jvc video camera

Hi
Nothing to do with JVC. Our Sony gave it up half way between Birdsville and Boulia, only about 10 days into a 7 week trip. Got to Darwin, rang Sony "send it to nearest Sony shop in ALICE SPRINGS" !!!!! (just been almost passed there) After much to do we found a similar shop in Darwin, 2 gents who both were definately not of local origin, passed over the camera and $65 to look at it, which came off the repairs, they fixed it in 3 days (with genuine parts which Sony told me could only come from them???) got it back, lasted 5 minutes, took it back they fixed it again, (think the 6 year old granddaughter might have had something to do with this failure!!!)no further charge.
Moral of story??
I was very happy to trust it to them to get the job done rather than give it to Sony who "might be able to get it back to Darwin in 4 weeks but couldn't promise anything"
Rusty

They're practically all throwaway items now. We've a 5YO JVC, and sometimes it starts in error mode (missed plenty of good shots with that), sometimes the zoom doesn't work, and sometimes the autofocus goes crazy. Still, I can't complain specially after it got a drenching at the blowholes at Thunder Bay, WA. Sorry I haven't got any advice other than what price for recording the memories? We were told that same about getting ours services, including that the average repair costs about $500.

When you look at how much these things have dropped in price over the years, you'll probably find that a new one is a lot less than what you first paid. If you got another JVC (I don't believe that they are any better/worse than other brands), the battery/ies you already have may fit, so there might be some economies there. Check that out when/if you end up shopping.

Andrew

This is a known problem with cameras using a cut-down SONY chipset.SONY lost the courtcase[US I think] and is repairing all failures of this nature @ their $.
Mate just had his JVC done for free.
Apparently SONY the chipset was a dud but still onsold it to OEM manufacturers.You may have to talk with JVC headoffice to check if your camera uses this chipset.

Curious!!

What model JVC?

I got mine 3 years ago(GR-DV500), on the recommendation from a magazine.

It's been fantastic (quality, etc....)

But.... now I'm too scared to put the lens cap back on!! :)

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?f=11&page=3&sort=lastpost&order=&pp=25&daysprune=-1
Laura, try this site. I have got some satisfaction from following some advice found on this forum for my JVC over the years.
Hope this helps.
Dave

I had a JVC camera until recently. It died with some error message coming up on the screen. After doing a bit of searching around I discovered it was a known issue caused by bad build quality or some such. Have a google on "JVC video camera class action" for more info. In the end I gave up and bought a Panasonic which seems to have been good so far (touch wood).

Cheers,

Graeme

Laura,

I have the same camera which I purchased in October 2003. Im having the same problem. It only started about a month ago on and off and now I cant record a thing. Ive just had another child so she is missing out. Let me know how you go with yours.

Chris

Laura,

Thought I would let you know that JVC are fixing my camera free of charge. I have done a fair bit of digging around about this problem. JVC America have accepted liability that the CCD is faulty and will fix all cameras with the problem. I emailed JVC on Sunday and they replied today saying they will fix it, even thought it is out of warranty. Email JVC from their website and tell them the CCD has failed. I cant complain about the service at all.

Hope this helps
Chris