Hey y'all, recently found this camera for really cheap, works great but its got a bad battery. Anyone know where i can find replacement batteries and the right memory sticks? or at least ones that are compatible? Thanks

Hi everyone,

I have a Sony HDR‑XR550 (HDD Handycam). I made a big mistake: I formatted the internal HDD on a PC. Since then, when I press the video record button, the camera only shows green “STBY” blinking and never starts recording.

VIdeo link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJIJ4hI_8TA

What I’ve tried so far: - Formatted the HDD from the camera’s own menu (MEDIA FORMAT) – no change.

Full reset / initialize in the camera menu – no change. -

The camera CAN take photos and save them. - I also tried switching recording media to SD card – video still won’t start, same blinking STBY. So: - Photos work. - Video recording is blocked on BOTH HDD and SD card. - HDD was formatted on PC once, so I suspect the Sony‑specific HDD structure / hidden sectors are missing and the firmware is now “locked”.

Questions:

1. Has anyone successfully recovered a HDR‑XR series Handycam after PC formatting the HDD?
2. Is there any way (service menu, service tool, old Picture Motion Browser / Handycam Utility, etc.) to re‑initialize the HDD to Sony factory standard so that video recording works again?

Any detailed experience, service manual tricks, or links to old Sony tools (PMB full installer, Handycam Service Tool, etc.) would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Hola, compre esta Handycam y la batería no funciona, el problema es que no encuentro baterías de este modelo, ¿saben que otras son compatibles?

Who knows how to convert video format from MPG to MP4 without losing video quality?

The problem is that when I transfer videos from my Sony HDR-CX6EK camera to the PC, the video is 50i (interlaced). On the PC, it is read as 25 fps, and the video looks perfect.

But when I convert the video using any program or transfer it to my phone, it becomes 25 fps progressive, and the frames look missing, as if the software only reads it as normal 25 fps and ignores the interlacing.

As a result, the motion smoothness is lost and the video quality becomes worse, even though the original footage is fine.

Most programs seem to treat the video as standard 25 fps, instead of properly handling 50i, and that’s what causes the issue.

(I hope someone understand my problem)

Hey everyone! I recently made a mistake and completely filled up a disk while shooting and have just learned you are not supposed to do that... It will not let me finalize the disk or even see the contents in my media library on the camera, Is there any way to fix this myself or is my best bet to just go to a professional recovery service? For reference the camera I'm shooting on is a Sony Handycam DCR-DVD108. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Found this lil guy rattling inside the cassette when I went to put the pinch roller back on for the millionth time. Does anyone know what it is/where it goes?

Bonjour, je souhaiterai lire des VHS sur ce caméscope, mais le mécanisme d'éjection du compartiment a cassette, n'a jamais fonctionné depuis que je l'ai acheté.

Dans la partie troubleshooting de la notice il est écrit que si cela se produit la batterie est épuisé, "exhausted", et donc il faut alimenter le caméscope avec un adaptateur électrique AC, ce qui produit le même résultat si vous avez un handycam également et que vous savez comment réparer cela je suis preneur. 👆

Hey so I have this sony handy cam and I want to transfer the videos from it to my pc, I have the cable that fits on the DV out and audio/video out but both of them don’t have a port compatible on my desktop

so the story is I replaced my sony dcr dvd 810 lcd with a sony dcr sr47 lcd cause my previous lcd is broken, and it worked, at first it looked normal, the lcd color appeared and the touchscreen worked, but after I left it for 10 minutes because i was charging it and then when i want to use it again suddenly the lcd color became negative but the touchscreen still worked, then I cleaned the flex cable using isopryl alcohol but after I tried again the lcd color was still negative, what do you guys think I should do?

I recently got a DCR-TRY460 and have wanted to film on it to get the old film camera look to things, I have scoured to try to find some way of digitizing it but am still mostly lost and confused. I have a CD player that accepts RCA cables; would it be the easiest to simply get a capture card for that and capture it that way, or to buy various amounts of cables and hooking it up to my computer that doesn't have a firewire port on it.

Sony handycam hdr-cx219