Hitachi VM-E625LA User Manual

General Maintenance 

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Picture bends at the top of the 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, and then start 
recording.  

§ Do not remove the clock battery 

after recording.  

§ Do not eject the recorded cassette. 

Leave it in the camcorder. 

 

The (

) indication in the electronic 

viewfinder flashes to indicate battery is 
discharged. 
 

§ Try another battery or charge the 

battery. 

The battery level indicator (

) appears 

differently on the LCD monitor and in 
the viewfinder. 

§ This does not indicate a fault; it is 

because the power consumed by 
the LCD monitor and viewfinder is 
different. 

Power is turned on, but no button 
operations are accepted 

§ Remove the power source and the 

date/title battery. And, after about 
one minute, the display in the 
viewfinder will be reset. Then set 
the information again. 

The camcorder does not operate when 
alkaline batteries are inserted. 

§ Check that the polarities (+, -) of the 

batteries are correct. Insert six 
batteries.