Don't mistake this for another RCA VHS-C camera. The CC9370 is a MiniDV camcorder from 2000, and its manual says so plainly: format DV, digital component recording. It sat in RCA's range next to the VHS-C CC6383 with the same 16x zoom spec, but it records digital video and has a DV IN/OUT jack, so footage moves to a computer as a straight digital copy. It weighs 1.3 pounds, runs on a lithium-ion pack and has a 3-inch LCD, a small eyepiece, digital stabilization and a built-in video light. The RCA name belonged to Thomson then, but the manual's part number follows JVC's numbering, so it was likely made by JVC. RCA's other DV models include the CC9360, CC9373, CC9381 and CC9390.
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No model-specific faults are documented. On DV cameras, blocky mosaic noise or a frozen picture on playback usually means dirty heads, and a camera that only powers on hasn't proved its tape transport works.
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