No life to camcorder. Never used before, tried charging battery, plugged camcorder into TV, no "on" light, plugged into computer at home, again no life to camcorder. Tried re-set button. Today tried Sony Tech. Support and web site went down. The overall feeling is that the camcorder has not life to it. Dead.
Your unit is a 2004 model. If it has never been used since then the battery is probably no good and will need replaced. Batteries discharge 20% on a monthly basis just sitting on the shelf so yours went dead a long time ago. Then if they are left in that state (dead) they sulfate which means that sulfur oxides transfer to the plates and form an insulating surface. At that point all the charging in the world is not going to bring it back. All you can do is get another one. They are available at most stores which sell electronics. Get a new battery and charge it per the instructions and try using it again. This should solve your problem. Good luck.
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My Handycam is over 3 and half years same model as yours dcr-hc3oe was working perfectly until now, the power does not come on even with the charger in there is no power light, I was thinking of replacing the battery but I am not sure if that is the cause or is it more seriouse I have a cassete inside the handycam which I dont know how to eject as the power is not coming on.
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