Amstrad VCR6000 Will Not Accept Tape

Additionally, the load motor belt is not slipping. It only slips during the fault when the basket is fully ejected to its limit. Then for a couple seconds the motor continues to operate, which causes the belt to slip.

Again, once the tape is manually cycled into place, all VCR functions work properly. Additionally, the eject button works properly. The basket ejects without a single problem. Only while trying to insert a cassette does the fault occur.

JR,

If the belt was slipping a bit, I think I could overcome it by aggressively assisting the basket while the tape is loading. However, no amount of pushing makes a difference. I'll take a second look at the belt.

Any other ideas in the meantime?

For archive's sake, I found the problem.

On the bottom of the cassette mechanism near all the take up reel gearing is a black piece of plastic about the size of a 50 cent piece. It is held into place by one screw and a couple of little plastic nubs. While in place, you can see that there is a grey gear underneath the black plastic piece that engagea a white gear of the take up reel.

Look carefully and make sure you know how the grey gear is aligned. There is a small half cutout on the edge of the gear as an indicator. I made sure the half cutout on the grey gear was aligned with the dot on the white gear.

Remove the grey gear by popping it out of the black plastic holder. On the bottomside of the grey gear are four metal contacts and on the inside of the black plastic are metal strips where the contacts, well...make contact. Mine were dirty. I used an eraser to clean everything up. Also, on the outside of the black plastic piece is a connector with contacts that go into the main circuit board. Mine were also dirty and I cleaned them up with an eraser. I put everything back together and the machine now ejects properly. Apparently, the grey gear with the little metal fingers feeds info to the main processor when the tape is loading. Dirty contacts caused the problem.

seen this before. first check and clean the mode switch - common problem on this model. then remove the cassette basket. On the right hand side is a cam (black if i recall). there are 2 leaf switches which have probably got bent out of their correct position or are dirty - retension and clean. Ben

seen this before. first check and clean the mode switch - common problem on this model. then remove the cassette basket. On the right hand side is a cam (black if i recall). there are 2 leaf switches which have probably got bent out of their correct position or are dirty - retension and clean. Ben

seen this before. first check and clean the mode switch - common problem on this model. then remove the cassette basket. On the right hand side is a cam (black if i recall). there are 2 leaf switches which have probably got bent out of their correct position or are dirty - retension and clean. Ben

seen this before. first check and clean the mode switch - common problem on this model. then remove the cassette basket. On the right hand side is a cam (black if i recall). there are 2 leaf switches which have probably got bent out of their correct position or are dirty - retension and clean. Ben