If you dont want to spend money on Sonys 900 number (and I dont blame you because most of the time they dont have a fix) ask someone who is a Sony ASC to make the inquiry for you. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "becyn" <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:57 AM Subject: [TechAssist] SONY MVC-FD200 cam 2nd try > I was hoping for a "coalition of the willing" before we went into uncharted territory. (see post below) > However I was unable to even get "sanctions" against the SMPS. > Now that you are making me "go it alone", I don't want anyone saying "wrong repair, wrong place, wrong time" after the fact if this gets ugly... > > Jim McVey > McVey Alltronix > 327 Broadway > Newburgh N.Y. 12550 > > Factory authorized > service for over 20 > major brands. > 845 561 8383 > > > > > > > > > Hello, > We don't see too many of these, so I have to ask the more experienced folk here about these symptoms: > > 1) AC charger/supply appears OK > 2) When initially plugged in, the yellow charge light comes on the camera. > 3) If I attempt to power the camera up, a brief blip (not even a raster or any real brightness) shows on the viewscreen, then no light, no camera, no action. > 4) the only way the charge light returns is if the ac power is removed and restored. > > Internal camera SMPS? > > Jim McVey > McVey Alltronix > 327 Broadway > Newburgh N.Y. 12550 > > Factory authorized > service for over 20 > major brands. > 845 561 8383 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/