My Sony Betasp 1800 deck is giving me a Error 31-000. My grandson stuck some paper down in it. I cleared it out but nothing is happening. I would greatly appreciate any advise you may have. Thank you, Matt

SOURCE: I have a Sony UVW

check your tape deck unit throughly check for any physical damage of REWIND/FORWARD Gears.and FLY Wheel.
and dis locateion of some lever positions.
defnitly you get solved

SOURCE: digital betacam tape stuck in Sony UVW-1800 deck

Digital tapes should still eject normally (they are the same size and shape) which indicates that it has jammed somewhere inside.
If you want to fix it yourself you will have to remove the cover and check the tape.
If the cassette hasn't spooled up and all the tape is inside the cassette you should be able to unscrew the carriage (the cradle that takes the tape in and down) and remove it that way.

If the tape has spooled around the heads there is a cog (can't remember the exact position of it) arranged vertically near the side of the machine that you can manually wind the spooling arms back into the cassette.

Good luck

SOURCE: Sony Beta sp deck 1800 wont take larger tape down

Most likely problem when a Beta SP deck won't take the large tapes is a bad cable in the cassette housing. Replacement isn't too difficult, and the cable only costs about $20.00.

SOURCE: Error02-694 Sony Betacam Deck UVW-1800

UVW-1800 error 02-694 indicates a problem with one or both reel motors. check the cables going to both motors; have seen failures related to these cables.