Thanks for uploading this video, I recently got one of these for $30 with the same error. Fixed it using the steps provided - works like a charm!!!! Now I can digitize my footage that I got in 2006 of our now retired RAAF F-111 - you've helped not only me but you've helped preserve Australian aviation history. Thanks mate 😃 🇦🇺
@tookeydookey Жыл бұрын
Watched this video last year cuz my digital8 camcorder was having the same issue, and reseating the cables worked! Glad to have people like you who are knowledgeable about this stuff!😁👌
@mushroom100eater2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely great. I found this after googling and gave it a try and worked like a charm. It was Sony DCR TRV 480 in my case and gave C31:21 and sometimes C31:20 and would beep, would not eject the tape or would not take the tape inside. This resolved my issue and hope it will help someone else. Again, thanks a bunch!!
@maxdoes_ Жыл бұрын
Found this when I had the C:31:22 error on my GV-D800 Video Walkman. Unscrewed the back, carefully removed and reseated all the flat ribbon cables, and now it works great!
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
I have covered that one in many previous videos.
@maxdoes_ Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids I'll check out the videos, thanks
@PointerJon10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I had been transferring our kids' videos from 20 years ago and suddenly the playback stopped working. Followed your video and I'm back in business with a great picture! (I also cleaned the playback head). Thank you so much for sharing this video!
@Mark-jl7nz Жыл бұрын
Thank you I was in the middle of transferring 23 (2)hr hi8 tapes when my Sony trv318 starting the error code ! I did exactly what you said and it worked perfectly it is running smooth again ! Thanx again !!
@Raptor50aus3 ай бұрын
Thanks Dave, 2 years on and your videos helped save another 2x Handycams from the bin. This time its a Sony CCD-TRV85 Hi8 XR 1998 x 2. They both look like new and work great now.
@12voltvids3 ай бұрын
Paypal.me/12voltvids. LOL 😀
@NewWorldHippy2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much bro you helped me tremendously. I only met one of my grandparents when I was 11 years old . I’m 32 now & you helped me get my footage back
@ertusenju39732 ай бұрын
I have a DCR-TRV285E and your video was the only one that worked for me. Thank you very much 🤩 ❤️
@theperfectstrom4 ай бұрын
This is the most useful video regarding this problem. It solved my problem on my 21 year old TRV-250. Thank you very much.🙏🥰🙏
@TheOriginalArchivist Жыл бұрын
10/10. I've never worked on cameras before, but using this and another one of your videos I was able to get an old camera working again. Thanks for the videos!
@belindafreisinger4936 Жыл бұрын
I pulled my "stupid" camera out after 18 years and it had the same error. FIXED thanks to you! :)
@michaelkane3936 Жыл бұрын
Just used this video yesterday to fix my Sony DCR TRV250 error! Just in time for my son to watch footage of his childhood years today on his 20th Birthday! Thanks for the video!
@pmcorcor Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!! This helped me to fix my Sony Camera, and view my old tapes....so many years of thinking they were lost!
@drkumarmp Жыл бұрын
Thanks a million, had abandoned my Hi8 almost a decade back because of this issue, after seeing this video I gave it a try and its worked, camcorder is back on working condition for any future 8 mm tape digitising project.
@lilglizzyvert5635 Жыл бұрын
Thank you I appreciate it so much, just recently got handed this camera by my parents and just got this error and fixed using the step by step guide form you deserve more recognition💯
@zulumax13 жыл бұрын
Love the easter egg hunts in your videos, keep 'em coming.
@garyannajanello8 ай бұрын
Thanks you! Just fixed my Sony TRV 250 C31:22 Error. Your Instructional video was easy to follow and worked Perfect. I did not notice any water damage or cables loose, but pulled ribbon cables out and back in, reassembled and error was gone. I have tested on a dozen tapes and all of them worked without error coming back. Thanks again!
@12voltvids8 ай бұрын
They go bad from just sitting.
