No Picture, sound or anything during playback...

When ever I try to play a tape in my camcorder, all I get is the blue screen with nothing, lets just say when I press play, nothing happens and the tape acts like a blank tape, even though its filled up. Can someone help me?

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You have to rewind the tape, or else it won't play. Be sure to forward it back to its original finishing point when you're done though, or else it will record over the rest of the video.

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Cleaning cassette may help - if the picture comes back but soon goes blue screen ? your heads need thorough cleaning or replacement ;

Posted on Jul 31, 2007

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