My Sony DCR-TRV740 camera I just purchased (used), has a playback problem with my 8mm's. When I got the unit I cleaned it well with chamois swaps and MG video cleaner(Recommended by all experts it seems for head cleaning), I cleaned the heads and put my tape in, the tape played fine for a few minutes. I then rewound the entire tape and when I played it back, the LCD was blue and I didn't see anything. When I fastforward or rewind, I can see the picture, when i let go of the rewind/fastfoward function, the playback slowly speeds down and as its coming back to regular play speed, the picture is perfect for a second and then the picture goes away back to the blue screen. I am not sure how a head misalignment could be happening now, when the tape played fine prior to rewind?
You have a clogged video head. It happens. Do not use the chamois again. Instead, purchase an 8mm head cleaner and give that a try. Only use a brand name cleaner - no generics, and make sure it doesn't come from China!
SOURCE: my sony ccd-trv218e hi-8 video camera shows blue
Definitely sounds like a dirty video head or a bad video head. You are headed in the right direction with the cleaning tape but you may not be able to get it thoroughly with the cleaning tape. You can try a q-tip dipped in alcohol and try to cleaned the video heads on the drum assembly yourself, just kinda soak the heads with the alcohol and gentle scrub the heads if the heads are clogged this may help. If it doesnt then you may need a drum assy. I have researched it for you and the part number is "A7048988A" from partstore.com. I hope this helps.
SOURCE: Sony DCR- HC18E Camcorder
Hello there, you are not alone in this problem, I get 100's of other people write on this matter, the tape head cleaners sold are mostly a bit of non abrasive tape type stuff that would not clean a bit of dust off a shiny table, let alone a dirty camera head.
You need to get a proper head cleaning kit with the tape that looks like a white flat shoe lace, run that for 30 sec in camera in seconds your heads will be like new.
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SOURCE: sony vx2100...blue playback screen
in either case the head condition is bad.. pls inspect the tips on the head whether it is not damaged in the cleaning.inspect the drum hours also..
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