@garyannajanello7 ай бұрын
Since this message I have repaired a few more & did end up damaging a ribbon cable on one unit. So, the next 31:23 unit I tried a different method that worked & wanted to share.. instead of pulling ribbon cables I put a drop of contact cleaner on ribbon & let it sit over night. Then next morning it worked no error. Not sure if this is permanent.. if error comes back then will pull cables. Thanks again for your great videos!
@12voltvids7 ай бұрын
Easiest way to pull the flex cable is to put a small screw driver under it and then pinch the cable against it and pull the cable out with the screwdriver. I have shown this method on other videos.
@adiasbrtvsony10503 жыл бұрын
I recovered many camcorders after watch your videos. Thank you.
@vwestlife3 жыл бұрын
Removing analog Hi8/Video8 playback support wasn't such a big deal because Sony kept making analog Hi8 Handycams just as long as they did Digital8 ones -- all the way until 2007. So those who were married to the analog format could simply buy a new analog Handycam instead of a digital one. The digital-only Digital8 Handycams were cheaper than Sony's MiniDV camcorders, so they filled the price gap between Hi8 and MiniDV.
@hpc4uandme Жыл бұрын
Works like a charm! Fixed C31:22 on my DCR-TRV250. Now I don't have to pay $100+ for a working one
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
You're welcome.
@nachobeloqui31072 жыл бұрын
Thanks from Argentina! I was finally able to rewatch all those old tapes👍👍 You rock.
@Mjagodzinski3452 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir for fixing my camera, makes no sense to me why that makes it work but it does! Now I can enjoy my home movies
@mvp-zw5bw Жыл бұрын
thanks so much..... i have the DCR-TRV280 with same problem , was trying to fix this for months !!!!! until you came along < took apart camera did exactly what you performed , problem solved !!!!! thanks again
@aaronfitzgerald91092 жыл бұрын
That's the DCR-TRV250 , it's the base model, the next one is the 355E which can play 8mm/Hi8
@12voltvids6 ай бұрын
I gutted the chassis from this one and put it into a 240 that had been given to me that the guides had been ripped out if. The 240 has analog playback. I have another 250 parts camera as well to keep my 2 240 digitizing cameras running.
@kiko12000 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much man, this saved my life. I've been trying to digitize my families old tapes but the camcorder wasn't playing anything, i was scared it was just gonna eat up all the old tapes. I followed this very carefully and everything works now! Keep making these videos dude, theyre great
@willen_de_souza2 жыл бұрын
That worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping with the camera I was about to throw away.
@combogodinhotlinemiami2 жыл бұрын
Hi! I don't usually leave comments, but you helped me a lot. Thank you very much, I've been scratching my head for 3 days already.
@pavelalekseevich37406 ай бұрын
От всей души! Большое спасибо! Ваше видео помогло мне сэкономить немалую сумму денег!
@opo1547 ай бұрын
Thank you...I'll have a go with mine now!
@rauldeleonnancy31992 жыл бұрын
Wow! I can finally save all of my old tapes. Thank you!
@foot_music Жыл бұрын
This fix worked for me on a Sony DCR-TRV350 with a C3130 error. Thanks 12voltvids!
@SergZak20233 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the high-quality content👍
@jeffmech600 Жыл бұрын
YOU JUST SAVED 100S OF HOURS OF FAMILY VIDS!! THANKS BUD
@flippers493 жыл бұрын
If only I can teleport from South Africa to come and pick up that 250...have very nice analogue machines but my 340 chews my tapes and still have some digital tapes to archive. Love your videos and stay safe.
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
I will likely sell this one as i certainly don't need it.
@flippers493 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Thanks, but shipping to South Africa is quite risky...might disappear as soon as it lands here.
@johnelmquist5992 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this tutorial!! I have exactly the same Sony Handycam. Followed your video and had great success!! No more 31:23 code!! Been testing and seems all functions are working!! I'm a subscriber now!! Mine had that same silver screw on top in the grey plastic, it is a little longer than the other black screws too!!
