I had brief experience with a Digital8 standalone "mini VCR" one of these only a couple years back. Got it handed to me with a bunch of tapes to digitize. I treated it with absolute respect and care, it felt like a piece of pro equipment and it still commands very considerable money on ebay. It turned out to be a breeze digitizing the videos on my old Windows 7 laptop over iLink. I'm somewhat stunned the machine still works flawlessly after all those years, crammed full of features and mechanisms. Fantastic piece of engineering.
I have encountered many Sony devices with this problem. I was thinking about this and realised that this model doesn't have a DC input barrel jack that many similar Video Walkmans have. That means to run this from mains you would need one of those battery adaptors. These also don't have infoLithium circuits. I wonder if this is related.
I watched this great video with interest since I'm in possession of two similar units that each have different problems. (Mine are the GV-D300). You are much braver than I in dismantling to the point of disconnecting ribbon cables and mechanical assemblies. Have you ever dealt with the dreaded C:21:00 Dew Sensor (CN3104) problem that won't go away? I followed the suggestions in the service manual about letting the unit adjust to the current temperature. No help there. I'm pretty sure the sensor is bad and is keeping the unit from playing the Mini DV cassettes. But I can't locate the sensor. Is it accessible from the inside where the tape head is located? Or is it on the circuit board (CB61 A) necessitating the removal of all the ribbon cables and the circuit board labeled CB61 B? Any advice would be appreciated.
I've never dealt with this problem. You might be able to see the sensor by looking closely inside the tape mechanism. I would expect the sensor to be inside there, maybe near the heads (this is all just a guess), and look something like this. www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/sony-dtc-700-dat-machine-problem.141643/#post-1187134 I would first try blowing warm dry air into the tape area for a bit. Or start looking for the sensor and cleaning it if you can find it. Failing those I would find the IC that reads the sensor and bypass it with a resistor. And make sure to not use the device in wet environments. Thanks for calling me brave. Some people call me reckless. But how are we meant to learn new things without taking a few important risks? :)
I now have a fully working Sony GV-9 looks like new too and 2 x GV-200 , 3 x GV-500 and hopefully after restoring a GV-100. lots of fun and frustration buts that the hobby :) It's a shame the GV-8 model which is the same as the GV-9 just a smaller screen the LCD on GV-8 has a bunch of capacitors in one corner of the LCD back board and they corrode it too death :(
I've never seen a Sony video device with yellow OSD rather than green. Is it possible somehow the B&W problem is related to the yellow/green OSD. It's such an unusual error.
I didn't want to invest in a new battery if the display only shows black and white. I did have a thought of finding an old battery and using it to build an external power adapter. I'm tempted to see if I can fix the fault however it's such a weird problem and I'm not sure it will be worth all the effort. Also, I've recently noticed the LCD backlight goes off after being on the a while. I believe it's a fault because I have to power the unit off for a bit to bring it back on. With all that said, I still really like my unit and I'm glad the main functions work well.
hey mate I know i’m a bit late to the party but what state are you in cause i’ve got a minidv cam that works if you wanna borrow that, it’s got firewire on it as well
@@JanusCycle haha yeah fair point, sucks though cause i’m in vic and it’s a bit of a drive, anyway for the model its a SONY DCR-TRV18E in pretty much mint condition, found it while cleaning out a while back, the tape that was in it looks like it was some work video from crown casino melbourne but i’ve got some blanks and shot some of my own footage as well, really cool aesthetic in the footage
I had brief experience with a Digital8 standalone "mini VCR" one of these only a couple years back. Got it handed to me with a bunch of tapes to digitize. I treated it with absolute respect and care, it felt like a piece of pro equipment and it still commands very considerable money on ebay. It turned out to be a breeze digitizing the videos on my old Windows 7 laptop over iLink. I'm somewhat stunned the machine still works flawlessly after all those years, crammed full of features and mechanisms. Fantastic piece of engineering.
