Fault indication Immediately after switching on my Panasonic NV DS5, indication F01 appears on the screen and camera will not record or playback. What does this mean and is a repair possible or worthwhile. Looking forward to any comments

Your camera appears slightly older than mine so I will do my best for you. Have you tried ejecting the tape with the power off? If I have problems I slide the eject button when the camera is off but plugged in and the tape can be ejected. I suspect the tape mechanism is in trouble. When a tape stuck in mine I had to literally force the cover open. But this is a last resort.

Give my suggestion a try and apologies if you have already tried that...

Hello,

Try removing ur batteries and press power button for few seconds and put ur batteries back and try switching on ...

replace rear operation unit

Panasonic JVC Description
F01 No Take-up reel rotation
F02 E03 No Supply reel rotation
F03 E02 Mechanism has not unloaded to the eject position
F04 E01 Mechanism has not fully loaded to the stop position
F05 E04 Rotation of video head has stalled or to fast
E06 Tape drive motor is not rotating or stalled
F31 Data transmission error
F51 Focus motor is not functioning, No focus
F52 Zoom motor is not functioning, No Zoom
U10 Dew sensor has detected condensation or failed
U11 Video heads have been detected as dirty or failed
Matti Knuutila [email protected]

you can playback only when you connect it to a pc tv tuner card. or other video editing or capturing software installed for camera

G'day,

I also have the same problem and after almost buying a replacement I thought I would try one time to get it to go.

What I did was start the cam without a tape in it, let it bring up the little red icon indicating no tape inserted, (it hadn't started flashing "PLEASE RE-OPERATE AFTER PUSHING RESET BUTTON" at this stage) then I inserted my tape. Hey presto, it works although for how long I don't know. I'll immediately start burn my tapes to disc while the going is good.

Hope this helps someone

hi, if you have stuck the head cleaner in and this has not removed the black lines then the head might either need a thorough clean or may be damaged.

Intermittent fault? Playback of recorded footage not possible.
Even tried to check 'playback' with an older tape.

Can you see what is being recorded while recording on the screen?
Dan

Since this is being recorded it is not a problem with the monitor or viewfinder. I believe that it is a problem with the imaging chip or the circuitry immediately after the image block. It actually sounds like a bad solder joint. If you are very good with tools and soldering, have magnifying glasses and a steady hand, you should be able to repair this. If you are not familiar with the repair of camcorders (and there are many tiny pieces to keep track of) there is probably little you can do to solve this problem. If you go to this website http://www.videotech.com for the price of shipping you can get a free estimate or you can get an estimate online at http://www.camcorderrepair.com I would think that the cost to repair this should be reasonable. Good luck.