Panasonic ag-ez30 record anything
 

Hello,

I am trying to diagnose a second hand ag-ez30. The camera works OK
except that it does not record anything nor play back. Not even the
index is recorded.

The tape mechanism seems to be OK. Tape is loaded flawlessly and
mechanically playing, rewinding and forwarding is smooth as silk. No
marks on the tape.

I guess there's some quite total fault in the signal path but where?

There are a few parallel models to my knowledge: NV-DX100EG and
PV-DV950. There of course are a lot of vendors that sell service manuals
to these. Could someone say which one of the manuals has the best value
for the money ratio?

--
EliasA