Sony HVR Z5 tape deck won't close completely

hi,
the tape deck mechanism is faulty, the remedy is to change the mechanism. if you can repair it open take out the mechanism, remove the head, eject housing,and the sensors mechanism locking plate etc, then peel out the flexible cable from the mechanism, and change it.

02-594 Failed to detect the S and T reel FGs during search.

Here is a video explaining this problem, hope it helps.

DO NOT , UNPLUG THE POWER CHORD, DO ONE THING SWITCH ON THE VTR AND THEN HAVE AN ALL PIN .. THEN RESET THE MACHINE ... WITH THAT PIN .. AND THEN PRESS EJECT ... YOUR TAPE WILL COME OUT ..

The Sony HDR-HC26 is a miniDV tape based camcorder. No surprises if you can't get USB streaming working.

ALL miniDV tape based camcorders transfer DV-format video by conneting the DV port of the HD camcorder to the Firewire port of your computer. USB won't work. The "DV" in miniDV = Digital Video. It is as digital as the digital video from flash memory or hard disc drive or DVD based camcorders - only better because it is not compressed as much as the others.

Memory cards are not the only way to store digital video - and while not as good as miniDV tape, memory cards are not as bad as DVD based consumer camcorders...

Firewire IEEE1394, DV and i.LINK are all the same thing.

If your computer does not have a firewire port, hopefully it has an available expansion slot (PCI for desktops; PCMCIA or ExpressCard for laptops), so you can add one.

HI please check your easy setup in tyhe fcp and set it as pal or ntse dv and should get the video in

Sony A1U stopped functioning. Neither AC power or battery yields anything. Reset button yields brief flash only. Tape stuck in machine. Help?

I have had this error on my 3 year old Sony A1E and it has resulted in glitched picture and audio, despite not showing a poblem whilst recording. It came up with C:31:23 error. Start of the tape seemed ok and the end seemed to get pixellated. A friend said the PD170 had the same issue and had to have her tape heads changed. I've tried cleaning mine but problem still there. I'm looking at getting new NXCAM as I've spent a lot of money last year getting it fixed.

On Sony DSR-80P error 02-221 and 02-291 is a problem with the tape pull-in or eject. Mostly the tape stickers are bad situated over the stripe-cover at the top, which should be moving freely!
Remove the stickers from the tape or put them lower on the case. If the tape is already inside the machine is unable to reject the tape - disconnect the machine from electricity to open it or call service...

greetings from berlin, matt.

dnt go for it ... u can have better option in z5, or z7 ..or z1 ...most of the camcorder a1 series have problem related to audio ....i will suggest dnt go for it ... its worth taking new dsr pd 170 for the same price