Thank you for taking the time to repair these D8 cams. Glad someone else sees the value in them. I have a couple of them, including a new old stock 730 that I use for archiving master tapes only. Many people prefer them over the more expensive and complex Sony decks too. I use s-video out for lossless analog capture from these.

"some times they just blow for the heck of it"  LOL  You did help me in your other videos where you showed to bang the bottom to solve a tracking problem. Thank you for that. I suppose in the future i will be reseating the video cable.

Love the Techmoan mug! :-)

Amazing info, thanks!

Great video Colin just been watching

2:10 a "handycam", if you will :)

I remember this video. I saw Kong vs Godzilla later. Excitement about 40-60?

Although not the issue here; loose PCB grounding screws can also give rise to intermittent problems. I've seen it happen a few times in flat-screen TV's, leading to erratic or no operation.

Good

Hey, I had one of those as a kid! It was aready "obsolete" back then. Used it extensively for years, I even got the firewire output working on my dads PC. If I remember correctly the remote had secret hidden buttons that let you use the camera as a VCR.  Do you know the details on that?

Hey mate, ill be in the uk on the next few weeks. Do you have any suggestions on who to go to for repairs for an anolouge sony camera like the ones you are demonstrating here

That camera is a micky taker lol, i would test the tightness of the white socket on the pins.
And 12voltvids hates all the leaking/dead caps in camcorders for many problems.
You have had your share of crappy cap madness too :-D
He uses an old product called rubber renew by m.g chemicals (i think) to sort out bad rubber drives.
It must have some naughty chemicals in it.
If you want something to fail, invite a frend round to look at your repair from earlier on, it will die in 5 mins or less lol.
Computers have learnt that trick as well.

I have a Handycam DCR-TRV340 that as soon as I open the cassette compartment it starts spinning the take-up reel (the right one) like crazy, when it stops the mechanism starts to close (even with the lid open). When trying to load a tape, the error 31:20 or 32:20 appears. I removed the mechanism from the camera and the compartment opens without problems (I tested it with a battery holder); The problem is that the take-up reel goes crazy (I've noticed that the winch rotates the same, same belt). I don't know if it is the defective motor or some sensor.

Who repair hi8 Sony in Stockton area

I have three camcorders that I want fixed. The first is a Sony CCD-F34 Video8 Handycam with a scrambled picture on the viewfinder, weird sounds coming from the tape mechanism sometimes, tapes will thread but will not play, record, ff, or rew. Sound is very distorted coming out of the headphone jack

The next is a Sony CCD-TR93 Video8 Handycam that is fully functional except there is no sound anywhere throughout the camcorder.


The last is some RCA (can’t remember the exact model at the moment) VHS camcorder with a bad viewfinder, a ccd that won't focus at all, and will only thread a tape.


The only problem is I live in the US and so all my camcorders are NTSC instead of PAL.

Choke shorts when the mains is connetced

There is just no way to have a descent life without a Digital8 camcorder in stock as far as I'm concerned. It's like having V2000, VHS and BetaMax in one machine.
My original Hi8 came back broken after the "government" "borrowed" it (yes, I know what you are thinking, I made a mistake 'lending' it).
So I was always keeping my eyes out for one of these. My mum and dad are on my Hi8 tapes. They are no longer with us.
While I have not yet digitized the recordings, being able to do so gives me peace of mind (it's not like anyone else would be interested).
Having the ability to transfer 3 formats is kind of a big deal. I applaud anyone investing time in these.
Now, someone please charge me 800 Euro for something that can play Laserdiscs (incl. Laservision/ Discovision) upto 4K BluRay. No cheaping out on SVCD, HD-DVD, SACD and so on. Seriously, my cutoff point would be around the 1200 Euro mark...

Get a VXA computer drive or any 8mm data drive, most of them are in good condition to salvage a pinch roller.

Great video as always. I own the TRV330 and the TRV120 and both are fully working and fingers crossed they continue to for many more years. What I did want to ask is seeing you do capture  on these as well for the older tapes have you found they tend to loose video and audio sync after a while? They capture Digital 8 videos no problems but I have found when I capture older Video 8 or Hi8 after a while the videos sometimes looses sync. I have a 2018 Imac with rather good spec and it's only SD video so I don't think it's a simple CPU is not good enough problem. It being a 2018 Imac FireWire is long gone but thankfully Apple (at a cost of course) sale the two adapters I need to go from USB-C to FireWire.

mine only turns on when i plug it in and it doesnt show the battery in the indicator. is there a way for me to fix that issue?