20 Most Recent Sony Handycam DCR-TRV730 Digital Camcorder - Page 3 Questions & Answers

Memory stick could be fubar. I have a bad sd card that I can record to and will work. Then a few days later the data is corrupted, and I have to reinstall it / same pattern. Try another stick to verify that it is the stick and not the camera electronics.

if it is taking 2 hours to import ( download ) then there is something wrong 23 mb should take 10 minutes at most read the user manual for the cam operation , trouble shoot section slow download

How have you got a 'new' computer with an unsupported OS installed ?

Try replacing the battery

I had a similar problem that happened to my old Betamax camcorder. The only way that the pinch roller can be replaced is the whole cassette mechanism had to be replaced which was way too expensive and not worth the fix. And that was coming from a Sony certified repair shop.

Hi, the HDD of your cam may be faulty, try to format in the main menu, scroll the screen "other setting","manage media" select HDD and format it. if formatting is not possible, it means the HDD is not good, change it.

hi, the speaker may be weak or the speaker's holes may be covered, check.

Likely doesn't have a reset button. What's the problem?

I guess the lcd cable is bad. this is a known problem. Sony HDR SR11 HDR SR12 Repair Sony SR11 SR11E SR12 SR12E XR500 LCD flex cable

You can connect the A/V out to the inputs of the TV. if you have any HDMI out in the camera, you can connect the same to the HDMI IN of the TV. Last option is if you have RF modulator, you can modulate the AV out to RF and then connect the same to the TV tuner RF in of the TV.