Lookking in to some new cameras on EBAY.

But idf my TRV-52 would work there'd be no need for one.

If I leave the camera idle too long words appear and effects happen. So if I wnat to use it as a webcam or what have you I have to turn it off every five minutes and back on. Some way to fix that would be nice.

Thanks,
ivinjay

Edited by mistake.

That would be a real pain. Try checking all of your Menu>submenus and see if there is a demonstration mode. Sounds to me like the camera is going into a preprogrammed "showoff" mode. If there isn't such a thing, send it to Sony for repair. They are usually pretty good. Sony consumer repair is at
1501 Grundys Lane
Bristol, PA 19007-0000
215-785-1116.

Good luck.

It says Demo Mode in the menu and set to Standbye. Wow, never would of thought of that in a million years. Turned Demo Mode off. I'll see in a few hours if it stays like that.

Thanks,
ivnj