I have 2 HV30's and loved them. Well I had two.
Today one of them died, it got a " Remove The Cassette " message.
So I tried to remove the cassette and it would not spit it out.
GOOGLE --> HV30 Cassette Removal
You will see too many mentions of this error on the HV20/HV30
Some have had to use " Reset " to clear it, that did not work for me.
I suspect "Reset" works in the case of a bad tape and not humidity.
I returned THAT unit, because I was able to. Still have one.
Now looking for another solution as I many times am in areas of high humidity.
I saw mention of the HV20, HV30, and one of the GL models.
Again in my case I suspect it was high humidity related - but there is info out there on the error message coming up for cassette issues as well.
Today one of them died, it got a " Remove The Cassette " message.
So I tried to remove the cassette and it would not spit it out.
GOOGLE --> HV30 Cassette Removal
You will see too many mentions of this error on the HV20/HV30
Some have had to use " Reset " to clear it, that did not work for me.
I suspect "Reset" works in the case of a bad tape and not humidity.
I returned THAT unit, because I was able to. Still have one.
Now looking for another solution as I many times am in areas of high humidity.
I saw mention of the HV20, HV30, and one of the GL models.
Again in my case I suspect it was high humidity related - but there is info out there on the error message coming up for cassette issues as well.
I tried different ways of getting rid of the humidity but no luck...I heard there is a way to disconnect the sensor...But that can't be very good for the camera...