This video is about the very cool retro TRV65E from 1998
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@sakirkandemir96572 жыл бұрын
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@TGWLEAD3 жыл бұрын
Cool camcorder! Bought in 2018 for ridiculous $5 in fully working condition!
@epicchris19853 жыл бұрын
It’s truly the best analog camera 😊
@r33k242 жыл бұрын
Hey man how exactly does it charge the batteries? do the batteries need a standalone charger? as I've tried plugging the DC cable into the camera but the batteries aren't charging.
@epicchris19852 жыл бұрын
Does the camera display flick on and off when mains is plugged in and camera switched off? If so the battery has gone bad. But yes for charging the camera needs to be on the mains and turned off with battery attached to camera and the side display on flip out screen shows charge status. If it flashes battery on an off the battery can no longer take a charge.
@r33k242 жыл бұрын
@@epicchris1985 Thanks. Yes the side small screen (yellow) turns on when I plug the DC cable while the cam is OFF, it flickers with a battery shape i think and it says min or 0 min. With another battery the screen doesn't flicker or turn on does that mean the other battery is also dead?
@epicchris19852 жыл бұрын
@@r33k24 yes it’s glitching out and yes sometimes won’t show at all. Definitely order a cheap replacement online on eBay and you’ll be good to go 👍
@huskers02024 жыл бұрын
can import the footage into a computer ?
@epicchris19854 жыл бұрын
taaayyylooorrr hi. Yes you can indeed but you’ll need something like a usb grabber or the like. Depending on what ports you have on your computer for these old units you’ll probably need a usb to capture device of some sort but yes as you can see it can be done! 👌
@dhalchawaal4 жыл бұрын
@@epicchris1985 hi, i am also trying to import videos from this exact camcorder into my computer. which wires would i need and which port would i use to do this? thanks in advance
@epicchris19854 жыл бұрын
A hi. Best option depends on if you have a windows pc or iMac? Easy option are things called usb grabbers or search “analog capture designs” then you simply use the cameras phono connection to plug phono to phono into usb then capture using most video editors 👍
@epicchris19854 жыл бұрын
Rogue Frequency it does indeed! Ohhh yes so I should haha! One of my favourite units!
@marcus9905 Жыл бұрын
Just won this on eBay and am very happy with it. That is, until I discovered what could be an unsettling flaw - didn’t take me long. When setting the date I saw that the furthest year into the future that can be set is 2029. That’s just 6 years away. Perhaps Sony thought the world would end in 2029. All well and good if it does, but what if it doesn’t and we hit Jan 1st 2030; what do we do then? The date would be all wrong and the users would be denied the basic human right of having the correct time stamp on their footage. Chris, how are we going to get round this? I’m extremely concerned.
@epicchris1985 Жыл бұрын
We have no choice. I’ve contacted the guy at the top of government and said we simply can’t let this stand! It needs to be updated by Sony. When that date hits the info we record will be incorrect! That could cause a rip in time and space! I said I demand Sony product recall all these old 90’s and early 2000’s units and update the calendar so it runs at least another 100 years at which point it becomes the next users problem as I’ll long since be dead!
@marcus9905 Жыл бұрын
Well, that REALLY sucks. The only thing to do once all options have been exhausted, is a degree in Electronic Engineering, unless you have one, and then a phD paper entitled ‘Beyond 2029: How to let time continue on the Hi8 Handycams’. All achievable in 6 years. Chris, we’re all counting on you! 🫡
@brunosochovsky4742 жыл бұрын
Can you put other lenses on it?
@epicchris19852 жыл бұрын
You’d have to look up lens size via the user manual on Sony website but yes they could have some lenses added such as a wide lens.
@akkafietje137 Жыл бұрын
You didn't tell if it is fully HI 8
@epicchris1985 Жыл бұрын
Its' Hi8 XR (so the best Hi8 you can get)
@akkafietje137 Жыл бұрын
@@epicchris1985 Thanks Chris, do you have experience repairing a broken HI 8 tape ? I bought an used Sony V600, but it didn't work however mine tape is still inside. It will not elect, how can I forge it to release my tape, otherwise than my axe
@epicchris1985 Жыл бұрын
@@akkafietje137 if it powers holding down eject for 5 seconds should force it open but if not you’d have to break it open as those units are all broken due to bad capacitors Sony used during that time.
@akkafietje137 Жыл бұрын
@@epicchris1985 Thanks Chris, I'll try again, but I am feeling a barbaric to open it with my axe. So there's not a secret hole were I can put in a nail, or so. What about repairing broken tapes
@epicchris1985 Жыл бұрын
@@akkafietje137 no sadly no button or the like. They need opening up and putting power to the loading motor but you need a power supply for that sort of work. Tape repair isn’t too hard. A KZfaq channel called 12voltvids has done a video about this as I remember