@MyCrazyGarage5 ай бұрын
Thanks, i have multiple Digital 8 Cameras that seem to suffer the same problem (that, and the "white pin" issue) Since you seem to know a lot about these, what do you think could make my footage get pixelated sometimes? My NOS TRV-140E only records footage/audio that gets pixelated. Was working like new until recently... Reloading the tape sometimes fixed it, but now doesent seem to work and trows out same C31:23 error. Same appears on my others like TRV-245 and TR7100E, but only when theres fast changes in the footage. Thank you!
@itsnotmyfault12 жыл бұрын
Worked for me and I got to see my brother's highschool Spanish project.
@devsphotobenphoto2247 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Your step by step instructions worked perfectly!!
@salwankhundy326510 ай бұрын
Hi .. Something does not work correctly in my handy cam. There is no video on the LCD. Only a blue screen, even when i opened to eject the 8 mm cassette, there is no eject tone at all ... would you please help me to fix this problem .. Thank you
@jimarney571411 ай бұрын
Did this and it works now. Thanks.
@YorkieKilla Жыл бұрын
Great video, really helpful. Also thanks for the knowledge about the Sony cables, that would have caught me out for sure.
@Hernandezvideofilmaudio Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. I was actually looking to fix another problem but I have another camcorder with the problem you fixed so I can't wait to try out this fix. The issue I'm having is actually the tape. The video goes in and out and the audio is garbled. I saw another video here where a person was able to adjust the tracking manually and fix a playback problem but he doesn't explain exactly how he did it. He just shows an opening he created on the cartridge cover and he inserts a special screw driver to adjust the tracking. I was hoping you fixed a playback issue similar to this and have a video on the detailed solution. This is for a client who so desperately wants me to salvage her wedding video but so far no luck.
@rauldeleonnancy31992 жыл бұрын
So the problem with visual is fixed but there is no sound. Would I need to do anything similar to fix the playback sound?
@kimfortier99916 ай бұрын
my DCR-TRV350 was working great, then suddenly I get the C31:23 code. I checked the pinch roller, which popped off when I barely touched it. I put it back, but still get the error. Long story short, my edge connectors look different from yours and the ribbon REALLY doesn't want to come out. I can't see any "gate" to open or anything to make them come out. I finally forced the issue, but I still have the error code. Any ideas, anyone?
@thibavd Жыл бұрын
I just received a second hand TRV 270e and was it was displaying the error code C31:22. I tried this fix of opening it up and replugging the cables shown and it solved the problem temporarily, I found that pressing the photo button would trigger the error message and ask me to reinsert the cassette. To solve this I would just reopen the device and plug the cables back in. I turned the camera on today to attempt to export video and the error code redisplayed. I went in to the camera and have now replugged the cables in 3 times, after each attempt the error message still displays upon launch. Do you have any advice on a potential fix/reason as to why this is happening? To note: I have now noticed that the photo function seems to work as the screen will flash when the button is pressed behind the reinsert cassette error message.
@robinsonsoto84713 жыл бұрын
12 voltvids how do you know which tape is analog or digital. they are all 8 mm. right.
@FraggleRocker Жыл бұрын
Doing God's work by making these videos. Thanks!
@robertashworth1285 Жыл бұрын
Thanks this worked for my Sony Video Hi 8. Great video!
@jameswaddell33483 жыл бұрын
This was my first camcorder i had for a couple of years; then a few years later i bought the Panasonic PV-GS500 Mini-DV, and NEVER went back to Sony and any of their Hi8 and or Digital 8 Camcorders.
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
I have used Panasonic and jvc cameras and neither came even close to my Sony cameras. I had professional models from all 3 companies. Big difference between home video and professional. I had both a dcrvx1000 and hdrfx1 3ccd Mini DV and HDV camera. Both would blow away that Panasonic. I also had a canon gl2. It had a nice lens buy the camera front end was not as good as the vx1000 and the fx1 blew away the vx1000
@jameswaddell33483 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids I can agree on the Sony HC3 which was a better Mini DV camcorder at the time, but the GS500 on sale was about $400 cheaper, and that fit my budget! Plus i was only using the Panasonic AY-DVM83PQ Tapes for mostly recording in clubs i was playing at. I still have the GS500, which has had zero issues, and the original battery still holds about a 90% charge.
