Re: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22

Had the same error message on my TRV-720, and could not come up with a solution for weeks until I found this website:

http://www.protechcam.com/wwwboard/messages/127.html

Now the fix you will not believe, nor did I at first, but requires you to power off the unit completely and "Smack it" a few times fairly hard.
Now you may do this at your risk, but I swear it fixed mine and all the other people listed at the above web site.
I thought it was a joke - but it works!!

Good Luck!
TJR

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• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22 maciek - 3rd May 2007 14:18
  Best regards from POLAND !!!! I had the same problem and I CANNOT BELIEVE IT BUT IT WORKS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I slapped it twice.
  
  THANKS!!!!!
  
  
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22
  khult
  - 18th May 2007 4:20
  Add one more to the big pile of believers.
  
  Recently I was able to fix my Sony Cybershot W5 digital camera error message by slapping it around. I was slightly incredulous.
  
  But then I got the C:31:23 error on my Sony TRV27 video camera and Google led me to this site. After slapping it around real good a few times, sure enough, it sprang back to life.
  
  While part of me is glad that I have been able to fix these problems with such a simple (although barbaric) fix, I will almost certainly never buy another Sony product after being stymied by bogus error messages like these.
  
  
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22 Beer - 20th May 2007 13:48
  Wow i thought you guys were joking around, but it works,hit it on the table and on my knee and the cam is doing fine now.
  
  laterrrrrrrrrrr
  
  
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22 the salt - 25th May 2007 20:37
  amazing, i wish everything was like this haha :D thanks for the kickass technique, now my old tr517 works again, i used to have a c:31:22 and 20 errors, and now, after I smacked it for about 3 minutes, it works :]
  
  
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22
  JKK
  - 8th Jun 2007 21:58
  IT WORKS!!!! THANKS..SLAPT MY CAMERA WITH THE PALM OF MY HANDS 2 TIMES.
  WORKS FAB :)
  
  
  • Re[3]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22
    Scott
    - 9th Jun 2007 20:31
    Sony TRV-280 videocamera. Error code 31:22. Tones. Won't record, rewind or play. Tapes of trip to Rome worthless unless I buy a new camera. I felt sad. Months passed. I'd try it from time to time. Same result. Then I found this site and I had to laugh. I mean, how many times does something like a swat work on anything? Battery removed, check. Three spanks on the tape side, check. Replace battery. Yeah,Daddy!!! It worked and I'm really pleased. Man, this made my day. Thanks.
    
    
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22 jstone - 18th Jun 2007 12:31
  Omg you are a savior! Same error but only with a certain tape took battery out, unplugged waited about thirty minutes and chunked it off the fifth floor. Damn thing splintered into a thousand pieces and I saved a ton of money on my car insurance.
  
  lol actually got message on one tape only. Havent yet banged it but Im willing to try. unplugged no battery in it.
  
  
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22
  Shawn
  - 22nd Jun 2007 18:12
  WOW, It worked!!!!!!!
  
  
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22 darkman philippines - 23rd Jun 2007 17:12
  june 24, 2007
  
  you're all freakin crazy
  
  i had the same problem and followed what you did, smack my sony dcr trv 280 5 times
  
  when i powered it on, as if it made a self reset and so i entered the correct date and to my surprized the warning error disappeared and my sony functioned perfectly
  
  weird!!!!!
  
  and by the way,
  thanks for that
  
  
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22
  Vic
  - 26th Jun 2007 1:28
  Incredible how it worked !!!!
  Thanks a lot
  
  
• Re[2]: FIX!!! for Self Diagnosis C:31:22
  Paul
  - 30th Jun 2007 3:12
  Sweeeet! Worked like a charm!