got a simalair problem with mine i have to keep unpluging the adapter or the battery to get the tape to eject also no audio on playback.picture keeps jumping and is of poor quality repeated beeps when trying to playback unless i turn power of and on.have tried looking on the net but no joy sorry cant help but thought id let you kow i have same sort of problems if i hear of a cure ill let you know
bob adams, June 2009