Posted by Rick Merrill on 10/23/07 22:09

Matt wrote:
> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
> news:5o72g5Flc29uU1@mid.individual.net...
>> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
>> news:5o727tFl7v4sU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> "PTravel" wrote ...
>>>> I've got a VX2000 with a fried 1394 port. Sony has a flat rate repair
>>>> of around $500, which seems a little steep for what I believe is a
>>>> separate module. Does anyone know any LA-area repair shops that could
>>>> handle this repair?
>>> Are service manuals and board-level repair parts still available?
>>> It has been a few years since I got a service manual (actually two
>>> large paperback 8.5x11 books) for my DSR-300.
>>>
>>> But I heard that Sony is now offering service info only on CD and
>>> by subscription only. A scheme that would make sense for a
>>> regular service organization, but is prohibitive for one-off owners.
>>>
>>> I'm certain my favorite service shop here in PDX could handle
>>> it, but they charge $300 just for putting it on the bench, and then
>>> with labor (likely <30 minutes) and the repair parts, it might end
>>> up costing about the same as Sony's flat rate.
>>>
>>> If it were me, I would do it myself, but that would assume that I
>>> could get the sevice manual and the repair part(s) from Sony.
>>> Not that I am recommending that course to you.
>> Hmmmm. I'd try it, but I'd want access to the service manual. Maybe I'll
>> just take the ding and sell it on eBay as is.
>>
>>
> Just thought I'd point out that for the $500 Sony charges they go over the
> entire camera and repair most minor problems as well as clean the camera...

That's a very good point.

Also, I'll bet it is not a "separate module" as the OP speculated, but a
chip that is sonic-soldered on the motherboard.

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