Well I didn't believe it would work until I tried it. Thanks so much to you who suggested shaking the camcorder! The problem was the flashing error code C:31:40 on my Sony DCR-TRV340. I shook it and banged on the sides with my open hand. But this didn't solve the problem by itself. I also opened the cassette compartment and blew warm (not hot) air from my wife's hair dryer for about 30 sec. I thought I was wasting my time, but it worked. The playback was somewhat jumpy on several tapes. But when I played back a fresh recording it worked fine; and so did the old tapes. Sony said they would give me an estimate after I sent it to them. I could see a $295 charge coming (website noted as much). Thanks again for your posts... hopefully this 3yr old camcorder has enough life to get all my old tapes played and burned to CDs!

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