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Patrick Smith · May 3rd, 2005, 04:12 PM

i can record, and it shows it recording on my optura 300. BUT when i switch over to play and try to playback what i just recorded on my camera, i get nothing, it doesn't show anything, doesn't even display that anything was even recorded in the time..... help asap!!!

Patrick Smith · May 3rd, 2005, 04:22 PM

update. i have tapes with stuff already recored on them. it will not play them back either!!!!!

Michael Wisniewski · May 3rd, 2005, 04:26 PM

Make sure the Optura is in VCR not record mode. If it's still not working, send it to Canon for repair.

You might want to see if you can get a loaner from Canon or the store you bought it from.

Patrick Smith · May 3rd, 2005, 04:35 PM

where can i check to see if it is in VCR and not rec mode? i have been thru all the menu options.

Michael Wisniewski · May 3rd, 2005, 08:11 PM

It's on the same switch you use to turn on the camcorder. Flip it in the opposite direction to go into Play (VCR) mode - that's the option with a blue dot.

Chris Hurd · May 3rd, 2005, 08:55 PM

Also when you're in VCR playback mode, make sure the little slide switch is set to "tape" not "card."

Patrick Smith · May 4th, 2005, 05:16 AM

Well neither of them were it.

I contacted the man who i bought the camera from (lives about 5 minutes from me and a canon rep) he told me it was a clogged head. We put a head cleaner thru it and bam it was fixed.

from me using the tape that got eaten, it clogged the head!

Michael Wisniewski · May 5th, 2005, 03:15 AM

Okay that's a new one for me, but nice to know, thanks!

May 3rd, 2005, 04:12 PM	#1
Patrick Smith Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 208	big time problem... i can record, and it shows it recording on my optura 300. BUT when i switch over to play and try to playback what i just recorded on my camera, i get nothing, it doesn't show anything, doesn't even display that anything was even recorded in the time..... help asap!!! __________________ patricksmith04@hotmail.com

May 3rd, 2005, 04:22 PM	#2
Patrick Smith Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 208	update. i have tapes with stuff already recored on them. it will not play them back either!!!!! __________________ patricksmith04@hotmail.com

May 3rd, 2005, 04:26 PM	#3
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	Make sure the Optura is in VCR not record mode. If it's still not working, send it to Canon for repair. You might want to see if you can get a loaner from Canon or the store you bought it from. __________________ "Ultimately, the most extraordinary thing, in a frame, is a human being." - Martin Scorsese

May 3rd, 2005, 04:35 PM	#4
Patrick Smith Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 208	where can i check to see if it is in VCR and not rec mode? i have been thru all the menu options. __________________ patricksmith04@hotmail.com

May 3rd, 2005, 08:11 PM	#5
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	It's on the same switch you use to turn on the camcorder. Flip it in the opposite direction to go into Play (VCR) mode - that's the option with a blue dot. __________________ "Ultimately, the most extraordinary thing, in a frame, is a human being." - Martin Scorsese

May 3rd, 2005, 08:55 PM	#6
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Also when you're in VCR playback mode, make sure the little slide switch is set to "tape" not "card." __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

May 4th, 2005, 05:16 AM	#7
Patrick Smith Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 208	Well neither of them were it. I contacted the man who i bought the camera from (lives about 5 minutes from me and a canon rep) he told me it was a clogged head. We put a head cleaner thru it and bam it was fixed. from me using the tape that got eaten, it clogged the head! __________________ patricksmith04@hotmail.com

May 5th, 2005, 03:15 AM	#8
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	Okay that's a new one for me, but nice to know, thanks! __________________ "Ultimately, the most extraordinary thing, in a frame, is a human being." - Martin Scorsese