BLack Screen

Hi,

I was just 14 days in Lembeh Island, and did some pretty amazing dives there, what an amazing place.

I had some moisture problems with my Sony HVR AU1 camera, but find out and "lost" only 2 dives without camera.

When i came home i captured some of the tapes, but half of the tapes just show a black screen when i playback, but i can see the pictures when

i forward the tape fast.

Is it anyone who had this issue before or maybe know what can cause this "black screen".??

Thanks in advance,

Søren

Have you tried another camcorder to see if the content is there?

Hi,

 

I was just 14 days in Lembeh Island, and did some pretty amazing dives there, what an amazing place.

 

I had some moisture problems with my Sony HVR AU1 camera, but find out and "lost" only 2 dives without camera.

 

When i came home i captured some of the tapes, but half of the tapes just show a black screen when i playback, but i can see the pictures when

i forward the tape fast.

 

Is it anyone who had this issue before or maybe know what can cause this "black screen".??

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Søren

Have you tried to clean the heads? Since you had a moisture problem there might be some particles clogging it.

Have you tried to clean the heads? Since you had a moisture problem there might be some particles clogging it.

Hi again,

Yes i tried to rewind the tapes on another camcorder and managed to get all 12 tapes captured.

I also cleaned my sensor with a cotton pad. It keep on telling me to take out the tape, but after many hours and cleaning cassete, clean of the little sensor and rewinding tapes on another cam it finally succeded.

Thanks for your answers.

Sørenn

Would have been a heart stopping moment if all tapes were screwed

Would have been a heart stopping moment if all tapes were screwed

Hi,

Yeah would have been pretty sad, but on the other hand if i did not managed, i would have to go back there soon(-;

Anyway, I will go back to Lembeh and will highly recommend this wonderful diving.

Søren

Even though it is now working I'd bring the cam into a service center and have the transport alignment checked and the heads inspected and properly cleaned. Those cleaning tapes really should be used only in emergencies and very sparingly as they can be either abrasive or gummy depending upon the brand you are using.

Steve

Even though it is now working I'd bring the cam into a service center and have the transport alignment checked and the heads inspected and properly cleaned. Those cleaning tapes really should be used only in emergencies and very sparingly as they can be either abrasive or gummy depending upon the brand you are using.

Steve

Yeah, thanks.

I will bring it to the local Sony technician, so hopefully there can clean it or whatever it need to be done.

Søren