My Panasonic PV-M2079 VCR accepts the VHS tape, whirrs briefly, and then rejects it. Why is this happening and what can I try to fix it?
Based on the Panasonic PV-M2035/PV-M2045 manual (which shares similar mechanisms with the PV-M2079), a VCR that whirrs and then rejects a tape is often…