VN8200 / NIKON [Camcorder - 8mm]

• No Y signal in camera EE.
• Poor playback colour (flashes of colour with wavy lines).
• Intermittent or no colour.
• Capstan spinning fast in PB.
• In playback (colour bars) similar to moire effect. (VN8200 tips)
• Autofocus continues operating, even if zoom lever set to macro area.
• Occasionally the autofocus cuts out.
• Shuts down (intermittently).
• Dead. (NIKON - VN8200 information)
• No colour in REC/PB mode.
• Loss of blue in camera mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Lithium batteries drain too fast.
• Poor picture.
• Can't adjust focus.
• Distorted picture with pre-recorded tapes and would not record.
• Colored snow in video after REC. (service info for NIKON -VN8200)
• Sync inop in PB, distorted video, looks like bad heads
• Shuts down when you press REW or FF.
• No REC PB.
• Snowy pix will not lock on sp or lp (looks like bad heads)
• Lines in PB when warm. Intermittent loss of colour.
• Autofocus doesn't obtain correct point, even when using siemens star.
• Diagonal lines in self-record
• Dark picture. Intermittently no luminance.
• Focus motor rotates slowly, or focus motor rotates so fast focus bustles around focus point.
• Intermittent poor track holding and a strong disturbance zone on the picture.
• Cassette compartment is not retracted.
• No h-sync in camera position.
• Plays LP tapes at SP speed. (NIKON - VN8200 information)
• Drum motor makes noise.
• No sound recording during own recording. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor synchronisation.
• Picture is fuzzy. Sometimes there is no picture when unit is cold.
• Distorted video. Comes back in B/W when power supply is turned to 5.4V.
• Distortion in EE mode on the whole picture/date-, time- OSD.
• Intermittent noise or no picture during PB.
• No eject.
• No colour from camera section and from line in.
• No picture (in PB).
• Viewfinder inefficient.
• Autofocus doesn't operate with zoom level set to wide side.
• Time and date are distorted.
• Poor picture in PB and REC mode.
• Battery operation int
• Poor picture in LP mode.
• Video snowy, several bands
• No capstan rotation.
• Af doesn't operate in a dark room.
• Poor picture. Changes speeds.
• Distorted video on PB.
• No REC video or camera. No line in mode.
• No sync on camera video.
• Video is distorted after SS86 board is changed.
• Video streaks
• Lithium batteries drain too fast.
• Drum doesn't start up properly.
• Occasionally the picture jitters.
• Distorted PB from cold.
• Poor colour. No colour in PB (intermittently). (VN8200 NIKON repair tip)
• Occasionally there is poor track holding and a strong interference zone on the picture.
• Loss of ATF with black vertical bars and colour noise in picture.
• Intermittently PB colour is lost. (VN8200 tip from NIKON)
• No luminance from camera.
• Battery life too short.