VCR Repair? - Who Loves Legacy Tech?

[lol1419]

Hello LTT Community,

 

           I was reliving my wonderful childhood memories of television and entertainment the other week. I dug up my old VHS tapes and decided to watch some of my favorites. However, I noticed that my VCR won't load any of my tapes. I figured that the tray loading system that loads the VHS into the the VCR was broken but I can't say for sure. I'm including some pictures of my VCR so hopefully some of you could lead me into the right direction to getting it fixed. I really don't wan't to throw it out if it is broken, as much as possible. It's possible if I remember correctly that this VCR is around 18 years old. The last time I used it (a few years ago maybe) it worked flawlessly, as it has been its whole lifetime. If I can't fix it, is there any store in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) where I could have someone take a look at it? Thanks for all your help in advance!

 

       -lol1419

 

***Back of the unit

***Outputs

***Front of the unit

***Proof that it still boots and is recognized by my HDTV. 

***VCR Menu

***VHS inserted half way into the slot

***VHS gets stuck at this point. It doesn't want to go in. I can pull it out with no problem.

***Inside

***Inside

***Manual. It say something about a Key Lock Mode, however i have no idea what this means.

[GoldSrc]

It could be that the mechanism is stuck, or is one of those annoying VCR with some child proof thing .

Check the manual for something like that, if not, you will have to open it and take a look.