Sony CCD-FX330 Camcorder Repair?

[cajun626]

I'm trying to decide if I should pitch my 8-year-old Sony CCD-FX330
Camcorder. When it records the picture is sometimes blacked out
(though I can see the footage if I FF the tape), sometimes full black
and white or half the screen is black and white and sometimes the pic
is great. A few times the eject symbol appeared on the screen while
recording. I've tried a tape cleaner, but it didn't seem to do much
good. Any ideas on what the problem could be and is it something that
I can attempt to fix?

 

[David]

Every single surface mount capacitor in the unit needs replaced.
There may already be non-repariable board damage from leaking electrolyte on
the board, but only a qualified technician will be able to determine this
while having the camera all the way apart.

It is highly unlikely without a service manual or lots of experience that
you will be able to take the unit apart without doing damage to the unit due
to the highly packed design.

David

cajun626 <cajun626@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to decide if I should pitch my 8-year-old Sony CCD-FX330
Camcorder. When it records the picture is sometimes blacked out
(though I can see the footage if I FF the tape), sometimes full black
and white or half the screen is black and white and sometimes the pic
is great. A few times the eject symbol appeared on the screen while
recording. I've tried a tape cleaner, but it didn't seem to do much
good. Any ideas on what the problem could be and is it something that
I can attempt to fix?

 

[Wayne]

There is an excellent series of pages here
http://www.vidcam.com.au/Recapping/1.html
showing the scope of what is required

Wayne

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:31:52 -0500, "David" <dkuhajda@locl.net.spam>
wrote:

Every single surface mount capacitor in the unit needs replaced.
There may already be non-repariable board damage from leaking electrolyte on
the board, but only a qualified technician will be able to determine this
while having the camera all the way apart.

It is highly unlikely without a service manual or lots of experience that
you will be able to take the unit apart without doing damage to the unit due
to the highly packed design.

David

cajun626 <cajun626@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:16805bc8.0309271207.591de9e5@posting.google.com...
I'm trying to decide if I should pitch my 8-year-old Sony CCD-FX330
Camcorder. When it records the picture is sometimes blacked out
(though I can see the footage if I FF the tape), sometimes full black
and white or half the screen is black and white and sometimes the pic
is great. A few times the eject symbol appeared on the screen while
recording. I've tried a tape cleaner, but it didn't seem to do much
good. Any ideas on what the problem could be and is it something that
I can attempt to fix?