioning post should be to the right of the supply side guidepost shuttle (the guideposts are the posts that pull the tape up to the head drum). The fix: try to straighten the backtensioning arm straight up, to where the post is as perfectly parallel with the supply side guidepost as possible. HOWEVER, you may still have a problem with the VCR eating a tape in the future, and that's caused by a rotary encoder mode switch with oxidized electrical contacts. This can also be fixed, but it's a bit of a pain the butt on these VCRs because you have to take the VCR chassis out of the plastic housing to get to it.
It never ate a tape before. I bought this brand new in 2012. It was the only stand-alone vhs player left. Other were dvd/vcr combo player. i didn't want those.
bjthedjdutchdude1992 Another possibility could be the tape tension may have gotten so high that it bent the arm out of shape. Or, it could be a foreign object, especially if you have little kids who like to put things in places.
I took my one apart that had that same problem, put a tape in then unplugged it when the tape was stuck halfway in. and moved the belt pulley forward manually and pushed the cassettes down, then plugged it back in to see what happens.
This is because of the simple fact that this is a Funai and because it sucks trash! They have very weak VCR engines made of a lot of plastic pieces and they will break very easily and quickly.
the warranty expired so I just have to deal with it now. Cuz My Philips TV has a built-in VCR. It recently got a problem. You only get the audio from the tape. I think it is the drum that's not working properly.
Hate it when they do that, one would have to load the tape manually
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Did your VCR eat a tape before?
When it did, did you forcefully pull the cassette out?
If so, then your problem is probably a bent backtensioning arm.
What happens is that loose tape can catch on the backtensioning post when pulling the cassette out.
Pulling the cassette out forcefully without clearing the tape out of the way of the posts could allow the tape to catch the backtensioning post and then bend the backtensioning arm.
When bent out of shape, the arm allows the post to mechanically get in the way of the left side of the cassette when you try to load it.
The reason why the arm bends: on these Funai-made VCRs, the backtensioning arm is made of thin sheet metal, so it can be bent relatively easily.
With a cassette unloaded, the backtensioning post should be to the right of the supply side guidepost shuttle (the guideposts are the posts that pull the tape up to the head drum).
The fix: try to straighten the backtensioning arm straight up, to where the post is as perfectly parallel with the supply side guidepost as possible.
HOWEVER, you may still have a problem with the VCR eating a tape in the future, and that's caused by a rotary encoder mode switch with oxidized electrical contacts. This can also be fixed, but it's a bit of a pain the butt on these VCRs because you have to take the VCR chassis out of the plastic housing to get to it.
It never ate a tape before. I bought this brand new in 2012. It was the only stand-alone vhs player left. Other were dvd/vcr combo player. i didn't want those.
bjthedjdutchdude1992
Another possibility could be the tape tension may have gotten so high that it bent the arm out of shape.
Or, it could be a foreign object, especially if you have little kids who like to put things in places.
I’ve had the same sort of problem with my sharp vcr/dvd recorder.
I took my one apart that had that same problem, put a tape in then unplugged it when the tape was stuck halfway in. and moved the belt pulley forward manually and pushed the cassettes down, then plugged it back in to see what happens.
Hi, would you mind taking a video of it with the cover off? It would allow us to help you find the problem.
Good thing Funai stopped making those horrible VCRs last year!
yeah, I heard it on the news on July 22, 2016. since I have been a vhs fan for years, I got EXTREMELY UPSET when they said that.
Is this the Funai D50Y-100M being used?
Alex Widdowson Yes. its not a combined vcr with dvd. i still use it too a few times per year.
Thanks!
This is because of the simple fact that this is a Funai and because it sucks trash! They have very weak VCR engines made of a lot of plastic pieces and they will break very easily and quickly.
Kureha Touka I have a Panasonic and I don't have no problems with it
That's a Panasonic; their engineering tended to be better than Funai's.
I have the same problem
the warranty expired so I just have to deal with it now. Cuz My Philips TV has a built-in VCR. It recently got a problem. You only get the audio from the tape. I think it is the drum that's not working properly.
bjthedjdutchdude1992 my VCR is in good condition from the trifht store I don't have no problems with it