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Thanks, Frank and ACGold7, for your feedback. When I said partial manual, it was because the PDF I found of such a manual (which looks to be your Level 2 manual, Frank) was redacted - i.e., several pages were purposefully omitted. Your Level 2 is complete, so thank you for that. If I venture to open...

Origami - yes, I found a partial service manual on the web for the camera and I see what you mean! I may open it just to see if there's anything obvious I can fix (like a pinched wire or something like that). If I can't fix it, what type of local or long-distance repair service/shop do you recommend...

Thanks, Adam. Is that something I can replace? Can I find that in Radio Shack? Or should I go to an electronics repair guy (or send the camera back to Sony to fix it?)?

Anyone know how or where to fix a Sony HDR-HC5 touchscreen? The camera is now out of warranty. I've shot hundreds of hours of hi-def footage on Sony hi-def tapes, but my screen now shows only snow-like images (like whan an old analog TV reached an empty channel). The touch functions on the screen st...