I have edited this to perhaps make it a little more obvious as to what is happening, in an attempt to get some more help. The camera switches on and appears to function correctly prior to a tape being inserted.
The cassette compartment opens correctly on pressing the eject button, if the cassette compartment is closed without a tape being inserted all the pre-tensioning actions work correctly and appear to return to their correct positions when opening the cassette compartment, but when a tape is inserted non of these tape pre-tensioning operations function. There is a very faint noise of possible a motor trying to do something for about 5 seconds then the cassette compartment opens automatically. with the cassette compartment cover removed I canot see anything trying to move or operate when the tape is correctly inserted.
Besides the camera possibly being faulty I wonder if the tape cassette is the wrong one. the tapes I am trying are Kodak Video Cassette P5-90MP8 and SONY MP 8mm Video Cassette PAL 8
I have a Sony CCD-TR350E, when I insert a tape the camera does not function to take the tape down into the camera and then it rejects the tape. If the cassette compartment is closed without the tape everything appears to function correctly, the tape tensioners etc all move into their correct positions. When the tape is inserted there is a very quiet possible motor noise for about 3 seconds before the tape cassette is rejected. everything else not tape related appears to be working correctly.
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I have edited this to perhaps make it a little more obvious as to what is happening, in an attempt to get some more help. The camera switches on and appears to function correctly prior to a tape being inserted.
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The cassette compartment opens correctly on pressing the eject button, if the cassette compartment is closed without a tape being inserted all the pre-tensioning actions work correctly and appear to return to their correct positions when opening the cassette compartment, but when a tape is inserted non of these tape pre-tensioning operations function. There is a very faint noise of possible a motor trying to do something for about 5 seconds then the cassette compartment opens automatically. with the cassette compartment cover removed I canot see anything trying to move or operate when the tape is correctly inserted.
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Besides the camera possibly being faulty I wonder if the tape cassette is the wrong one. the tapes I am trying are Kodak Video Cassette P5-90MP8 and SONY MP 8mm Video Cassette PAL 8
I have a Sony CCD-TR350E, when I insert a tape the camera does not function to take the tape down into the camera and then it rejects the tape. If the cassette compartment is closed without the tape everything appears to function correctly, the tape tensioners etc all move into their correct positions. When the tape is inserted there is a very quiet possible motor noise for about 3 seconds before the tape cassette is rejected. everything else not tape related appears to be working correctly.