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Old 25th Oct 2020, 9:58 am   #11
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Default Re: Sony VHS Tape Recorder Chewing Tape On Eject

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Originally Posted by DMcMahon View Post

I found out that the plastic shaft the label was on goes up into a hole in the underside of the tape cassette to remove the brakes off the tape spools.

David
That 'shaft' is actually an LED that shines through the cassette to detect that there is tape in the cassette and also to shut the drive off when you get to the end of the tape clear leader.
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