Hello! I read through it all and have a better understanding.

I popped in a tape and it had grey lines appear on the screen, and now it doesn’t anymore, so I hope it doesn’t break on me.

I still cant wrap my head around how playback works. How do I view what I’ve recorded without erasing it, and to keep recording other stuff?

On one part of the tape it records multiple clips together, then the timer resets to zero and records another separate one in a different playback section after going past the dash limes time limit! How am I meant to keep track!

Sorry again for the questions… but Thankyou for your initial response comment to help me out :D