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clean the heads of your video camera buddy !! use a cotton bud tip, with a touch (NOT SATURATED) of turps......an LCD screen cannot show bad tape speckle or white noise like the old vhs on a tv tube used too....remember when an old VHS Tape needed tracking?...thats what your camera is trying to tell you....but....it needs a clean as the LCD screen cannot show fuzz.....and waits for a good frame to display.....CLEAN THE VIDEO DRUM MATE !!
either the tape or the recording head is dirty. use a new tape. if the lines are still there, get a head cleaner tape or use alcohol to clean the recording head.
I had a problem like this with another mini-DV camera (Canon GL1) and I took care of the problem.My first thought is to use a head cleaner tape (dry head). It sounds like you have a dirty video head. DON'T try to use anything else, don't stick anything into the head or tape area. No liquids like alcohol with a q-tip, din't stick you finger in there (oils) and NO METAL. You don't want to scratch the head, even a q-tip, Kleenex, plastic, wood, cotton, t-shirt will scratch the head (and lenses).
If this doesn't work, you may need to have it cleaned in a shop.
Good Luck!
get a cotton buds, moist the tip of the buds with a little 70% alcohol and slightly wipe the tape head. Do not apply too much force, it may damage the head.
A Q-tip should never be used to clean a video head. Unfortunately they can pull the tiny head out of alignment. I believe this is your problem and the repaid may be more costly than a new purchase.
on all DV cameras step one is to first clean the heads (either buy a cleaning tape (recommended) or use alcohol on a cotton swap and clean the head yourself)
if it still doesn't work it sounds like either you have a bad CCD (the chip that processes the image) or a bad LCD, which would require professional repair.
try cleaning the tape path, especially the rubber pinch roller, with an alcohol swab....but how is the performance as a web-cam? (when connected to pc)? if same result, then problem is deeper, maybe CCD
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