O.K I was shooting a meeting video last night with my HC-9 and when I hit record an error message appeared saying that my tape head needed cleaning. The warning covered most of the LCD screen. I put in a new tape and it seemed to record just fine. I shot three tapes total.

The first tape however has a problem with its first three minutes. I don't get a video signal (blue screen) but I do get the time code. However, if I play-fast forward I can see the video image--but it goes back to blue screen when I enter play again.

Any idea on how to get these three minutes off the tape. I've cleaned the heads, of course and tried a second camcorder (HC-7) but no improvement.

Help!

--Darin

Anyone? Guesses?

I'll send this off to Sony Media Services on Monday but would love to resolve it more quickly...

Thanks,

--Darin

Darin,
See my response to similar issue on this thread. Maybe they should be combined

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/sony-hvr-z1-hdr-fx1/471934-lost-footage-z1-due-damaged-tape.html