Panasonic ag-ez30 does not record anything

Jan 14, 2007 4 Replies
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Hello,



I am trying to diagnose a second hand ag-ez30. The camera works OK except that it does not record anything nor play back. Not even the index is recorded.



The tape mechanism seems to be OK. Tape is loaded flawlessly and mechanically playing, rewinding and forwarding is smooth as silk. No marks on the tape.



I guess there's some quite total fault in the signal path but where?



There are a few parallel models to my knowledge: NV-DX100EG and PV-DV950. There of course are a lot of vendors that sell service manuals to these. Could someone say which one of the manuals has the best value for the money ratio?


EliasA
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Have you tried cleaning the tape path yet? The only manual you should get is for the exact same model!

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Recording problem aside for the moment, does it play back at all? If neither is working...

Rick

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Jumpster Jiver kirjoitti:

Yes I have. It was clean - no smudge at all coming from the parts in contact with the tape.

I guess a total blackout like this is not very likely to happen just because of dirty tape path. Shouldn't there be at least some sort of signal? In this case there's nothing. Absolutely nothing.

EliasA
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Rick kirjoitti:

No it does not. As I wrote: it does not record anything nor play back.

EliasA
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