On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:42:55 GMT, whit0421@yahoo.com (Christopher White) wrote:

> I posted a little over a month about about a problem with my TRY900, in that
>it would give me a couple of errors (C31:22 without a tape, C31:23 with a
>tape). Well, I found a local camera shop (Allied Camera Repair of Oak Park
>Heights, MN) and they fixed it for me for $150. Overall, I was pretty
>impressed with their service. They only repair cameras, and they ship
>camcorders off to someone else to fix, so he didn't know exactly what the
>problem was, although "Transport," ""Tracking," "Elec System," "Align,"
>"Loading," and "Clean, Libe & Adjust" were checked on the invoice. The guy
>also said that he remembers talking to the person who fixed it, and that the
>repair person said that he thinks it was one of my tapes that damaged the
>camera.
>
> After hearing that, I thought back to my usage and realized that I started
>running into problems after extracting my wedding video that was shot using a
>different MiniDV camera. I know you're not supposed to mix tapes (allegedly),
>so I used the same type of tape in both cameras. But has anyone heard of
>damaging a camera by playing a tape recorded in a different camera? I'm a
>little nervous now about extracting other video that I shot using a different
>camera for fear of another $150 repair bill. Any thoughts on this?

If both cameras never had in them any but the same brand,
this should not have caused a problem. BTW, I never again
play in my cameras a tape played on other unknown gear
(I make a copy for commercial VHS/DVD dubs, and "retire"
it when it comes back, or keep it for reuse if more dubs
are made). If the tape was damaged that you "extracted",
this could clog the heads of another camera...