Cannot shut the cassette chamber of my HVR A1E Camera. Shows C32:11. Have already tried a lot of internet tipps, but without success. What ca I do

hi,
yes it has, go in camera settings
but if advise you, better not to use it because too much pixelizing with deep zooms (that's why it is desactivated from the beginig)

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Dirty heads may cause TimeCode breaks. Try a clean.
The fast start feature of this camera can also cause problems during recording.

Dear
your camers touch screen needs to get replaced by a service centre on an expert engineer.

sony A1e reinserting error message

no ,but you will have a dvd quality picture. HD means
the picture size format usely 16:9, HDMI its a Hd
multimedia interface its HD quality to...
hope that help you..

I have had this error on my 3 year old Sony A1E and it has resulted in glitched picture and audio, despite not showing a poblem whilst recording. It came up with C:31:23 error. Start of the tape seemed ok and the end seemed to get pixellated. A friend said the PD170 had the same issue and had to have her tape heads changed. I've tried cleaning mine but problem still there. I'm looking at getting new NXCAM as I've spent a lot of money last year getting it fixed.

dear ... there is an option in the menu .....
of hvr A1 TO KEEP THE VIEW finder.... ON..

write nw
ur camcorder is in auto mode ,wht happen in auto mode is ,view finder gets ON only when u turn the LCD pannel ...
so need nt worry change ur MENU option OF view finder from AUTO to ON,......

Camera gives Moisture error sign if it really have moisture condensation inside or its moisture sensor itself got defective.

if moisture is inside, blow hot air in camera mechanism for 5-6 minutes by hair dryer (not so closed with mechanism) and check / test.

If problem still exist it means moisture sensor is defective and i know its Sony high-end model camera and know how to fix it yet I would recommend to take camera to Sony Service center for proper repair.

Just a thought but have you got the right format selected?

Try this;

Press 'P-menu' on screen, then select 'VCR HD/DV'.

Make sure that you then select either DV or HDV depending on which format you filmed in. The 'auto' function doesn't always select the right one!