I was very surprised you were able to power the unit without a infoLithium circuit attached to it. Most Sony devices turn off after a few seconds.
I have encountered many Sony devices with this problem. I was thinking about this and realised that this model doesn't have a DC input barrel jack that many similar Video Walkmans have. That means to run this from mains you would need one of those battery adaptors. These also don't have infoLithium circuits. I wonder if this is related.
Miss the minidv era!
I watched this great video with interest since I'm in possession of two similar units that each have different problems. (Mine are the GV-D300). You are much braver than I in dismantling to the point of disconnecting ribbon cables and mechanical assemblies. Have you ever dealt with the dreaded C:21:00 Dew Sensor (CN3104) problem that won't go away? I followed the suggestions in the service manual about letting the unit adjust to the current temperature. No help there. I'm pretty sure the sensor is bad and is keeping the unit from playing the Mini DV cassettes. But I can't locate the sensor. Is it accessible from the inside where the tape head is located? Or is it on the circuit board (CB61 A) necessitating the removal of all the ribbon cables and the circuit board labeled CB61 B? Any advice would be appreciated.
I've never dealt with this problem. You might be able to see the sensor by looking closely inside the tape mechanism. I would expect the sensor to be inside there, maybe near the heads (this is all just a guess), and look something like this.
www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/sony-dtc-700-dat-machine-problem.141643/#post-1187134
I would first try blowing warm dry air into the tape area for a bit. Or start looking for the sensor and cleaning it if you can find it.
Failing those I would find the IC that reads the sensor and bypass it with a resistor. And make sure to not use the device in wet environments.
Thanks for calling me brave. Some people call me reckless. But how are we meant to learn new things without taking a few important risks? :)
I get b/w with audio cable as well when using a red rca but it works with standard composite on my old tv just fyi
I have the Sony GV-D800 Pal version which plays NTSC too like new. Does it all for video 8.
I now have a fully working Sony GV-9 looks like new too and 2 x GV-200 , 3 x GV-500 and hopefully after restoring a GV-100. lots of fun and frustration buts that the hobby :) It's a shame the GV-8 model which is the same as the GV-9 just a smaller screen the LCD on GV-8 has a bunch of capacitors in one corner of the LCD back board and they corrode it too death :(
I've never seen a Sony video device with yellow OSD rather than green. Is it possible somehow the B&W problem is related to the yellow/green OSD.
It's such an unusual error.
That's very interesting. Thanks for the tip.
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Interesting my Sony GV-D800 has an external power supply and the batteries are still available on ebay aftermarket and work well.
I didn't want to invest in a new battery if the display only shows black and white. I did have a thought of finding an old battery and using it to build an external power adapter. I'm tempted to see if I can fix the fault however it's such a weird problem and I'm not sure it will be worth all the effort.
Also, I've recently noticed the LCD backlight goes off after being on the a while. I believe it's a fault because I have to power the unit off for a bit to bring it back on. With all that said, I still really like my unit and I'm glad the main functions work well.
hey mate I know i’m a bit late to the party but what state are you in cause i’ve got a minidv cam that works if you wanna borrow that, it’s got firewire on it as well
You're never too late to the party when it comes to retro tech :) Depends on which model cam you have as to which story can be told, I'm in SA.
@@JanusCycle haha yeah fair point, sucks though cause i’m in vic and it’s a bit of a drive, anyway for the model its a SONY DCR-TRV18E in pretty much mint condition, found it while cleaning out a while back, the tape that was in it looks like it was some work video from crown casino melbourne but i’ve got some blanks and shot some of my own footage as well, really cool aesthetic in the footage
Hey what's the make and model of this cam?
Do you mean the camcorder right at the start? Sony DCR-HC30e
@@JanusCycle yes, you tryna sell it?
@@desertheatkicksgee nope, touch screen doesn't work. Won't work as a camcorder. So I used it as a data backup drive in the previous video :)
Can i connect my vx1000 to see in the screen?
You can connect a VX1000 to a computer which has Firewire/i.Link
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