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Sony TRV-330 does not record

Hi All,

When I try to record a video using my Handycam, it does not record anything. everything is working fine, I can see the picture in view finder and it shows its recording but when I go to the VCR mode and replay it, it shows the blue screen no sound no picture. I then tried to play back some of my old recordings and I get the same blue screen and no voice.

Does anyone know why this is happening? I even bought a new Hi8 tape and tried but still nothing is getting recorded. do I need to clean the head of the cam or what?

If anyone of you have any idea how to solve this problem I will appreciate the help.

Thanks

Nadeem

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nadeem_far
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A decent quality head cleaning tape might fix it. I'm not usually a fan of cleaning tapes - but they do seem to work on these models. I would stick with a Sony brand cleaning tape - lots of others are awful junk.

There is a chance of a mechanical misalignment, bad head, etc but the cleaner is worth a try.

Mark Z.

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Mark D. Zacharias

Yes, I too believe a cleaning tape may solve this problem. If it doesn't help, have it evaluated and professionally cleaned by a competent repair shop.

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Jumpster Jiver

I'll chime in and agree also. The blue screen is probably a "video mute" function - instead of displaying a noisy, streaky, snowy, and generally screwed up picture, it "mutes" the picture to blue. First stop: get the heads cleaned.

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Mr. Land

Thanks guys...

using the head cleaner did the trick.

Thanks alot.

Nadeem

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nadeem_far

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