Camcorder Blues

Oct 22, 2005 4 Replies

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jackperry5 20 years ago

I have a strange problem with my JVC GR-AXM70 VHS-C Camcorder. When it is powered up it comes on but within a second or two after hitting record or play it dies as if the battery is dead. The batteries still show a full charge after the machine dies! I can turn it off and leave it a few minutes and it will do the same thing again. Or I can remove and reinstall the battery and it will power back up and do the same thing again. The strange thing is that it works great on AC power. I have tried several different batteries even new ones with no luck. Any ideas out there?

Thanks,

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polymorph 20 years ago

If it detects that the takeup reel is not turning, it will turn itself off.

Not definitive, but does fast-fwd work? I had a full VHS camcorder where FFWD and RWD worked, but the takeup reel wouldn't turn in Play or Rec. Unfortunately the customer didn't want to pay for more than a cleaning so I never went deeper to find out exactly what it was.

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jackperry5 20 years ago

Yeah FFWD and RWD do work when this thing is AC powered. In fact everything works great that way. Any other possibilities?

Thanks

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James Sweet 20 years ago

Two things I can think of, either the battery monitoring circuitry is faulty so it thinks the battery is dead, or the battery has a bad cell in it with high internal resistance so it checks fine but droops under load.

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polymorph 20 years ago

Regarding what James said- good point, as it'll typically draw a little more power in Play or Record than in FFWD or RWD.

Regarding what Jack said: just because FFWD and RWD turn the reels, does -not- mean the reels turn when in Play or Rec.

Can you see the takeup reels turning when you first hit Play or Record?

Steve Greenfield

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