Error C:31:23 Sony Camcorder

Roland -  
 Pat91350 -
Hello,

My camcorder fell yesterday on the tiled floor from a height of about 60 cm.
Error C31:23 on startup with alarm beep. Unable to play or record the DV tape in the player.

Changed to a new tape. The problem seems to be resolved. Playback and recording are fine on this tape.
I put the previous tape back in. OK. I can view the entirety of the already recorded tape, but when I try to continue recording new videos on this tape, the error C:31:23 appears again immediately at the start of the recording.

Since then, I can't restart it at all, neither with the new tape nor this one. Disconnecting and reconnecting the battery does nothing.
Thank you for your advice.

Configuration: Windows Vista / Firefox 3.6.3

6 answers

  1. roland
     
    Thank you for your research
    It seems to me that there is a problem with the playback heads and an inability to rewind the tape.
    I must have lost a mechanical physical element of this function, but it's not easy to access the playback heads.
    I will still try cleaning tapes and continue to "bang hard" on the side of the camcorder. Quite original, but you never know.
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