Hi - when I switch the Camera into Playback mode and hit play it simply displays a blue screen. I can hear the tape moving and tried several tapes but nothing works. Recording appears to be working and its not a problem with the LCD because I can see the picture in it when I am recording. Any tips on what I could do? Its a good cam corder in great shape. Would hate to have to dump it.
You can see an image in a camcorder viewfinder any time the camera's actually on in record mode, whether or not the camcorder is actually recording. So that's no guarantee.
Assuming the obvious (you have the right kind of tapes, they're not in write-protect mode, you rewind before playing, etc). I recommend that you borrow a tape of the same kind from someone else and check it on playback in your camcorder. This should lead you know understand if you have a playback problem or a recording problem.
If you're complete dead on playback, this sure sounds like a failure in the camera itself, nothing you can easily sort out by yourself. Hardware does fail from time to time. I should have made that first posting a requrest for more info (didn't know you could do that), since it wasn't entirely clear what you did and did not try from your initial posting.
My recommendation is to take it in for repair; that's a nice enough camera to believe the cost of repair
will be less than the cost of replacement.
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I think your tape had a lone time not using.
Try to use forward(reward) srach on record mode.
let the tape rolling for a while.then try forward or reward again until tape not so tie.
Waring : this action may damage your machine.
The most likely cause for this is a damaged or defective flexible ribbon cable that connects the LCD to the camera body and can be repaired fairly inexpensively. However, it's not a user serviceable problem and will need to be repaired by a qualified service technician.
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Since I can't play it back I won't be trying to record so thats not really an issue. I've had the camcorder for 3 years so am quite used to using the right tapes and have tried several of them. None play back.
I HAVE THE SONY DCR-PC101. IT WAS WORKING FINE UNTIL LAST WEEK. THE FIRST SIGN WAS THE BROWN LINES ACROSS THE SCREEN DURING THE PLAYBACK MODE. AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS IT BAGAN TO WORK.NOW WHEN I TRY TO PLAY THE TAPE BACK THE BLUE SCREEN AND ALL THE FUNCTIONS ARE ON THE SCREEN BUT THERE IS NO PICTURE. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM? IF SO, HOW DID YOU GET IT RESOLVED?
I resolved my issue with the blue screen on playback - I bought a tape cleaner and it did the job! My camera is now working perfectly again. If anyone else is reading this who has the same problem try forwarding the tape and rewinding it again. When I did this the camera finally spewed on the message that the heads were dirty and needed a clean. Good luck to everyone and thanks for your help
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