Trishul Jayaram
February 25th, 2003, 05:11 PM
i'm sorry to open a new thread for this, but hopefully it will have some use for any other UK owners :)
i was so glad to hear about the glitch solution, as it was the only fault with this excellent camera. Just under a year ago, i rang Panasonic who told me to speak with the supplier, who told me to speak to Panasonic etc.. and I spent near a good afternoon until i reached someone who seemed to have a brain in Panasonic UK, though he said it was most likely a PC problem.. though other cameras work fine with it. I was unable to send the camera back, as i needed it while in India.
So before i go through the hassle of ringing again, and possibly sending my camera and not getting it back for a couple of months, does anybody have any proof that a Panasonic UK centre knows about the upgrade and the tools etc.. to do it.
As the prospect of sending it half way across to world to Malaysia or Oz, doesn't really excite me.. not only the time, but the possibility of damage and customs etc..
Have any other UK MX300 owners got the upgrade and how did it go?
It looks like my best option is find some cheap 2nd hand camera with DV out.
Any help would be greatly appeciated!! :D
Tj
PS - on a seperate note about another problem with the camera.. (sorry about the overkill on details btw!) in the first month or so within buying the camera (early last year), i experienced a complete lockup on it, it would just stop responding, none of the buttons worked etc.. but in both instances i can put it down to it being new, and the conditions weren't normal (i.e.condensation) .. the first time was after extended use up a hill, where the weather felt a bit humid.. the second was in a VERY stuffy hall, packed with people -- where i also experienced slight visual glitches.. again i put it down to climate and the camera being relatively new and not run in etc.... though other people were using cameras with seemingly no problem... But while i was in India, the camera would lockup on such a continous basis that i simply ceased to use it there.. i'm wondering whether this would have had anything to do with the electricity there? because for the first week or so i was having no problems (batteries had been charged in the UK).. but soon i did run into problems with it locking up.. would this have anything to do with the current etc. there? i thought it was to do with the climate, but really while it may be India, indoors the climate was nothing out of the normal, and at night it's more or less the same as a summer's night here.
I did use my old JVC DV camera there the year before, and one of the 3rd party batteries completely died.. and my Laptop adaptor also died (though it was very old).. so i'm assuming it has a LOT to do with the current, because i've experienced no problems back home. If electricity is the problem, what's the solution if i go back? do i need to get some sort of Step-Down Transformer? if so where from? :)
has anyone else experienced this problem.. is it something that needs to be pyhsically repaired?
again help would be so so so appreciated!! :o
i was so glad to hear about the glitch solution, as it was the only fault with this excellent camera. Just under a year ago, i rang Panasonic who told me to speak with the supplier, who told me to speak to Panasonic etc.. and I spent near a good afternoon until i reached someone who seemed to have a brain in Panasonic UK, though he said it was most likely a PC problem.. though other cameras work fine with it. I was unable to send the camera back, as i needed it while in India.
So before i go through the hassle of ringing again, and possibly sending my camera and not getting it back for a couple of months, does anybody have any proof that a Panasonic UK centre knows about the upgrade and the tools etc.. to do it.
As the prospect of sending it half way across to world to Malaysia or Oz, doesn't really excite me.. not only the time, but the possibility of damage and customs etc..
Have any other UK MX300 owners got the upgrade and how did it go?
It looks like my best option is find some cheap 2nd hand camera with DV out.
Any help would be greatly appeciated!! :D
Tj
PS - on a seperate note about another problem with the camera.. (sorry about the overkill on details btw!) in the first month or so within buying the camera (early last year), i experienced a complete lockup on it, it would just stop responding, none of the buttons worked etc.. but in both instances i can put it down to it being new, and the conditions weren't normal (i.e.condensation) .. the first time was after extended use up a hill, where the weather felt a bit humid.. the second was in a VERY stuffy hall, packed with people -- where i also experienced slight visual glitches.. again i put it down to climate and the camera being relatively new and not run in etc.... though other people were using cameras with seemingly no problem... But while i was in India, the camera would lockup on such a continous basis that i simply ceased to use it there.. i'm wondering whether this would have had anything to do with the electricity there? because for the first week or so i was having no problems (batteries had been charged in the UK).. but soon i did run into problems with it locking up.. would this have anything to do with the current etc. there? i thought it was to do with the climate, but really while it may be India, indoors the climate was nothing out of the normal, and at night it's more or less the same as a summer's night here.
I did use my old JVC DV camera there the year before, and one of the 3rd party batteries completely died.. and my Laptop adaptor also died (though it was very old).. so i'm assuming it has a LOT to do with the current, because i've experienced no problems back home. If electricity is the problem, what's the solution if i go back? do i need to get some sort of Step-Down Transformer? if so where from? :)
has anyone else experienced this problem.. is it something that needs to be pyhsically repaired?
again help would be so so so appreciated!! :o