Comments on: Sharp VL-Z3 Dew Repair http://billgrady.com/wp/2007/12/12/sharp-vl-z3-dew-repair/ I Wager Fifteen Quatloos That He Is Untrainable Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wendy http://billgrady.com/wp/2007/12/12/sharp-vl-z3-dew-repair/#comment-22501 Wendy Sun, 25 May 2008 02:29:15 +0000 http://billgrady.com/wp/2007/12/12/sharp-vl-z3-dew-repair/#comment-22501 Bill: I repaired my DEW problem with your help. Thanks! It still comes back but leaving the tape cover open with the tape ejected for a few minutes usually fixes it. Now I have another HUGE problem I am hoping you have an answer to. I was filming on a very sunny day yesterday and the camera went black. There seemed to be no power anymore. I plugged in the AC adaptor and still there was no power. The battery charge light does not litght red. I can not eject the tape. It is without any power. Have any ideas for me? Thanks - Wendy Bill:

I repaired my DEW problem with your help. Thanks! It still comes back but leaving the tape cover open with the tape ejected for a few minutes usually fixes it. Now I have another HUGE problem I am hoping you have an answer to. I was filming on a very sunny day yesterday and the camera went black. There seemed to be no power anymore. I plugged in the AC adaptor and still there was no power. The battery charge light does not litght red. I can not eject the tape. It is without any power. Have any ideas for me? Thanks - Wendy

]]> By: Carlos http://billgrady.com/wp/2007/12/12/sharp-vl-z3-dew-repair/#comment-22497 Carlos Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:57:16 +0000 http://billgrady.com/wp/2007/12/12/sharp-vl-z3-dew-repair/#comment-22497 Thanks a lot Bill. My VL-Z3 cam was left forgotten and useless somewhere because of the damn DEW message which powers the cam off even under the hair dryer blow... Well I said to my self lets try the web. I found your page and as u said : got nothing to loose lets do it ! I noticed that the two solder joints in my cam where perfectly soldered with no excess flux. So, before following the suggested soldering instructions I decided to just insert a small screw driver tip between the two solder points and carefully turn the tip like separating both solder points. That´s all. Put the batteries back and the DEW message WAS GONE! The camera revived like miracle. Thanks Bill Carlos Thanks a lot Bill. My VL-Z3 cam was left forgotten and useless somewhere because of the damn DEW message which powers the cam off even under the hair dryer blow… Well I said to my self lets try the web. I found your page and as u said : got nothing to loose lets do it ! I noticed that the two solder joints in my cam where perfectly soldered with no excess flux. So, before following the suggested soldering instructions I decided to just insert a small screw driver tip between the two solder points and carefully turn the tip like separating both solder points. That´s all. Put the batteries back and the DEW message WAS GONE!
The camera revived like miracle.
Thanks Bill
Carlos

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