My canon camcorder tells me to eject the tape but while the tape area opens, the tape does not pop up because the electric mechanism seems jammed and so I cannot access it - what can I do?

Justin, October 2009

HI EVERYBODY,
BEFORE YOU SHELL OUT CASH TO FIX YOUR CAMCORDER TRY THIS BELOW.

IVE BEEN GETTING ERROR CODES ON MY CAMCORDER AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CASSETTE DOOR ONLY OPENING SO FAR OR NOT OPENING AT ALL AND I FOUND OUT WHY! AND ITS A DODDLE TO PUT RIGHT.

DONT HIT YOUR CAMERA! YOURE LIKELY TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS.

ITS USUALLY CAUSED BY A VERY FINE RESIDUE BUILDUP ON THE BATTERY TERMINALS AND THE ONES ON THE CAMERA AND ALSO THE MAINS SOCKET. THIS IS CAUSED BY DAMP,HUMID OR WET CONDITIONS. YOU NEED TO TAKE A VERY SMALL METAL OBJECT LIKE A NAIL FILE ETC AND SCRAPE ALL TERMINALS CLEAN (you might think they look clean but trust me theyre not) AND THAT SHOULD DO THE TRICK. IT WORKED ON MY SONY CCD-TR515E CAMCORDER. good luck. KEITH

keith, October 2009