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
@@jameswaddell3348 The HDR hc3 was an HD camera recording 1080i vs 480i if DV so yes it was superior. I have an hc3 and fx1.
@user-eg9jo8it9n Жыл бұрын
any advice if the tape wont go in? I have the same camera and trying to recover my wedding video. I started with this error and did the repair as you showed here but now the tape slot is stuck out.
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
I hope you didn't damage the ribbon connector.
@EmmaDee Жыл бұрын
I have the DCR-TRV19, getting error code 31.23. The little black thingy fell right out so is there only one supposed to be in there? Will this video show me how to put it back in? Without taking it all apart?
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
Are you referring to the tape door damper? That part is not necessary.
@zulumax13 жыл бұрын
Skipped the whole 8mm format, went from full size VHS Panasonic camcorder, to Canon Vixia HF R300 into SDXD memory card. What advantage is there to digital in a physical format? Use my iPhone 12 for my KZbin videos, very nice macro function on that.
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
I used hi8 and the DV/HDV as a production format. Physical media was the best we had until memory cards got big enough to store the huge amount of data needed for high quality video. I have been shooting as a fully file based system for close to 15 years now. Have no use for tape based format but still use optical disks for archiving.
@voavice93149 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, after following all of the steps, my cameras still gives the same error 😔 Would you have any other idea on what the issue could be? I desperately want to recover and save these old family videos I have. I own the exact same camera. UPDATE: I was able to get the camera up and running and I figured out that the issue with the camera is that the roller was missing. It had fell out while I took it apart and was working on it but I was able to find it and put it back in and now the camera runs like a charm.
@SPOONman40003 жыл бұрын
at some point a while back i had picked up a couple of a/v cables from Radio Shack under their Gigaware brand that turned out to have the Sonyspecial wiring. I think the Toshiba portable dvd player i have also uses that wiring
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
A stereo cable will work but the right audio channel is shorted out. Video will be on the red plug.
@Rijeka82 Жыл бұрын
I have error C:31:23 eating my tape.. any tape i put inside, it eating, and i hear that maybe tape dont go arround the video head :(
@Ashleybashleeart6 ай бұрын
I have a Sony trv203 that keeps having the same error & it will open and jams & won't close when tapes put in. Thanks for your videos
@Joscraft_058 ай бұрын
But the TRV140E from second hand had these C:31:22/C:31:23 errors but after moving the pinch roller a little and rewind a tape for a some time and have the mechanism and heads working I fixed that and now it can play and record tapes very well without dropouts.
@hildaarrazcaetahusien9568 Жыл бұрын
What does that mean that my old video cannot be play back in this camera?
@Joscraft_058 ай бұрын
Sure? These D8 models was a good improvement in quality compared to the early models from 1999/2000. Anyways these are more than 20 years old camcorders the heads or the pinch roller could not be good. In other case I have a DCR-TRV255E and when I was young I touched all the mechanism of the tape compartiment and all and it still working and playing back the tapes very well without dropouts and that impressed me because back in the time I touched very hard the heads and all the mechanism from there.
@nickfatsis9607 Жыл бұрын
Is it a similar fix with a C:31:22 error?
@tiagopetersm2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! Finally something that worked
@tgshort7638 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for saving me money bro ur great 👍 God bless you
@callumthomas61522 жыл бұрын
@12voltvids Hi, I’ve got a Sony handycam DCR-TRV14E and all the mechanism works but sometimes when it’s in camera mode, it just shows a black screen and if I shine a bright light in to the lens it flickers back to life and the picture returns, but if I have it with the picture in the screen sometimes it sorta glitches out and goes green and all droopy. Do you think it’s the connectors/connections on the board or is it something else? Thanks
@12voltvids2 жыл бұрын
Don't know.
@callumthomas61522 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids hmmm, I have a feeling it’s a ccd sensor problem which I hope it’s not because I don’t know how easy it is to get a new one but hopefully if I have to it won’t be that hard to get one
@12voltvids2 жыл бұрын
@@callumthomas6152 Could be. Chances of finding one are pretty slim. I have never see one fail myself though.
