20 Most Recent Sharp Viewcam VL-NZ150U Mini DV Digital Camcorder - Page 4 Questions & Answers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MiYjGlMHow visit link below for video on camera, excuse the young man,s bad language please!! Surely the camera has A/V sockets for A/V leads to be connected to your tvs A/V sockets? If it is a digital camera you should only have to connect it up via USB cable or transfer the media in it to something that can be read by the tv, such as a PC.

If your camera is mini dv then you must clean the upper drum FIRSTLY BY PUT THE TAPE IN AND PRESS FW FOR TEN SECONDS ...If problem still on picture try by using a special cleaning tape but if you can't find one online you should try a nearest service.Or if you want to try it you need a special tool <<plastic stick with leather stripe>> and an amount of pure alcohol>>.Attention!!! NEVER USE COTTON SWABS...THE SMALL HAIR OF FABRIC COULD DESTROY HEADS!!!better try with special sticks including leather stripes at the edge. The best thing to do is buy a head cleaning tape online!!! How to clean video camera heads quick fix guide

Unless it's a small video, you'd be better advised using a DVD.

It is a Mini DV camcorder. The tape can be found at below. https://www.google.com/search?q=VL-PD3AH+tape&newwindow=1&biw=1440&bih=775&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=MomZVM2ZNYKoNvi8gaAI&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&dpr=1#newwindow=1&tbm=shop&q=mini+dv+tape&spell=1

"Any tips on how to get tape out without ruining it?" By it, do you mean the tape or the camcorder? The camcorder requires either the AC adapter or a 3.7 volt battery to work. With some patience, you can probably find either for sale in "the usual places" or you can go to your neighborhood camcorder repair shop and ask them to open it for you.

what cables have you used? do they play on the camera?

Not sure if that camera works just with a power adapter, some of them need the battery. If you look on Ebay you may find both. If you get them and the camera works ok then you will need a video capture card or USB video capture adapter to connect the camera to the PC. Then you will need to know what type of output lead you need from the camera to the video card/adapter. Usually with older cameras it will have a socket for a lead to allow for showing on TV. It should have the red/yellow/white RCA/Phono connectors on one end and the plug for the camera on the other. Then you will need video capture software. It may come supplied with the capture device.

Do a hard reset to this set and check. To make it a hard reset, just unplug the TV from AC mains wall socket, and re-plug it back after 15 minutes or so. This procedure will make it a hard reset. If it do not help you; the fault is with its main board. Contact any service technician; or the authorized service centre. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Pull up older posts. Surf the site with patience. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/

Hi well there are a few ways to do this...one way is to obtain a USB Video IN dongle, hook up to the camera's AV OUT and Sound OUT ports either Yellow, Video, Red & White Audio stereo out, or Green, Red, Blue, All Video, and Red & White, again Audio out.and press Play on Camcorder and "recorded" read "Saved" on PC with the DTVR, (Digital Television Video Recorder) software, and you may save it in any format required, then post process the saved video using whichever program you wish.
Another way, IF you camera allows is to use a connecting cable either USB or Firewire, also one must obtain and install the "Driver" for the camera usually this will have come with the camera or is obtainable from the manufacturers download website. Again, hooking up to a PC, and recording with DTVR software. Once again to save in whatever format MPG4, HDTV H.264 whatever. and post process again with whatever software one wishes.
Thats about it really, so you need a way of getting the signal into the PC, a way of recording the signal in, and a way of processing the saved video file. There are many programs on the 'net to do this. Simply Google DTVR digital Video recorder, video post processor. Windows Movie maker is good, some programs allow one to save and process all in one. Also sometimes the manufacturer in your case Sharp, often put out there own software for doing all this again it often comes with the camera on a DVD etc, however again it is most likely available for download from the Sharp website, if you want it.