Fighting with a RCA VHS camcorder

[ESigma25]

Unfortunately I spoke way too soon...I tried to use it to record on Xmas day and it would not record at all. Even after cleaning the mode switch it still won't record.

At this point I'm completely out of ideas...it won't play a tape in playback mode either.

[Blast]

Originally Posted by ESigma25

Unfortunately I spoke way too soon...I tried to use it to record on Xmas day and it would not record at all. Even after cleaning the mode switch it still won't record.

At this point I'm completely out of ideas...it won't play a tape in playback mode either.

Ok, let's walk it back a step so I can try to keep up. When you press STOP will the two arrows on the mode switch point to each other?

If you can't get it all the way into play or record to do the above test, try pressing EJECT, wait for the lid to pop open, then see if the two arrows align.