@pliskin_sg2 жыл бұрын
I followed your tutorial and the error is gone. But unfortunately now the camera can't playback anything, i only got the blue screen and that's it. The tape is actually playing but i'm getting no signal. I think that something is wrong with the Head connector (the middle one) because if i press it i get some disturbed audio, but still no video. The cable seems ok though, no broken connection... Any advice?
@12voltvids2 жыл бұрын
Have you cleaned the head?
@selmonb9213 жыл бұрын
I have a 2000 model DCR-TRV520 and also a 2001 DCR-TRV730 as you know the TRV520 is top loader, and the TRV730 is loaded from the bottom. Since they look very similar is size and design, are the inside boards and connectors interchangeable from one camera to another?
@jameswaddell33483 жыл бұрын
Good question!!! My guess is the inside components would be pretty much the same, as only being a year apart. Can't imagine Sony redesigning the entire camcorder mechanics in a year. I could be wrong?
@drummergirl42392 жыл бұрын
I have a trv480 throwing the exact same codes. i know its a different model but will this guide work for it too?
@12voltvids2 жыл бұрын
They are all very similar inside. Is it a top or bottom loader for the tape.
@SuperStepha1110 ай бұрын
trés bon conseil ,very good ,thanks
@OrdinarySimonTheJoe2 ай бұрын
I have the same problem with my TRV330 seeing how these cameras look so similar would the fix be the same as you executed in the video?
@12voltvids2 ай бұрын
Probably.
@OrdinarySimonTheJoe2 ай бұрын
@@12voltvids it worked thank you.
@AlexArba Жыл бұрын
Hi, I have a GV-D800 Digital 8 VCR with the error message C:31:42, any idea what that error is about?. I appreciate your input very much.
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
Edge connectors most likely. I have several videos showing this
@AlexArba Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids Tyvm. Follow up question, will a Hi8 cassette play on a Video 8 VCR? Assuming the cassettes were recorded on a NTSC format.
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
@@AlexArba Hi8 is a high band recording. The luminance carrier extends all the way to 7 MHz. Standard 8mm was only 5 MHz. A hi8 tape recorded in hi8 format will only play on a hi8 player or digital 8 player with analog playback capability. A hi8 tape recorded in regular video 8 will play on a regular 8mm player. Likewise a hi8 tape recorded in digital 8 will only play on a digital 8 player. That was the downside to digital 8. Because it used a standard 8mm tape, and yes you could record digital signals on a standard 8mm tape, they did not have to be a high eight tape however the signals will only play on a digital 8 machine. I had a customer a few years back they had a digital 8 camera and recorded everything from about 1990 forward in digital 8. They gave the old still functional 8mm camera to their son as he was getting interested in making videos. I think you know where this story is going. Since the analog 8mm camera could not play the recordings made on the digital 8 camera the son inadvertently erased about 80% of the digilite tapes to record skateboard videos and other things with his buddies when they were teenagers. He wiped family vacations to Europe, Hawaii, Mexico, Disneyland, Disney world in Florida, his sister's wedding, and all the birthdays and Christmas videos from the time they got me digital 8 camera. Only the earliest 8 mm tapes survived because he was able to see that there was something on the tape. I just simply transferred all 45 tapes and out of that there was only about four 2-hour tapes that had on them what was supposed to be on them the rest of them were mismatch of snippets of original recording and then footage of teenagers playing the skateboards and lighting fires and other things that dumb bored teenagers do. They were trying to make their own jackass video pretty certain. I'm sure the parents were not happy. I didn't say a word I just collected all the cash for the transfer but I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when they watch those DVDs and found that they didn't have what was supposed to be on it. It's not like the tape boxes were labeled they were all clearly labeled with what had been recorded on the tape but what was on the tape was not what was labeled on the box. I kind of felt bad for them because I know that if one of my kids had done that to my tapes of them I would have been just pissed. Fortunately for me being in the production business I was using big production cameras so I have lots of video of my kids that were shot on professional formats using cameras that were too complicated and big for them to use anyway. We're talking betacam SP.
