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| Thread ID: 54931 | 2005-02-26 02:18:00 | Sony Hi8 TRV67E video camera | Graham L (2) | PC World Chat |
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| 328320 | 2005-02-26 02:18:00 | I've aquired one which had been dropped, and written off by insurance . The major damage was to the light, so I've just covered the hole . According to the manual, the camera will work on an external power supply, and the manual picture shows the connector being inserted with no battery in . I've made a connector and given it the right voltage, and it will "sort of work" . I can eject and insert a cassette . I see a good picture in the viewfinder, and on the LCD . Briefly . Before I can use the menus to set the clock etc, or do anything else a big message comes on the screen saying "No Info-Lithium battery", and it shuts down . (The "Info-Lithium" is a Sony proprietary intelligent battery . . . it's not a standard commodity lithium battery) . Since I paid $5 for the camera, I don't want to spend $150 or so for the battery to see if it works . ;) Who's got one? Does it work on the external supply with the battery removed? Since I made the connector I have seen the real thing, and was close to correct with my one, but maybe I'll modify it and make it an exact copy . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 328321 | 2005-02-27 00:02:00 | It might be saying that it has no battery installed in the camcorder. You know the type, the little watch type batteries that keep the time and date going. Usually found at the bottom of the camcorder (it is on my one). Just a thought. |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 328322 | 2005-02-27 02:09:00 | No, it's specifically the Info-Lithium (main) battery which is being complained about. I did put in a 2032 for the clock and other settings ... | Graham L (2) | ||
| 328323 | 2005-02-27 23:20:00 | No idea then, sorry. What about going to a shop like Harvey Norman/ Retravision or whoever sells sony stuff and trying a battery or charger to see if it works properly?. |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 328324 | 2005-02-28 00:34:00 | I had a sort of similar problem Graham. The charger/power supply for my 10 yr old Sony had an intermittant fault from day one. After 3 years of complaining, I gave up and bought a second-hand Sanyo charger/power supply from Cashconverters. $40. Never a problem after that. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 328325 | 2007-09-11 00:56:00 | Hi I have this Sony Hi8 TRV67E. Some tapes play very nicely and some dont play at all. I surely know that something's recorded on these "not playing" tapes. When I play them, the screen is either blue or hazzy (like TV without an ariel) and the sound is like static ..... bbbbbzzzzzz .... thats all I get. Does anyone know what the problem could be :confused: |
kbp (7436) | ||
| 328326 | 2007-09-11 02:13:00 | I have seen someone on trademe selling batteries for camcorders. Quite cheap. | plod (107) | ||
| 328327 | 2007-09-12 00:17:00 | kbp: Welcome to PressF1. I'd suspect that there is something wrong with those cassettes. Maybe they are recorded in an incompatible foprmat: NTSC, or some LP mode which is not supported on your camera. Were all the tapes recorded on your camera? |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 328328 | 2007-09-13 21:47:00 | Thanks Graham No they were recorded on some other camera, and the people who recorded them don't have the camera anymore because Hi8 is out of date. There is an option on the camera NTSC to PAL TV output, which I tried as well. That does not seem to work too. |
kbp (7436) | ||
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