Getting a tape out of a defective Video8 camcorder.
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- There is a tape stuck in this old Sony 8mm camcorder. Let's get it out without damage to tape or camcorder.
This is model CCD-TR202E but the process will work with many different models.
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Music “Let It Run” with permission, copyright Cristie/MacFarlane.
Sorry I do not offer an audio or video equipment repair service.
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Try power up
03:50 Dismantle
04:49 Power loading motor
07:13 Reverse motor
07:42 Reassemble
07:58 Conclusion - Наука та технологія
Thank you so much. As a complete novice, I ordered a power supply and copied your actions on an old sony ccd-fx420 camccorder and retrieved a long-lost stuck tape of my 2nd birthday to get digitized!
I have to admire your tenacity Colin. I've had this about 8 or 9 times in the last 15 years, and it always, without fail leads to dismantling, it's quite therapeutic. It's just there is no chance of saving the patient. Fortunately I have never had a customer who wanted their old, knackered camera back.
I gotta say I’m very happy I came across this channel, love everything you post.
Please keep it up!
I knew you could do it! Thanks for sharing!
Nice job.
That worked out really well :)
Wouldn't it be funny if this cassette now turned out to be just blank :D
It was at the end, so that was a big clue that it had recordings. It turned out to be a full 93 minutes.
Nicely extracted :-D
The starting tape should have nothing much on it, so no big loss.
Shame the servo system is deader than bell bottom trowsers lol.
It was actually the tape end, not start, but nothing was lost. The camcorder wasn't wanted in the end, to it's going onto my spares shelf.
Very nice Video.
I have an old Canon 8mm Camcorder, and I have some Problems:
1. when I Plug it in, the tape door opens immediately, without turning the Camcorder On.
2. Sometimes I can‘t close the tape Door
When I Will play my Tapes
3. Camcorder does not rewind the tape in the Full speed. Only slow rewind and slow fast forward
Camcorder Plays Fine the Tapes and eject without eating the tape.
You make me happy when you explain the problem, and Its Hard to fix that. What can I do? Its the mechanism from the Camcorder Same like by many VCRS, with Gears and Reels. I have a lot of experience with fixing VCRs , But Not with Camcorders. I have a feeling that is a three big problems wich I Could not slove…
It's not really possible to fix things by remote control like this. You need to examine the deck carefully. It might be a mode switch fault, a damaged flexi cable, an electronic fault or another mechanical failure. Sorry, I can't really offer an accurate diagnosis.
Thank you. I have to try to do this with a neighbour's camcorder before we send the tape to you.
My tape was stuck. I removed battery, plugged back in and it worked!!!
Yes, that's always worth a try.
Easy when you know how!
This was great. I need to see how to take it out with no power?
You really need to power the loading motor, but a 4.5V battery (three x AA cells) will do it if you don't have a power supply.
Hi from Australia, any chance you can do a video on how to attatch a broken tape to the spool? Ie that little peice of plastic on the spool that you have to flick out then place the tape underneath and replace ??.
Much appreciated
The way that piece of plastic attaches, varies from one manufacturer to another. It might be simpler to get a scrap tape and fit a replacement spool, then splice to the leader tape.
Thanks for the video. How did you know which motor terminals to apply power to?
It's generally the only DC motor in a camcorder. The other two motors (drum and capstan/reel) are usually very different, flat looking motors with multi-way connectors.
@@video99couk Okay, thanks. Any advice on bypassing the moisture sensor on a camcorder, apparently the part that causes the whole thing to shut down and be unusable?
Hi, I haven't got an adjustable power supply like yours. Would say thre 1.5v batteries do the same thing please? I have tried but seem to get no movement from the load motor.
Yes, they should do the job fine. Don't use rechargeable ones, they can pack a punch.
What is the device you are using to apply voltage to the motor when you unplugged it?
A bench variable power supply. But three AA batteries providing 4.5V will do it fine.
Hello, I have a Sony handycam CCD-f350e and it can’t play, record, or even eject. It has the patterning thing on the viewfinder too! I’d really like to fix it but I have no idea what I’m doing.
Probably has failure of many of the surface mount electrolytic capacitors on the boards. Repairing this is a skilled and time consuming job. Sorry, it's probably not practical.
Hi I just wanted to ask, I bought a Sony Video8 camcorder but it didn't come with any tapes. I found that Hi8 are cheaper than Video8 tapes, would those work in a regular Video8 recorder? Cheers
Yes they should work fine.
I’ve got a Sony TR101. Pulled it off the shelf for the first time in years. Worked fine for an hour, then the tape reels would spin, but no transport control was available, no ejection was possible, and the counter flashed “00:00:00” with the ‘eject’ indicator also flashing.
Shut it all down for three hours, came back, powered it on, the reels pulled up any slack, and I was able to eject the tape.
What might cause this failure as the unit gets hot?
It's impossible to fault find my remote control like this, there are any number of possible causes including failure of capacitors on the PCBs. It could just be a bad tape or contaminated heads, though I suspect not.
@@video99couk - Thanks. I’ve repeated the leave-power-off for a couple of hours to rectify. It’s a repeatable solution, so whatever’s getting hot on the board, PCB’s you think, is likely the problem. I’ve used various tapes and all play fine, for an hour or two.
Do you know how to get the tape out of a Quasar VM-L125?
No I've never worked on a VHSC camcorder, they were much less popular than 8mm. The principles will be similar but the loading motor may be less accessible, possibly beneath the deck.
hello, would this be possible on a Sony handycam trv-238e?
I don't know the mechanism in that one, but it's quite possible.
Hello my sony cam actually powering on and the sound of powering is out but no display and the battery was't charge what should i do?
It's not possible to diagnose faults like this from a distance, but it probably has mass capacitor failure and a bad battery. It's probably not practical to repair.
Now try to get a stuck minidv tape on a SONY DCR-PC series camcorder. The motor is not accessible at all unless you take it all apart.
Not all decks are so accessible, true. Camcorders tend to be an utter pain to dismantle too.
Hi how can I fix my camera the tape player not opening sir
This may not be a simple repair and isn't something that people can usually solve unless they have worked on this sort of equipment and have the right tools. Sorry there's not likely to be a quick fix for that.
Need to get the battery off a CCD-TR5 camcorder
is there any way to eject a tape without any power at all?
Only by powering the motor.
@@video99couk damn... I guess the other option will be just tearing (unscrewing) the whole thing apart!
I think I just shorted out the PCB!
Do you fix my video camera
Sorry, I can't take on repairs.
Typical bad capacitors on those.