I own a Canon XM2 digital camcorder and I experience problems with it. I had the camcorder for a service at Camera Tek in Johannesburg three months back. I used it for the fourth time after it came back from the service and it started giving me a message on the LCD screen "REMOVE CASETTE" just after you start recording. Every time I insert a casette I fast forward it all the way to the end of the casette and rewind it again before I use it for recording and I record in SP mode. Please assist with advise. Deon Vorster. CEL NO - 082 809 6950. E Mail - [email protected]

SOURCE: Recording stopped working

Beleive the CCD has stopped responding. A cheap way to verify this is to point an infrared remote towards the lens and press a key. This will usually provoke a response from the camera even if all else fails, barring a bad pickup device...accordianman

SOURCE: Remove The Casette Message

THESE CAMERAS ARE PEICES OF ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I suggest that no body buys from cannon again!!
I am suppose to record my sister-in laws wedding and BOTH of my ELURA 100's are displaying the EJACT TAPE message!

"TEMP. FIX"
This takes pateince however for me it works....When you get the EJECT TAPE mesage....eject the battery with the power on (thus the power will go off by means of the battery not being in camera) then slap the battery back in....and KEEP doing this untill eventually the camera will NOT DISPLAY the message and actual work.

It may take up to 20 trys ....slap it in..slap it out...slap it in slap it out...BUt for me it works.

If it appears to work but as you hit the RECORD button it beeps and displays the EJECT tape message again...Go back and eject the battery again and repeat the STEPS...but dont worry , that means your getting closer to it working.. LOL

P.s- I hate CANON

om sharma

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• Posted on Mar 08, 2010

SOURCE: Canon DM-XM2 Will not record or play back

Clean Idler unit it is magnetism and clean sensor it will work