Hitachi VM-E530A - Page 49

PLAYBACK OF PRERECORDED CASSETTE
Symptom
Check Point & Correction
The PLAY button cannot be engaged.
• Set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to VIDEO,
No picture appears on television screen when The
PLAY button is pressed. (TV' is connected to the cam¬
corder by using RF output adapter.)
• Set the television to the camcorder channel (3or4)
depending upon the selected channel in the RF
channel select switch of RF output adapter.
interference on playback picture, (TV is connected
to the camcorder by using RF output adapter.)
• When you see the playback picture on your TV,
adjust fine tuning knob on television set to obtain
best picture,
Picture bends at the top of TV screen,
• TV receiver is of older type. It needs to be modified
to work properly with camcorder.
• Tape is damaged, Try another cassette,
Color of your TV screen is too bright., too faint or
change,
* TV set has VIR circuit, Turn it off during playback,
Date search function does not operate,
• Slide the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to VIDEO,
• insert the clock battery, set the date and time, then
start recording,
• Do not remove the clock battery after recording.
* Do not eject the recorded cassette. Leave it in the
camcorder,
BATTERY CONDITION
Symptom
Check Point & Correction
The («P r l ) indication in the electronic viewfinder
flashes to Indicate battery is discharged,
• Try another battery or charge the battery.
NO OPERATION IS ACCEPTED
Symptom
Check Point & Correction
Power is turned on, but no button operations are
accepted,
• Remove the power source and the date/title bat¬
ter/, And after about one minute, the display in the
viewfinder wii! be reset, Then set the information
again.
TAPE DISPLAY
Symptom
Check Point & Correction
"TAPE" appears in the viewfinder.
• Have you moved the camcorder or cassette from a
cold place to a warm place so that its temperature
changed abruptly? if the temperature has
changed, remove the cassette and set the
CAM/OFF/ViDEO switch to OFF, then wait for about
one hour,
• Remove the cassette and then try to reinsert:
remove it several times, If the indication is still shown
in the viewfinder, use a cleaning tape to clean the
heads and replace the cassette,
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