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by: jkesselman1 July 13, 2009 10:57 AM PDT

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Can't insert tape into sony handycam

by jkesselman1 - 7/13/09 10:57 AM

i have a sony HDR-HC5 handycam. i cant get a tape to load. i have switched to try different tapes, but nothing will go down/load. the tape that was in originally no longer will load/close. this happened once before, but somehow after turning it on and off, the tape went in. This time nothing seems to work. Any ideas? Is this common? I am not even sure how/where to get this fixed (although I am guessing it could end up being cheaper to buy a new one if i can't resolve this)?


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I had this problem to

by imshane17 - 7/14/11 7:27 AM

In Reply to: Can't insert tape into sony handycam by jkesselman1

I spent quite a while trying to close someones handycam tape. The solution for me was simple: Turn it on. Not sure if this is the problem for you.


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Since the alternative is

by boya84 - 7/14/11 1:44 PM

In Reply to: Can't insert tape into sony handycam by jkesselman1

to pay for repair or replace the HC5, perhaps the "smack" trick is worth a try.

My HDR-HC1 was having a different issue, and smacking it worked...

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdVjgVB9OIyAADy1XNyoA;_ylc=X1MDUCMyNzY2Njc5BF9yAzIEYW8DMARjc3JjcHZpZANieEt1SkVvR2RUQWZUOWhXU25Kc2VBLnBSNFRKWms0ZlZPQUFDRzFDBGZyA215LW15eQRmcjIDc2J0bgRuX2dwcwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzcnAEcXVlcnkDInNvbnkgY2FtY29yZGVyIiBzbWFja2luZwRzYW8DMQR2dGVzdGlkA1ZJUDA1MQ--?p=%22sony+camcorder%22+smacking&fr2=sb-top&fr=my-myy&type_param=


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same problem...now fixed, but beware!

by ftgltool - 1/10/12 5:48 PM

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Search youtube for "repair sony camcorder error code c:32:11" video by johnhanmyk. It's the shorter 2:40 second video. His fix works as I just did it 30 minutes ago, but now my camera is eating tape! I'm looking for a solution to this new issue.


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