Hi, I'm posting tonight on behalf of a friend without internet access. Tonight, when he turned on his HVX, it immediately began to make a lot of noise from the tape deck, as if fast-forwarding or rewinding, and the screen went blue... at that point, he couldn't turn it off using the power...
This is a nearly new heavy duty tripod system - extremely fast and easy to set up and adjust once you've learned the trick - highly recommended for event videographers and documentarians. It can handle a lot of weight - I used to use it with an HVX and Redrock rig. Here's a link to the same...