Thanks so much! It worked for me too although it took more than a couple of hits and I did have to take the battery out. I had never transferred all my Hi8 tapes to another media and was so sorry I had not when I got this error message. Sony was no help. I was looking at having a service tranfer them or buying a used Hi8 on eBay. I so hated to spend the money on either but my sons baby movies were trapped on the tapes. I was about to bite the bullet when I came upon your post. Thanks once again you made my month!

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