Colors gone berserk at DVinfo.net

Simon de Little · May 20th, 2016, 07:15 PM

I recently turned on my HM700 and found the picture completely washed out, mainly yellowish-green or pinkish-purple. Have reset everything, played with white balance, looked through manual, message boards etc to no avail.

Any ideas what could be going on here?

Anton Tokman · May 21st, 2016, 03:45 AM

Once I had similar experience with Sony camcorder right during shooting.
Blue CCD was off, because ribbon cable from CCD unit was damaged (oxidized).

James Manford · May 21st, 2016, 04:23 AM

Your camcorder is knackered.

I had my CX730 suddenly throw up random colors which didn't fix itself despite a hard reset and a soft reset via the touch screen. And a PJ780VE started malfunctioning too (the buttons behaved incorrectly). None of these camcorders were exposed to the rain or dropped or even knocked.

Sony service centre wanted a lot of money to repair it that it wasn't worth sending it in, so I just purchased another pre-owned one in the second hand market.

May 20th, 2016, 07:15 PM	#1
Simon de Little Tourist Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: SANDY BAY Posts: 1	Colors gone berserk I recently turned on my HM700 and found the picture completely washed out, mainly yellowish-green or pinkish-purple. Have reset everything, played with white balance, looked through manual, message boards etc to no avail. Any ideas what could be going on here?

May 21st, 2016, 03:45 AM	#2
Anton Tokman New Boot Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Perm, Russia Posts: 18	Re: Colors gone berserk Once I had similar experience with Sony camcorder right during shooting. Blue CCD was off, because ribbon cable from CCD unit was damaged (oxidized).

May 21st, 2016, 04:23 AM	#3
James Manford Trustee Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,393	Re: Colors gone berserk Your camcorder is knackered. I had my CX730 suddenly throw up random colors which didn't fix itself despite a hard reset and a soft reset via the touch screen. And a PJ780VE started malfunctioning too (the buttons behaved incorrectly). None of these camcorders were exposed to the rain or dropped or even knocked. Sony service centre wanted a lot of money to repair it that it wasn't worth sending it in, so I just purchased another pre-owned one in the second hand market.