Camcorder not working says 'c-emg' on screen

Hi, Our camcorder suddenly stopped working - when I switch it on the tape seems to run back and forward almost like it is temporarily rewinding and Fast forwarding. Then the screen says 'eject' and 'c-emg' comes on screen, which looking at the manual says 'take to an engineer'. Any ideas as to how I could possibly save £ and fix it myself? many thanks Steve8

Anonymous Mar 31, 2014

its says to eject the tape its says to eject the tape

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That error code is telling you hey i've got a mechanical problem because when the microprocessor tells me to move the mode switch is suppose to send signals back to the processor to let the mechanism know where its at and in this case the processors not getting the right codes or signals so it wont let you use it, and thats why it will eject if a tape is inserted. Now unless you have all the special tools ,jigs and adaptors to repair this including a service and a mechanism manual you really should take this unit in as there are really no serviceable parts inside for the consumer to replace. Sorry i couldnet be more helpfull. Good Luck

Posted on May 14, 2006

ez2dn Apr 10, 2013

not really because we know stuff has to be serviced but the tech was not informative enough, anybody can see that there is a problem but what is it

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