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So I just bought a Panasonic palmcorder pv l425d and it turned on when I put the ac adapter in then it just made a funny noise and then is shut off and it won’t turn on again what do I do
benjamin cenan, Can you confirm the exact full model number of your camcorder? Having the exact model number will help in trying to find a service manual (is available) or some schematics, anything that could help. Most likely you have some shot electrolytic capacitors on the boards inside the camera. You’ll have to open it up and gain access to all the boards, then check the caps (best option is to use an ESR meter to measure the Equivalent Series Resistance) of all the electrolytic caps. I had a camcorder on the bench a few months back with the same symptom, and had to recap all the boards to get it going. Once the ESR goes up on one or two caps, the best option is to replace all of them. You can get away with replacing only the ones that are truly bad, but it’s just postponing the inevitable.
