WONT READ THE MINI DVD DISK THAT I PUT IN

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Copying from TAPE to PC requires 4 things. The video cam where the TAPE will be played, a FIREWIRE compatible cable, a FIREWIRE card installed on your computer and a SOFTWARE that supports a firewire device that would record the video.

Unlike Digital Videos that you can just copy and paste the video file from the video cam to the computer, the tape to pc transfer is more of recording the video in from the video cam by playing it in real time while the computer is recording it.

This is a sample of a FIREWIRE card that is installed inside a computer.
An external USB version of this is also available.



This is a sample of a FIREWIRE cable.



Windows MOVIE MAKER is an example of a software that can be used to record the videos. It supports FIREWIRE devices.

Here's a sample video.



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This has happened to me many times. The disk has an error (they alway do).

1: Turn it off.
2: Attatch power connection.
3: Hold down eject button.
4: It should say: "DISK ACCESS"
5: It may take a long time, but put it down in this state and leave it for as long as it may take.
6: Later on, it will eject the disk.
7: Discard of this disk, it's nothing but trouble.

since it is in digital format a standered VCR wont read them the hi-8 tapes have a bigger VCR tape you can put the hi-8 tape in and insert that into a VCR but the hi-8 is an analog tape and.mini-DV is digital "DV = Digital Video" so a standard VCR wont read them the only way is to borrow a friends Mini-DV camera and copy all your tapes over. they do make a Mini-DV player but even the cheap ones cost more than a new camcorder would! Sorry to hear about your camcorder I hope this helps

is the tape outside the cassette? or inside the case itself (if inside we have to open and connect it to reel) but outside you need the paper thin masking tape 1/2 to 1 inch wide (cellophane is to thick)...now take both ends of tape..the tape on left side cut a 1/8 inch (hold in left hand cut on a diagonal toward the left)..(just FYI this is called splicing) now the right one cut it about 1/8 inch also in the same manner toward the left)..now cut a 1/2 inch of masking place on table...place the right tape on tape leaving at least half for the other part to go on....now take the scissors cut off any excess masking tape on both edges of tape...this should help get your first job at hand done....recording to dvd....have fun

I twisted and pried until I got the door/disk carrier out of the case. It appears the the teeth on the left side of the door and the teeth on the gear that moved it as well as a white strip of plastic with an upright pin and teeth on the front edge which moved it from left to right were out of sequence. The strip was moving too soon and causing the motor and laser to lift before the disk was in place. The disk carrier was blocked by the spin mechanism which had raised and was up against the piece that the disk should be under.

To fix it, I set the DVD player to "open". Then I put a long narrow strip of masking tape on one side of the teeth of the gear that was supposed to open and close the door.

I pushed the moving strip with the pin as far to the left as it would go and put another narrow strip of tape on the top of it to keep it from moving while I pushed the door back in place. The ends of both pieces of tape extended out the opening and were stuck to the face of the cabinet.

I pushed the door into the frame, pulling up a bit in the center to get it to go through the guides and track. When I got it pushed all the way in I started easing the tape off the gear, pulling on the part outside the door and reaching through the hole where a disk would set to loosen the end of the tape on the gear with a mini screwdriver. I did the same thing with the tape I had put on the strip with the pin.

Then I used the "open/close" function to test it and it worked like a charm. The door guides do not hold the very tight and it tends to wiggle and lean to the left when open.

I also found a really good video by a guy on UTube. It was not my brand of player, but his explanation and demonstration gave me enough info about how to get the door out, without destroying it, so I went at it.

My methods are a little unorthodox, but they worked without tearing the entire thing apart. I couldn't figure out how to get the motor/laser out anyway.

Good luck with yours.

put cam in for professional service - either the head needs replacing (worn) or the cassette cage is warped and in need of realignment.

When you bought that CAM it should came with the interface cable and software to transfer from your CAM to DVD or your computer if you lost the software you still download from that factory Web
It won.t help you if now you will buy another CAM DVD, your previous mini DV tape still need a computer to burn into the DVD format
Give me your CAM branch and model I can tell you more OK

you need a firewire cable to go from cam to computer or use a dvd recorder and put tv connections from cam to dvd recorder

You can not retrive unfinalised disk because no path was put into place to read the information that was burnt. Data yeap was burnt but way of reading it was put into place.

when mechanism pops out to eject, wait until it completly comes out, deattache battery immediately, and Pull lever as per below mentioned picture. Cassette door will be open and place cassette. Close it and attache the battery. Camera is ready to Record or Playback.