Dew detected on DV-203 (by 5 users)

Thanks Mace Bigelow. Could not understand why dew detected suddenly showed up on the screen. This camcorder was not in any place to collect dew. Took out the battery as you suggested and gave it a couple of shots. Camcorder is now working fine. Thanks

I bought my 203 2 years ago-same problem. I FOUND THE SOLUTION!
Might sound stupid, but I found it online, tried it and it works!

When you get the "Dew Detected" sign on the screen, remove the battery, give it a good palm hit on the bottom where the battery sits. Hit it a couple good times, put the battery back in and voila it will work guaranteed! I thought it was dumb at first, tried it and it works, hell it works everytime. The blow dryer, plastic bag trick dont work because its an electrical error, not actual dew.

incredible the palm trick works for me aswell thank you very much

Well I'll be! Giving it a good smack got mine working too. I'm afraid this might be a recurrent problem though. My Dew Detected issue lasted all of 2005, then one day went away sometime in 2006, but then came back again in early 2007 and was here to stay. Thanks to Mace I have a functioning camera again. Though if the Dew thing comes back, the camera may get more than a little smack!

if this is always happen to your camera and then try to warm the camera using a hair blower you should open the lid cover of the mechanical.......... turns off the camera and unplugged the ac adaptor..if you using the battery take it out ... then place your hand to the mechanical to sense the heat of the camera when you using the hair blower and when you feel too hot then stop the blower.... doing this must not exceed 15 second...... then wait at least 1 minute to cold down the camera and put the adaptor or the battery then power on the camera.... if you doing this and nothing happen....i suggest you to go to the service center for replacing the dew sensor....

Worked for me too with an ancient Panasonic PV-DV900!!! Thanks!

Thanx, my PV-A306 works now (solution #3).

Thank you Mace Bigelow. Tried your suggestion and holy cow it worked. Wish I had come searched online earlier..... THANK YOU!

Wow, So simple and yet works so good! Thankyou very much!
Leo