20 Most Recent Sony Hi8 Hi-8 Tape Questions & Answers

a problem with an electro mechanical mode-select switch there could be a timing problem arised by mechanical problems on contacts inside (an old video recorder problem between the seventies and nineties ) all equipments where tapes or cassettes are used. A service manual for timing should be neccesary Sony CCD TRV16 Hi8 Handycam Camcorder Service Manual Page 13

A cold solder joint is a solder attempt that was no heated properly with the soldering tool being used. Most of the time, you can tell a cold solder joint because the solder cools to a dull look; good solder joints look shiny. The solder joint in the picture on the left is dull and you can see there is not good adhesion on the pin terminal for the part being soldered, it was not hot enough for the solder to stick to. The picture on the the right shows a combination of cold joints and lack of enough solder
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This sounds like you need to clean the video heads.

not a problem recognizing the tape but a problem with the casette mecanism, swtiches. it has to be serviced and cleaned

may I know what is your question ?

I'm no expert but I found a butting the broken bits together and using a small bit of sellotape was good enough to recover the tape. hope this helps

You better check for loose connection or cold solder joint,Unfortunately, the solder connection alone is often used to make both the electronic as well as the mechanical connections. Solder is made up of 60% lead and 40% tin, so it can not be expected to do the mechanical job for long. Designing larger circuit board traces does help to increase the surface area as well as strengthen the pad and the trace leading to it. To minimize stress to the soldered connections, physically heavy components — as well as all frequently used switches and connectors — should first be mechanically secured to the PCB. Figure 1 has been magnified and enhanced to show four solder pads that have potentially cold joints. Counter-clockwise from lower right, the initial problem isn't so easy to spot, just a slightly "grey" or frosted joint, with each counter-clockwise joint getting progressively worse. This is what ultimately happens when a little pressure is applied over and over again via both mechanical stress and repeated heating and cooling cycles. This would be the case in any studio and especially on the road. Once in this state, the connector could easily be removed from the circuit board with little effort, without soldering. Sometimes the solder connection holds up, but the junction of the PCB trace and the PCB pad will break.

First take out the battery. Then start unscrewing the outside panels to take it apart. Basically any screw you find, take off. The easiest way not to loose them is by sticking them into the side of a box. After you get the camera panels off, you should be able to carefully get inside and dislodge anything that may be in the way. Once you are able to dislodge the cord or whatever is causing this problem. Try inserting the battery and ejecting the tape. Let me know if you are having any trouble with this or have any other questions and I would be glad to help.

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any brand of hi8 or digital8 camcorder will play back those tapes but sony made a tape deck made to record and play back digital8, hi8, and 8mm tape. you can get here http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchCatalog

maybe driver booster will helps you to find the driver

It is the wrong capacity SD card. Absolute maximum capacity is 32Gb

It could be that the USB is not working and that you need a new USB then.

If your computer has an SD card reader you can get free software to recover the pictures on it. If not then get an external SD card reader and google photo recovery on SD cards.

Over the air broadcast has to contain a FLAG that makes it copy protected.