I put in a tape, and rewound it (because whoever had the tape before is highly impolite). Started sounding a bit weird towards the end, and then when I pressed 'play' the VCR simply powered down.
Ejected it, and it again sounded a bit odd. Carefully pulled it out, expecting it to be wound around the heads still or something, but it came out quite easily...followed by the tape only coming out one side of the cassette.
The clear end that's supposed to be attached to the right reel has come loose:
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Is there a fix for this? Any immediate steps to protect the loose portion of tape?