@SatellaNNW8 ай бұрын
Doesn´t work for me. Another solution? thanks.
@prayers9954 ай бұрын
Thanks brother it help fixing
@bilalm46473 жыл бұрын
Do you provide repair services? TRV-280 . Doesn't playback tapes and throws error C31:23? Many tries to get the cassette to eject as well. Thanks
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
Yes I have repaired hundreds.
@bilalm46473 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvidsThank you for the reply. is there a website or an email address to reach you to discuss further?
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
@@bilalm4647 it's on the main page.
@jasonhand4939 Жыл бұрын
I cannot thank you enough, worked perfectly 😊
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
PayPal.me/12voltvids 😁
@user-co2tn8dp2o Жыл бұрын
PERFECT !!! I HAVE A CAMERA SONY DCR TRV 900. DISPLAY PROBLEM C:21:00 . THERE IS A SOLUTION ?
@R.AudioElectronics3 жыл бұрын
Was it the lighting and or camera?
@d8752rq5 ай бұрын
what's that tool you use for unscrewing the screws
@12voltvids5 ай бұрын
Screw driver
@jesamani75 Жыл бұрын
What about the C:31:22 error?
@IllinoisGoy Жыл бұрын
Diagnosing am old Sony Sports Video 8. Powers all this the issue is way less while on camera and VTR. Any ideas? Thank You
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
Bad caps everywhere. The bin is where it belongs. No matter what you do it won't last. The caps lesk corossive crap on the boards and ruin them. You put time and money into something that 3bweeks later breaks again. Quit while you are ahead.
@CalvertFitness Жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids thank you for saving me the Excedrin.
@12voltvids Жыл бұрын
@@CalvertFitness pleasure is mine. I have made the mistake of accepting these nightmares over the years. I had a momentary lapse of reasoning last year when i allowed a fella to ship me an evw300 giving him no guarantees that I wpuldbbe able to fix it. Well he now bought and sent me a parts wrecker to pull parts off of and I am still miles and miles away from making this thing run properly. I have spent so much time on it and have made progress but I still need to change about 120 capacitors
@dudewhat48139 ай бұрын
Any way to fix the 31:11 error?
@labrintyhium524122 күн бұрын
really worked!
@CASTRO-yz5hq4 ай бұрын
Hi there I have the same problem error code I repeated your steps and nothing help I still get the error message can you help me with the problem im trying to fix my Sony DCR-TRV480 to transfer all the tapes to a usb hard drive I don’t know if you could help me with that
@12voltvids4 ай бұрын
Yes i transfer tapes to hard drive. That's actually my business. People think I fix stuff as my business. That's just a side gig my main business is archiving videotape and home movie film. I have all the formats VHS, svhs, 8mm, hi8, digital 8, miniDV, HDV, betamax, betacam, betacam SP, betacam SX, umatic, umatic SP, 8mn and super8 movie film, audio format cassette Dolby B C and dbx, reel to reel, everything from half track mono 15/16ips through 15 ips 4 track, 8 track cartridge, DAT, minidisc and CD to .wav, flac or mp3 hi bit rate.
@CASTRO-yz5hq4 ай бұрын
@@12voltvids can you help me with my error code with my cam
@CASTRO-yz5hq4 ай бұрын
How much is the cost of transfer tapes to hard drive
@12voltvids4 ай бұрын
Contact me by email
@CASTRO-yz5hq4 ай бұрын
@@12voltvids what’s your email
@chestnutrice98559 ай бұрын
thank you so much for this
@zx8401ztv3 жыл бұрын
Well another one saved :-D i'm sure the owner will be happy. No i didnt' notice the light
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
Well the owner is me. It was donated to the channel for a project.
@zulumax13 жыл бұрын
Didn't notice your voice panning left and right, did you change your mic setup?
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
No. Same camera.
@sisqovib3s7468 ай бұрын
I did this and now my tape slot doesn’t come up anymore or open. I’m sad now
@12voltvids8 ай бұрын
You broke ir
@mjl44234743 жыл бұрын
Did you happen to add a lapel microphone mixed into the camera?
