I MADE MINE WORK!!!! With

I MADE MINE WORK!!!! With the camera off, I pressed and held the “play”
button while I powered it on into playback mode. It actually let me
watch the tape. I switched it to “REC” mode and still got the error. So
I switched it off, pushed and held the rec button while powering it
on… IT WORKED. Now I can power it on and off with no more error
messages (so far)! Let me know if this works for you too!