How Do You Fix A Video Tape Cassette?
Today, with tapes rapidly falling out of favor, it’s becoming important to be able to salvage tapes which get tangled or mangled – replacements might be too expensive or unavailable. This article allows you to restore either VHS or Beta videotapes. If your tape is tangled up or jammed in the VCR, don’t panic — you can probably restore both your VCR and your tape (but you should maintain your recorder more regularly with head cleaning and degaussing). First unplug all the wires from the VCR and unplug the power cord. There should be two or three screws along the edge, either in back or on the bottom (but don’t remove the smaller screws holding internal components in place). If some of the tape is stuck in the mechanism, cut off just he amount of tape that is creased or twisted; that should free your cassette
