Camcorders do not work: Are these malfunctioning or am I missing something?
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I had the same experience. I ordered one Creative Vado 3rd Generation camcorder early last week. After inserting the battery in the correct orientation and charging it overnight, I disconnected the camcorder from the USB cable, and the camcorder would not power on. The screen stayed completely blank. So, I returned it and ordered a second unit. It arrived late last week. Lo and behold, charged it overnight, unplugged it from the computer USB charging cable, pressed the on/off switch and ... nothing. Nada. Blank. Two new units, both dead on arrival. The quality of this product is just terrible.
1319232
Unfortunately I'm having the same issue. It continually records but it breaks as a 2 minutes video clips. I just got this cam not too long ago so I will have to figure out how to fix this problem and I'll let you know.
1452104
the only thing I can think of is that one of the camera's don't work. Maybe you can return the unit for another one. good Luck.
196144
Hi. I haven't tested it with that camcorder but am confident it will work and communicate fine. In the past there were batteries that were not decoded that would be rejected as yours did, but now the batteries are intelligent. Just like the one being sold.
748929
The camera I received has yet to produce even one second of video. In other words, it's a lemon. Also found out that the camera is incompatible with Windows 8.1. New drivers are reportedly available, yet on Sony's support site the problem was not addressed.
753413
Hello, my camcorder doesn't make any rattling sound. I, too, would exchange it.
1819357
Make sure your video is plugged in....I use a 12 v. adaptor, mine works fine
1095670
Same issue with my Sony cam. Get the error message but I continue and use it, in spite of the error message. Works OK but is quite irritating. Haven't had the failure yet, hope i don't. Seems Sony has a proprietary card format, and as you probably know they are very proud of their cards. (expensive) I would suggest that you bite the bullet and pay the Sony price to ensure you don't have a camera failure.Good luck with your issue!
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They don't actually connect to your camcorder using Bluetooth, on connect between the receiver and mic. There is a 3.5mm jack on the mic so if your cam has a 3.5 input then your good. I actually use a 3.5mm to XLR to connect it.
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I'm just curious if you've tried recording something on the video setting and playing it back on your computer to see if the sound comes out. The "speaker" or playback on the cameras are piss poor, not that they should be anything great, but it might be possible that you can't hear it on the camera but the sound pics up on video and you can hear it on playback. Hope that made some sense. I hope it works out for you.
400142
I don't know, James, because we sent the camera back! Something that only records for 10 seconds when it activates was not what we needed. We got a netcam instead! Goggling the camera model doesn't turn up anything?
456969
I got the same one and it has the same problem it will take still shots but not any video.It might be a big in the software or a wire is loose some where in the camera.
2112765
Hi Caitlin, Sony CCDTRV57 Analog Camcorder can't be connected to a computer to transfer or copy videos recorded by it. -Vincent
443393
The camera never worked from day one. I have followed the instructions to the letter. I had my friend Jason from Super Computer work with it. The company buys defective ones dirt cheap and resells them is what their customer service told me. So thats that.
1683263
Have you tried fully charging it in either charger or camcorder? Does it appear to be charging?What is voltage across the terminals?
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Barbara, unless someone else answers this question before I get home, I'll pull it out and see, but I certainly don't remember having to do anything. I have several camcorders, and I remember that one did not play sound back through the camcorder but did when moving it to DVD, etc., but don't remember if it was this one. I'll update when I get home. Just wanted to let you know that someone was checking into this for you! Edit: My wife tells me we no longer have this camcorder (we originally purchased it in 2007!) Sorry I couldn't help!
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not sure...but the light in the camcorder is really bright so try it and see if it works...Peace!!!