Cant see images through camera

The infra-red source light must be inoperative. Bring it inside in a dark room and move around, look for the red light ring.

Mmmm, no glow IR emitters, clever that you can see them working or not, EXCEPT you can! Use the Selfie camera on your smartphone to look at the front of the stealth camera. IR light sources show as a red dot.

Product description 20 Megapixel Game Camera, 0. 6 Second Trigger Speed and 70 FT No Glo range. 720P HD Video, Video recording 5/15/30 seconds w/ audio. 24 No Glo IR Emitters, Six Quick Set Program Settings, Burst Mode 1-3 images per triggering. 5 -120 Sec recovery time out, Matrix Blur Reduction, 16: 9 Wide image ratio. Includes 8GB SD card, Operates on 8 AA batteries (not included).

Did you try pressing the display button several times? in both viewing mode and record mode? Cycle through all display modes, s you get used to the button, so it does not trow you off when it happens again.

It is jamming, the only really fix is to have it repaired, that costs a lot and it is sometimes better to just replace the camera.

Looks like a CCD image sensor failure a common fault in digicams these days. Point the camera somewhere and blindly take a shot. Open the image on your computer and see if it appears all dark. If it does then its an image sensor failure. On the contrary if the image appears properly then your LCD screen is the culprit.

Symptom shows its ccd imager chi failure problem and ccd imager chip will be replaced in your camcorder.
CCD Imager chip is an electronic part that converts an image into electronic signal for further process in camcorder circuit boards.
Take your camcorder to local camera repair shop for ccd imager replacement as it is not user level repair and requires qualified tech.

this phone doesn't support flash, so it is obvious that pictures won't come good in the dark. but it is good enough in day light.

You may have lost your image sensor.

1. Take lens cap off.
2. Look in lens make sure there is nothing on or blocking lens.
3. Find bright room & see if image comes up.
4. Make sure your in video record mode.
5. If you have eyepiece lens look to make sure it is off. {Most cams will not let you use both at same time.}
6. Still no image try recording on blank disk then play back see if image is recording.

If that does not work MSG back.

So the lens opens,
But screen stays dark - can you see any shadow images or is it totally dark?
Have you checked that images are in the card.
Any way there is not repair option just replace it.

I HAD THIS PROBLEM ERROR CODE C31 : 22 WOULD COME UP AND TRV 118 CAM WOULD NOT WORK. I TRIED EVERYTHING TILL ONE DAY I BANGED IT ON A CARPETED FLOOR ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CAMCORDER 5 TIMES QUITE HARD. THEN THE CAM WORKED JUST FINE! MY CAM HADN'T WORKED FOR OVER 7 MONTHS. NOW I HAVE IT BACK. HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE.

This sounds like the CCD sensor is faulty ( this is the device that generates picture in both v-cams and normal digital cameras and sits behind the lens ). Playback is fine but no image ( or very 'noisy' image ) in capture mode. Easy to repair but one has to put a new CCD block in.