Oh darn, I should have read the reviews before I bought this. Tried everything I could think of to make this work short of ripping the tape out of the cassette and rubbing it on the vcr heads. The cleaner wouldnt play more than a couple seconds and eventually locked up the player. Had to unplug the vcr and plug it back in to eject the cassette. Amazon said this item is non-returnable so all I can do is eat the money spent and give this item and the seller one star. Stay away from this item!