Sony TRV22 woes.

[vhelp]

Hi everbody.

I just wanted to share something w/ you all that have DV cams.

I have the Sony TRV22 cam, and I've only used it a few times. Today, I
was doing some firewiring of some video footage I took. Anyways..

In short, I put in a miniDV tape, and pressed play (touch panel) and then
closed the tape door. When I did this, I got an warning beep, and the unit
shut down, and issued a C21:31 or something like that, blinking error
message.

I fiddled around for a while with it, and no tapes would play. Then, finally
a tape played, after I was able to first reviwed/fast forward it (by playing
around w/ it) then shut the unit off. Waited, and turned unit back on.

The tape started to show the numbers on the screen, but no video would
play. If I fast foward (FF) it for a while, I would finally see the tapes index
number. I would stop tape and press play.

Then, after doing this, I would see gray bars on my unit, mixed in w/ some
video. Something very strage happended when I closed my casset door.
I've done this before (close door while tape playing) but this time, it did
something really crazy to my unit. Anyways..

I wanted to warn you all of this VERY sensitive area. DON'T DO IT!!

If anybody has had similar issue w/ their CAM, please do share, cause I'm
at a loss as to what just happend to my unit. It' brand new, but I def. can't
bring it back since its way past purchase date. But, I'm still confused why
this unit basically did a crash 'n burn on me.

Right now, I can't play ANY video tapes. It's finally stopped playing tapes.
And, all I get is a blue screen.

Thanks for any advise you all might have on my next move,
-vhelp

[Tommyknocker]

Take it back, or call customer service. And for future reference, your title means your camera really impressed you. I think you meant "Sony TRV22 Woes"

[g_shocker182]

Yeah you have to watch out for barely servicable, made in a country where they pay the workers 20cents a day, very cheap, plasticy feeling cameras.

Hell, on my analog (waiting for that bump up to DV) I have to reinstall the battery for soem reason because the power gives and it only works after I take the battery out then put it back in.

Weird. Weird and odd.

[vhelp]

Hi guys

A better day came to me today.. hehe..

I popped in my DV head cleaner tape, and did some cleaning of the
heads.

When I first popped in the cassette, the Blue Screen showed up again,
but w/ 4 min left (cleaner tape)

When I pressed the play button, it looked like nothing had happened. I did
not hear anything playing/moving.

So, while the tape was in play, I pressed the FF button and then I heared
the tape go. I did NOT do this for a long time. Only about 4 seconds, and
that was it.

When I popped in my footage (some park scenes) I got video again :P

Ok, mini explainaa here..
It turns out that the tape that I luckly popped in at the time of my closing
the door, was shear coinsidence, that it was soaked w/ soda Pop. Yes, I
recall my spilling some Soda. The tape was on the floor carpet, but under
some cloth or something. it was soaked w/ soda, and when I popped out
the tape, it DID feel sticky. pfew!! I must have caused the tape and the
CAM some major issues.. some of the sticky soda must have met w/ the
mechanism and tape heads. And, when I ran the tape cleaner through it,
it helped bring back my video.

Now, because of this, I don't think I should rely on the cleaner to fix every
thing. I think I should bring it to my nearest service center and have them
do the job right. Turns out, there's one down the road. Anyways, I did
notice that my video fades w/ some gray bars in and out, but at least I now
know that it's not permanent and that it just needs some professional care
to rid the soda sticky film left on the heads, before more damage takes
place !

Thanks guys for your input.
-vhelp

[Will Hay]

In my manual for my Sony DV there's a glossary for all warning messages/codes.
Will

[holistic]

Just an F Y I
http://www.gizmohighway.com/pages/diy/clean_video_heads.htm

I have done this (cleaned VCR heads) occasionally with ill no side affects.
It may help with your issue. On a personal note , I do not like 'cleaning' tapes - they are abrasive (how do you think they clean !)

CAUTION : try not to put any alcohol on any of the moving mechanism, it is coated with a light oil/grease and the alcohol will remove it.

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