20 Most Recent Panasonic PV-GS250 Mini DV Digital Camcorder Questions & Answers

That is all very interesting - thank you for sharing.

The most likely cause for this is a damaged or defective flexible ribbon cable that connects the vewfinder LCD to the camera body and can be repaired fairly inexpensively. However, it's not a user serviceable problem and will need to be repaired by a qualified service technician.

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The tape has a brake on the rear of the shell, it's accessed through a small rectangular slot. Could be faulty or something jammed in the hole. Place a small screw driver into the slot and carefully see if the brake releases OK. It should move freely as it's spring loaded.

There is a flaw in the tape casing that was present during manufacture, since all the others work fine I recommend not using the one you are having issues with, eventually it will jam in the camcorder causing more serious problems that will lead to an expensive repair bill.

Have you tried bust buy or circuit city? Most battery specialty shops would probably have one, if not they can order one for you. Check the web for battery replacements!

Did you solve this? Also, could you be more specific? No video on either the LCD or in the viewfinder? Both when trying to record and when playing back a tape?

Yes, your camera should have come with a cord. If not, another device, like your cellphone might have the same cord to use. You can also check Radioshack to see what cord they recommend.

try camera menu (change some settings )

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This error indicates a cassette mechanism malfunction.
It happens usually when you don't operate the camecorder for long time leaving the cassette inside and the battery attached.

You can remove this by following these steps:-


1. Open the cassette housing and nock GENTLY with your finger tip
on the cassette cabinet (particularly on the position marked "push") until the cassette is released.

2. Push on the right place (marked "push") to close and then close the
cassette housing.

3. Operate the cassette (play, fast forward/backward).
Repeat the above steps several times until the problem is gone.

Advise: Remove the battery and cassette when leaving the camecorder for long period without being operated, and store the camcorder in a dust/humidity protected place.

Good luck and have a nice day.

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Its viewfinder flex or cable problem.It need to replace

needs to be formatted first

Your camera support web page:
http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PNAEndecaSearchCmd?N=779832046&Ne=&No=0&Nr=12001&Ns=&Ntk=SupportSearch&URL=vSupportSearch&cmTag=true&catalogI

This camera does not have a port on the camera itself. It uses a wired "battery" that connects to the battery charger.

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use the firewire (4 pin) connection instead