Sony HVR-A1U / HVR-V1U

Sony HVR-A1U / HVR-V1U

C:31:22
C:32:22
Eats tapes
Won’t take tape
No Firewire
Zoom doesn’t work properly
Lines in picture

C:31:23
C:32:23
Doesn’t eject
No display in EVF
No touch screen functions
Intermittent loss of power
Pixelated picture on playback


Sony HVR-A1U	Sony HVR-V1U

C:31:22 Take-up reel fault ^ Top
C:32:22 " " C:31:23 Supply reel fault C:32:23 " " Defective reel tables and idler

Eats tapes ^ Top
Defective parts in the mechanics. Reel tables, idler and pinch are all suspect.

Doesn’t eject ^ Top
Defective parts in the mechanics. Reel tables, idler and pinch are all suspect.

Won’t take tape ^ Top
Defective LS chassis

No display in EVF ^ Top
Defective flexible cable that goes between the LCD and body of the camera.

No Firewire ^ Top
Defective firewire connector or firewire IC

No touch screen functions ^ Top
Defective flexible cable that goes between the LCD and body of the camera

Zoom doesn’t work properly ^ Top
Defective switch block

Intermittent loss of power ^ Top
Defective DC connector

Lines in picture ^ Top
Dirty, or clogged video heads. Also possible defective video heads

Pixelated picture on playback ^ Top
Possible tape path alignment, probable defective video heads