HVR-A1P Firewire failure at DVinfo.net

Ron Cooper · October 25th, 2012, 05:26 PM

Is anyone able to repair this component economically or is it a write-off. It is definitely a camera fault and curiously, it tends to switch itself off & on a few times when you first turn it on and then it settles down OK.

All other recording/playback functions work. I would like to keep this handy little camera just for up-loading HDV tapes at least. I'm in PAL land.

Any suggestions.

RonC.

Chris Barcellos · October 25th, 2012, 06:10 PM

I actually repaired the port on my FX1 after buying a part for about $40 US on line. You might be able to find the part. What was important was that I also found a video on line that showed how easy it was to replace the component. The other problem sounds like the problem on my Sony VX2000, simply a bad power switch. For some reason Sony has been notorious for poor quality of both of those elements of their cameras.

You can get a repair guide here for $ 13.00 us. http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.p...l-repair-guide

Ron Cooper · October 26th, 2012, 06:19 PM

Thanks Chris, I will keep investigating.

RonC.

October 25th, 2012, 05:26 PM	#1
Ron Cooper Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 481	HVR-A1P Firewire failure Is anyone able to repair this component economically or is it a write-off. It is definitely a camera fault and curiously, it tends to switch itself off & on a few times when you first turn it on and then it settles down OK. All other recording/playback functions work. I would like to keep this handy little camera just for up-loading HDV tapes at least. I'm in PAL land. Any suggestions. RonC.

October 25th, 2012, 06:10 PM	#2
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Re: HVR-A1P Firewire failure I actually repaired the port on my FX1 after buying a part for about $40 US on line. You might be able to find the part. What was important was that I also found a video on line that showed how easy it was to replace the component. The other problem sounds like the problem on my Sony VX2000, simply a bad power switch. For some reason Sony has been notorious for poor quality of both of those elements of their cameras. You can get a repair guide here for $ 13.00 us. http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.p...l-repair-guide __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

October 26th, 2012, 06:19 PM	#3
Ron Cooper Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 481	Re: HVR-A1P Firewire failure Thanks Chris, I will keep investigating. RonC.