Anyone come across this problem. The DVC15 switches off on it's own about 10secs after being turned on. This happens whether you are in camera or VCR mode. I think it's probably a logic fault rather than tape tension or heat. Anyone else had similar problems?

Thanks for that - I did wonder why the problem rectified itself sometimes when opening and closing the tape door! I actualy contacted Panavision to seek help with the problem, but all they could tell me was that F 04 was 'a fault code of some kind'. Very helpful. Thanks again, Paul

hi Welcome to the club. I have a mindv panasonic and have the same problem. its casued by the video head motor spinning too quick or too slow ,its a tape problem thats has something to do with the tolerences. Im looking for a sercice manual to rectify this error. try a different tape or just load and unload hte error will rectify