I have no sound or beeps on my camcorder.

first I wrote the 3 things to try down below, but after reading up at the Sony Site, the problem may be with the camcorder's design. I will quote Sony:

"Follow this procedure to troubleshoot no sound when playing back on the SwivelScreen™ LCD of the camcorder.

IMPORTANT: Only camcorders with a SwivelScreen™ LCD Display have the ability to playback audio without the use of headphones.

NOTE: Refer to the instruction manual supplied with the camcorder for model specific instructions for these procedures.

Turn up the audio volume on the camcorder.
Playback a different tape in the camcorder.
Verify that there are no devices connected to the green headphone jack on the camcorder.

How to adjust the audio line output level or volume from a camcorder.


Sony Vision series camcorders have a volume control located either behind or on the outer edge of the LCD screen. This will only control the volume level of the internal speaker. There is not a function on the camcorder that allows changing the audio level of the line or DV output.



If the issue is still unresolved after completing all of the troubleshooting steps, service may be required."

So my question is, has your Camcorder ever had playback sound? If yes, than try the following:

1) In the standard set of toolbox menu items , (or by pressing P-Menu and choosing volume) you have your playback volume setting. Press + to raise playback volume level. I know you reset the camcorder, but that may not have reset the volume setting, so first try that. If still no sound than go to my 2nd suggestion.

2) the next setting after the volume is the multi-sound which selects whether to playback in dual sound or stereo. This probably has no affect but try that second.

3) Still no sound? make sure the mic sensitivity or level is turned up (if the sound is fine on the computer, than this is probably not the problem)

Good luck, and please let us know what you find out.