Error code C 31:42

I have had this camera from new and it has been extensively used in the tropics, where it developed the following error code and stopped working. I am now back in the UK and the camera has been in a "normal" environment for nearly a year. I have cleaned the rollers and the head but the error code persists. Old tapes, subjected to tropical contitions, run for about 8 seconds before the code flashes up and the machine stops working, and new tapes fare no better. The instruction manual suggests removing and replacing the battery, and removing and replacing the tape, but this is not solving the problem. As far as I can tell the rest of the camera functions are working normally, zoom, focus, sound etc. Has anyone had a similar fault with one of these, and if so what's the fix, without giving Sony stacks of cash. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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