I can't find the invoice. Since it was for my own camera I may have tossed it out but I still think I would have saved it somewhere. If I find it I'll let you know. The wrapper on the unopened one says: Sony 8mm Head Cleaner V8-25CLD Russ Hoyt Hoyt's TV Exeter, NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger G" <rogerfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:10 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony Cam DCR-TRV350 Pic and audio breakup. Also........... > Do you have a part number? > Roger G. > > Mr. Fix-It > Harrisburg, PA 17110 WebSite- http://mrfixit.netfirms.com > rogerfixit@xxxxxxxx > FAX 510-740-3641; Tel: 717-763-7098 (shop) 717-652-1703(home) > > At 10:20 AM 9/6/2004, you wrote: > >That's what my DCR-TRV730 looks like when the heads need cleaning. > >I had no luck cleaning them by hand on the bench as I have done with > >everything else for years. > >Must be a "digital thing". > >I had to buy a cleaning tape from Sony to get it working again. > >That was a lot of fun. Fulton couldn't get it for me. They only do TVs and > >VCRs. Sony doesn't list it on their web site, and contacting Sony by email, > >or any other way for assistance, is nearly impossible. If you manage to find > >something on the website that says "contact Sony", they never answer your > >email anyway. > >I don't remember how I did it, but I managed to get through to someone, and > >I ordered two tapes so I'd have a spare. > > > >Russ Hoyt > >Hoyt's TV > >Exeter, NH > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <CGRIFF4000@xxxxxxx> > >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 3:55 PM > >Subject: [TechAssist] Sony Cam DCR-TRV350 Pic and audio breakup. > >Also........... > > > > > > > Sony DCR-TRV350. With a digital tape, unit plays back with audio and video > >breaking up. (kind of like a pausing every second). With a regular tape, > >unit plays back a blue screen, > > > but I can see video on forward scan. It is very rare I get camcorders, so > >I think I am missing something simple. I did try cleaning the video head. > > > > > > Chad > > > Griffiths TV/VCR > > > Schenectady, NY > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- > > > 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/ > > Roger G. > > Mr. Fix-It > Harrisburg, PA 17110 WebSite- http://mrfixit.netfirms.com > rogerfixit@xxxxxxxx > FAX 510-740-3641; Tel: 717-763-7098 (shop) 717-652-1703(home) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > 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/