Canon XHA1 / Canon XHA2

CANON XHA1 / CANON XHA2

Microphone falls off
Catches or eats tapes
Lines in playback picture
Audio drops out intermittently
No Firewire
No camera power

Microphone is wobbly
No playback picture
Pixelated or blocky playback
Time code dropouts
No VCR power
Dead

Microphone falls off or is wobbly ^ Top
Single worst design flaw in camera. Flexible rubber mounts splits, allowing microphone to fall away from camera body. Possible damage to flexible cable which connects microphone to PCB.

Catches or eats tapes ^ Top
Defective parts include both reel tables, drive gear, and pinch roller.

No playback picture ^ Top
Clogged video heads, defective video heads.

Lines in playback picture ^ Top
Clogged video heads, defective video heads

Pixelated or blocky playback picture ^ Top
Defective parts in the mechanics, and/ or alignments.

Audio drops out intermittently ^ Top
Defective parts in the mechanics, and/ or alignments.

Time code dropouts ^ Top
Defective parts in the mechanics, and/ or alignments.

No Firewire ^ Top
Either defective connector, or firewire IC, or both.

No VCR power ^ Top

No camera power ^ Top

Dead ^ Top