20 Most Recent Canon ZR200 Mini DV Digital Camcorder Questions & Answers

When you're recording do you see any indication that recording is actually happening, like a blinking icon in the viewfinder?

1. Press the [MENU] button.
2. Select [CARD OPERATIONS].
3. Select [FORMAT]. - [CANCEL] and [EXECUTE] appears.
4. Select [EXECUTE]. - [ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED. FORMAT THIS CARD?], [NO] and [YES] appears.
5. Select [YES] and close the menu. - Formatting starts. - Selecting [NO] brings you back to step 3.

Its service manual would include such instructions but I have no access to such. Rather, I can provide links to the user manual. Unfortunately, that user manual does not even mention fuses. You might check with Cannon to see if they will download a service manual to you. Otherwise, here is a manual to a similar Cannon product which does include instructions to fuse removal. Of course, it is unlikely the same fuses are used by both. Perhaps the fuses have ID numbers or that information can be supplied by Cannon support. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1681414/Canon-Mvx200-E.html?page=239 https://www.manualshelf.com/manual/canon/zr300/zr300-zr200-instruction-manual/page-137.html

Smacking it twice worked for me.

press the manual button

My Canon ZR 200 was electing all cassettes new and old alike. On FIXYA I forum I found a superb solution. That is just SRTIKE at the cassette side of the camera twice. YES I did it and it PERFECTLY OK now.
Can anyone say the actual mechanism behind this fixing?

Transfer VHS tapes to your computer

Oftentimes on a camera of this age the motor for the tape transport will go out. I've had it happen on two older models. Your only option if this happens on every tape is to send it in for repair to Canon. It can be spendy though.

reading other threads here the soloution that works, yes for real, slap it on the tape side (closed) a few times then try to reload the tape, if it doesn't work the first time, close it and try slaping a few more times. I had to do it a few times but it does work.

it is normal on the camera. just avoid pressing the snap button at the upper part near the zoom control.

no it can not

thanks! I tried everything and nothing worked. I smacked it a few times and it worked like a charm! Thanks!

my canon zr 200 in playback is fine but when i turn it on to record i have multi colored bars on screen and wont record