I am trying to play back video from Sony Handycam on tv, the sound is perfect but i have no picture, im sure it must be something simple. i have handycam a/v out attached to the yellow red and white sockets on the dvd recorder and the recorder is attached to the tv by the red yellow and white sockets....as you may see im not very technical so go easy on me please!!!!! thank you VERY much, julie

Im not sure about your computer setup. Are you capturing via usb or have dedicated video capture device? Do you have sound when connected camera to tv. Does your video capturing device require to supply sound separate for example from camera headphone jack to video capture device?

hi,
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Try hooking up your sony handycam to a different monitor or tv to make sure it is putting out a good video signal using an S-Video cable. Then once you know your cords are good and you have a good video signal, hook it back up to the RCA LCD unit. If it is still not working make sure that the RCA LCD is set to receive the Hi8 signal via the S-Video cable. There may be a switch or menu setting on your RCA LCD to accept the Hi8 signal or also refered to as S- Video.

I hoped that helped and good luck!

I had the same problem. No sounds when I play back videos. No sounds either when I connect it to my TV and play the videos. It turns out that the problem is not in the playback mode. The problem is while recording videos, It cannot capture sounds anymore. So when you play it, It has no sound at all. I took it to the SONY Service Center here in Manila and after 1 week it was already fixed. I asked what the problem is so that I could avoid it in the future. The Sony Technician said that he cleaned or fixed a sound component/chip or something but did not replaced anything. It is a problem that when you connect the handycam to your TV and it is very close to the TV, a feedback occurs (a high pitch sounds that it really irritating). When this happens, it triggers the problem that we have encountered. You should bring it to the Sony Service Center near you.

Hi,
It is known problem of bad ccd imager in camcorder and requires replacement of that part.
Sony will repair CCD-TRV318 Free of Cost in ccd imager problem.
Please click Sony CCD Imager Support for details.
Good luck.

Try this:
Play back a recently recorded scene through the viewing screen. Make sure any "mute" setting is turned off and turn the volume up. If you can hear the sound, the problem is not in the camera. Also, run through your menu's audio settings to make sure that they are set correctly.
If you can't hear any sound, repeat the process with an external mike attached. If this gives you sound, the camera's built in mike is defective. Time to hand it in for repair.
If you still can't hear any sound, something else is wrong with the camera. Again, send it in for repair.

The S-video cable carries picture only. You need to also hook up RCA audio cables from the camcorder to the TV

Hi,
You camera is PAL and you are attaching with Ntsc TV or VCR. Both Pal and Ntsc are different systems and incompatible to each other.
If you want to see correct playback of your Camera, it requires Pal or Multi-System color TV.
Need further info, please let me know.

It seems your Handycam has " Pal " system and you are watching it on " NTSC " TV. If your TV is Multi Color System, please select Pal color system. Hope this info will be helpful for you.

front switch microphone need full slide up or down not in meddle.
Tape some defective not recording sound
Handy cam not defective .