Hour meter resets to 0000! at DVinfo.net

Nathan Clapp · October 13th, 2003, 08:26 PM

we had a camera reset it's our meter to 0000, from what should have been approx 200 hours. Any clue how such a thing could have happened? Not crucial to the use of the camera, but I don't like it when electronic things do unexplained things.

Ken Tanaka · October 13th, 2003, 09:51 PM

Welcome Nathan,
I don't have the answer off-hand. But the first item I would inspect would be the camera's back-up battery. Certainly that counter should be in some area of non-volatile memory and be unaffected by battery current. But <shrug> ya never know with version 1.0 of an electronic gizmo.

Nathan Clapp · October 13th, 2003, 09:54 PM

Yeah, that was all I could come up with so far as well......

Peter Kulka · October 20th, 2003, 03:14 PM

Nathan, please check your camcorder if you did lost analog audio output and headphones volume in same time.
I had very similar situation, when my DVX100 reseted counter and same time lost analog audio out and headphones got high distortion.
Camcorder has to go for warranty repair by Panasonic.

Nathan Clapp · October 24th, 2003, 09:23 AM

I don't know if we had the same audio problems, but the camera is now having the entire deck bords replaced under warranty. That should fix it.

October 13th, 2003, 08:26 PM	#1
Nathan Clapp New Boot Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 16	Hour meter resets to 0000! we had a camera reset it's our meter to 0000, from what should have been approx 200 hours. Any clue how such a thing could have happened? Not crucial to the use of the camera, but I don't like it when electronic things do unexplained things.

October 13th, 2003, 09:51 PM	#2
Ken Tanaka Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,943	Welcome Nathan, I don't have the answer off-hand. But the first item I would inspect would be the camera's back-up battery. Certainly that counter should be in some area of non-volatile memory and be unaffected by battery current. But <shrug> ya never know with version 1.0 of an electronic gizmo. __________________ Lady X Films: A lady with a boring wardrobe...and a global mission. Hey, you don't have enough stuff! Buy with confidence from our sponsors. Hand-picked as the best in the business...Really! See some of my work one frame at a time: www.KenTanaka.com

October 13th, 2003, 09:54 PM	#3
Nathan Clapp New Boot Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 16	Yeah, that was all I could come up with so far as well...... __________________ -Nate Clapp

October 24th, 2003, 09:23 AM	#5
Nathan Clapp New Boot Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 16	I don't know if we had the same audio problems, but the camera is now having the entire deck bords replaced under warranty. That should fix it. __________________ -Nate Clapp

October 20th, 2003, 03:14 PM	#4
Peter Kulka Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Newark, CA Posts: 34	Nathan, please check your camcorder if you did lost analog audio output and headphones volume in same time. I had very similar situation, when my DVX100 reseted counter and same time lost analog audio out and headphones got high distortion. Camcorder has to go for warranty repair by Panasonic.