8mm devices manufacturers have developed three incompatible recording formats known as Video8 (Standard analog – 1984), Hi8 (Hi-Res. EV-C3 is analog Video8 compatible NOT Hi8 nor Digital8. The 8mm cassette known as analog Video8, Hi8 and Digital8 recording format has been around since 1984. ).
SONY EV-C3 Video8 8mm Video 8 HiFi Player Recorder new capacitors
These units always have leaky capacitors. You should digitize your old tapes before it’s too late. We replaced them with new ones.