@mjl44234743 жыл бұрын
Scratch that haha, "spot" the change
@walle6373 жыл бұрын
Your little videos that play in the intro are different... Idk what that spring thingy is but she's new!
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
Yip. Bottom left is VCR lacing a tape up.
@Anarchy-Is-Liberty5 ай бұрын
I was just using mine, watching a playback. I stopped the tape, hit rewind, then as I was watching the screen as it rewound, the counter stopped working. So I stopped it, hit play, and now it doesn't play back any video. It still rewinds, forwards, and I can hear it running when I hit play, but no counter and no video or sound. Been in storage for probably 8 years, pulled it out to watch some old videos, and badda bing, badda bip... worked for 2 minutes, then stopped!
@12voltvids5 ай бұрын
Could be a head clog or caps exploded. There were sitting there all those years the corossive electrolytic eating away at the leads exiting to the board. You powered it up, they started to heat up, pressure builds and blows the corossive electrolytic all over the board.
@Anarchy-Is-Liberty5 ай бұрын
@@12voltvids OK, guess I will have to buy a new one (used, new to me), thanks.
@perrymorris66932 жыл бұрын
Question, but first, you made a very helpful tutorial. I have a Sony DCR-TRV19. It has a C:31:22 error code (slightly different). Would you estimate that this tutorial would hopefully fix the error code on my DCR-TRV19? Also, the eject mechanism is slow and does not fully release, it needs to be manually "helped". thanks
@12voltvids2 жыл бұрын
The edge connectors were a source of ongoing troubles on the 8mm hi8 and digital 8 cameras by Sony.
@lil.noodle182 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! Do you by any chance do SHARP OR jVC older camcorders?
@12voltvids2 жыл бұрын
I do have a sharp viewcam and should have a JVC coming in any day.
@VintageElectronicsGeek3 жыл бұрын
As a camera geek, I appreciate the video, would like to see more....as far as whats different, I'd say you cleaned your work bench some or your pulling audio? :) ~Jack, VEG
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
Opening had a subtile change.
@JeanBoucherMagicien2 жыл бұрын
WOW ! Thanks, I've fixe my old TVR250 thanks to you... Now I have a question, I have some Tapes that I can't read, I think they are with an older Camera, Is there an older camera NON-digital that was using the same Tape size, it is writen Video8 on these tapes.
@enzoperruccio3 жыл бұрын
I feel like a proper HI8 recording is pretty much indistinguishable from Digital 8. I simply cannot tell the difference between this footage and my camera's.
@enzoperruccio3 жыл бұрын
@Taco Digital just looks as if you were recording straight from a camera's a/v output, which tbh is not much better than using the built-in mechanism in analog mode.
@michaelclark96872 ай бұрын
thanks!!! this worked like a charm! Except I have 1 screw left over!!! Argh
@12voltvids2 ай бұрын
Extra parts.
@robinsonsoto84713 жыл бұрын
12 voltvids, can it be replaced for a led.?
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
What the light bulb? I don't see why not. Would need a driver for it.
@EmmaDee Жыл бұрын
The little black thing fell out and now wondering if there are supposed to be two of these. Just got excited though over your little screw driver.
@alphabeets11 ай бұрын
The rubber pinch roller sometimes fall out. It is held in with a small piece of tubing pushed down over the center pin. 12voltvids has a video fixing that I think on a DCR-TRV120? Or 240.
@alphabeets11 ай бұрын
There is only one black pinch roller in these devices.
@BoB4jjjjs3 жыл бұрын
Where did you put all the junk that lay around on your bench?
@12voltvids3 жыл бұрын
Garbage can
@BoB4jjjjs3 жыл бұрын
@@12voltvids I bet you need that bit you through out tomorrow!!
@fcovaldezt3 жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan 💯💯👏
@qwertykeyboard59013 жыл бұрын
The flat flex connectors disintegrated when i took my ps2 apart. That was "fun"! And a fuse on the board died which drove me insane for an hour.