Same probs, appears ther is no solution!!!!

Sent a SH**Y email to Panasonic, its not the solution of course but it made me feel better!!!!! We bought a Sharp camcorder few years back, packed up after 3 months with faulty dew sensor, looked online and found hundreds of forums on it, appeared it was a manufacturers soldering fault, they couldn't care less and washed their hands of it. Lesson learnt after this episode is do my homework online first!!!!!!!!