20 Most Recent Sony Handycam CCDTRV118 Camcorder Questions & Answers

Chanel is a French perfume maker. Usually, when discussing audio, we refer to channels, a totally different beast. But, since you capitalized the first letter in Chanel (which would make it a proper noun), maybe you really are referring to the perfume. Does your HandyCam have nostrils and Smellovision? I just can't keep up with all this new-fangled stuff....

Please read your user manual

error code c:31:22, means that a reel of the unit is faulty.thats the part that turns the tape.issue could be difficulty in playing back.ff or rew.try to reset cam (make sure cam is on,press a very tiny button on the panel where all the buttons are,near the right side of the speaker) using any fine-tipped object.if it doesn't work,try using diff tapes.if still no go,remove tape,turn cam off, remove batt (make sure ac adaptor not connected), and leave cam w/o any power of at least a minute.if still it doesn't work,service may be required.thanks :)

All, I think I have the solution. Out of frustration at this error (I'd had for a few weeks) , I slapped the hell out of the camera. Can you believe that it started working? Suggested it to an other friend that had the same issue and it worked for them too. I looked around on line and it seems someone else discovered this before me. It works...every time.

The circuit boad has a weak capacitor not holding enough voltage to run the camera. It can be repaired although purchasing a new one outweighs the cost oost far less of repairing the old one

Manual says E61 needs professional service.

Per the manual
C means you can fix E means professional service needed.
21 is moisture condensation. icon of rain drop in a box will flash on screen unless moisture in lens Eject tape let sit 1 hour or more to acclimate
31...manual says to eject cassete and reinsert, operate OR daisconnectpower cord andremove battery, reconnect, operate.

Assuming that you want to do your video editing in the PC rather than on the tape.


1.Your PC must have video capture device(either built-in or add-on).
2.Properly set your video editing software to able to capture video form your device.
3.Connect your camera to your PC in regular manner,like when you connect it to your TV.
4.Have your camera in PLAYBACK mode.wind the tape to the beginning of the footage you want to capture.
5.Open your editing software.turn on capture mode.
6.Start capture.At the same time,start playing back the footage on the cam.
7.When all footage were captured,click stop capture.
8.Start your editing work.
9.when complete,save it to some uncompressed video format like *.avi for later burning to DVD or converting to other format.



For beginners,I recommend Windows Movie Maker video editing software that should come bundled in almost every computer.It's fast,simple but effective enough for home-movie work.



BTW forget the old-school Linear Editing (on the tape) thing.It's slow,complicate and much less flexible than Non-Linear method.

Camcorder is in DEW protection state, remove battery, leave it and try after few hours.

a sony cleaning cassette may clear the gunk from your friend ' s possibly ? bad tapes ( do not rewind it - or the gunk will be redeposited ) ; if still no video , get an estimate to have your heads and guides cleaned . . . professionally ;

< www.cooldrives.com > has video converters to your pc , for less than an internal pci card ;

Hello, there is no way to bypass the zoom or to manually work the zoom. Please contact me at LIVE Expert Assistance. Best regards, Arpi

look for a small pinhole to insert a pin to reset while powered up

Question edited for clarity, add full 'make model (what it is)'. Question moved from Cars and Trucks category. Searching for your manual keeps bringing up this manual https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/res/manuals/2698/26988801M.pdf Looking at that manual Page 16, it states the battery pack as 'NP-FP50', and that turns up batteries for $15. https://www.google.com/search?q=NP-FP50 ..

If it were worth repairing, as a Sony agent, I would replace all of the capacitors and clean up the board then reset the mechanism and test. Probably too old being 2001 vintage.