I recently bought a Panasonic pvl-354 camcorder on Ebay from a guy who said
it was working fine but needed a charger.It came with a battery but it was
dead.I tried it with just a 6 volt dc adapter and all it does is show a
white light in the viewfinder and it makes a clicking sound that appears to
be coming from the front of the camera.Nothing else is working ,no lcd
,eject button won't open tape door.Anyone have any idea what may be wrong
with this.Thanks in advance.

Waybel wrote:

I recently bought a Panasonic pvl-354 camcorder on Ebay from a guy who said
it was working fine but needed a charger.It came with a battery but it was
dead.I tried it with just a 6 volt dc adapter and all it does is show a
white light in the viewfinder and it makes a clicking sound that appears to
be coming from the front of the camera.Nothing else is working ,no lcd
,eject button won't open tape door.Anyone have any idea what may be wrong
with this.Thanks in advance.

Hi Waybel...

Tell us more about the adapter that you're trying to use...

Ken

Just a regular universal ac/dc adapter from wallmart that varies from 3 to
12 volts current 500 ma
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Waybel wrote:

I recently bought a Panasonic pvl-354 camcorder on Ebay from a guy who
said
it was working fine but needed a charger.It came with a battery but it
was
dead.I tried it with just a 6 volt dc adapter and all it does is show a
white light in the viewfinder and it makes a clicking sound that appears
to
be coming from the front of the camera.Nothing else is working ,no lcd
,eject button won't open tape door.Anyone have any idea what may be
wrong
with this.Thanks in advance.

Hi Waybel...

Tell us more about the adapter that you're trying to use...

Ken

Waybel wrote:

Just a regular universal ac/dc adapter from wallmart that varies from 3 to
12 volts current 500 ma

Hi...

Kinda what I was suspicious of, but hoping not to hear

Half an amp at 6 volts is only 3 watts; not *nearly* enough
to run your camera.

Suggestion would be that you search for a used or inexpensive
charger (maybe with a new battery too) or see if you can't
find someone nearby who'll lend you one for a quick charge or
perhaps charge your battery up for you for a test first


Take care.

Ken

Thanks alot Ken, your info was right on .Charged the battery and all is
well,camera works fine
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Waybel wrote:

Just a regular universal ac/dc adapter from wallmart that varies from 3
to
12 volts current 500 ma

Hi...

Kinda what I was suspicious of, but hoping not to hear

Half an amp at 6 volts is only 3 watts; not *nearly* enough
to run your camera.

Suggestion would be that you search for a used or inexpensive
charger (maybe with a new battery too) or see if you can't
find someone nearby who'll lend you one for a quick charge or
perhaps charge your battery up for you for a test first


Take care.

Ken