The best description of how to power up the negative and positive on the motor to eject the tape. I bought a variable power supply on Amazon downloaded up to your suggested 5 V. Put the black on the red and the red on the black like you suggested. Amazing. Great job. You were very patient and had nice close-ups in comparison to other how to videos for the video eight camera which were just sitting on a wide shot and you couldn’t see what they were talking about. I also liked your tiling which talked about the 5 V and the key informationyou needed.
Do you have to have a working battery mounted to the camera in order for the cassette cover to open? Thank you 🤓 found a tossed out Sony portable camera that uses the small video cassette but no battery.
All Video8 Cassette loading mechanisms are motorised. There is no "manual battery free" way of opening and retrieving cassette without damaging the device. Electric motor needs electricity to open or close. In a working camera it comes from battery or power supply with battery adapter.
@@zadzwon112 the camera is a Sony Handy Cam video 8. Not sure if it works! Thank you. It doesn't look like a cassette is stuck in it but wanted to open the side to inspect for corrosion, dirt, etc.
Hi, I have the same camcorder and it was working until yesterday. Now when I press eject it starts doing it's thing, and you can see the tape starting to go back just a little bit before stopping(I've removed the casing like in your video). You can hear some mecanical sound (almost like it's stuck), but then it gives up and return the tape back into play position. I can still play and wind/rewind the tape. But I cant eject it. Do you think the dc-motor trick will work on this one?
I would suggest to fully FF and rewind the tape a couple of times - that would at least eliminate a possibility of tape being stuck somewhere in the tape transport path or cassette. And then try again to eject with camcorder connected to power supply, not battery. There are many things that can prevent tape from going out: tape being 'eaten' and stuck around/between roller guides, roller guides coming off their rails or stuck, cogs/rails in the loading mechanism being broken/disengaged. And 99% of TR705 (and any other Sony camcorders from approx. 1990-1995) have leaked caps which make them behave strangely. If you do not care about causing more damage you can try apply 5V DC directly to the loading motor like in my film and see what happens. In case however you would like to keep the camcorder and tape safe - I would advise proper disassembly and investigation of what the cause is exactly.
It can be almost anything providing DC 5V. The cassette loading motor does not need a lot of current to work. I use my workbench power supply (diy), but even 3x AA batteries in series giving 4.5V should do.
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The best description of how to power up the negative and positive on the motor to eject the tape. I bought a variable power supply on Amazon downloaded up to your suggested 5 V. Put the black on the red and the red on the black like you suggested. Amazing.
Great job. You were very patient and had nice close-ups in comparison to other how to videos for the video eight camera which were just sitting on a wide shot and you couldn’t see what they were talking about.
I also liked your tiling which talked about the 5 V and the key informationyou needed.
Thank you so much; your method saved one of my precious cassette tapes.
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Thank you for the tip about the polarity.
I have to perform this in a couple of days from now.
Do you have to have a working battery mounted to the camera in order for the cassette cover to open? Thank you 🤓 found a tossed out Sony portable camera that uses the small video cassette but no battery.
All Video8 Cassette loading mechanisms are motorised. There is no "manual battery free" way of opening and retrieving cassette without damaging the device. Electric motor needs electricity to open or close. In a working camera it comes from battery or power supply with battery adapter.
Old Video8 cameras can be powered up by applying 6v DC from any power supply to the battery contacts - observe polarity though!
@@zadzwon112 the camera is a Sony Handy Cam video 8. Not sure if it works! Thank you. It doesn't look like a cassette is stuck in it but wanted to open the side to inspect for corrosion, dirt, etc.
Hi, I have the same camcorder and it was working until yesterday.
Now when I press eject it starts doing it's thing, and you can see the tape starting to go back just a little bit before stopping(I've removed the casing like in your video). You can hear some mecanical sound (almost like it's stuck), but then it gives up and return the tape back into play position.
I can still play and wind/rewind the tape. But I cant eject it.
Do you think the dc-motor trick will work on this one?
I would suggest to fully FF and rewind the tape a couple of times - that would at least eliminate a possibility of tape being stuck somewhere in the tape transport path or cassette. And then try again to eject with camcorder connected to power supply, not battery.
There are many things that can prevent tape from going out: tape being 'eaten' and stuck around/between roller guides, roller guides coming off their rails or stuck, cogs/rails in the loading mechanism being broken/disengaged. And 99% of TR705 (and any other Sony camcorders from approx. 1990-1995) have leaked caps which make them behave strangely.
If you do not care about causing more damage you can try apply 5V DC directly to the loading motor like in my film and see what happens. In case however you would like to keep the camcorder and tape safe - I would advise proper disassembly and investigation of what the cause is exactly.
Hi, can you please provide the name of the electric tool you are using to provide power to camcorder to eject the tape?
It can be almost anything providing DC 5V. The cassette loading motor does not need a lot of current to work. I use my workbench power supply (diy), but even 3x AA batteries in series giving 4.5V should do.
Had the same problem with my Sony TRV-85 a while ago, i did fix it on my own but It definitely would've been easier with this video 😅