Hitachi VM-E521A ユーザーズマニュアル

General Maintenance 

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The camcorder cannot be set to the 
recording mode, even when the 
Start/Stop button on the camcorder is 
pressed 

§ Check the record-protect tab on the 

cassette. See page 19 for details. 

§  Set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to 

CAM. 

§ Connect the camcorder and TV or 

VCR. 

 

"PLAY" button cannot be engaged. 

§ Set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to 

VIDEO 

No picture appears on television 
screen when "PLAY" is pressed. . (TV 
is connected to the camcorder by using 
RF output adapter.) 

§ Set the television to the camcorder 

channel  (3 or 4) 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 
output adapter.) 

§ When you see the playback picture 

on your TV, RF adjust fine tuning 
knob on television set to obtain best 
picture 

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 playback picture moves rapidly 
and noise appears. Also sound 
speeded up from normal is heard. 

§ The camcorder is set to the double 

speed playback mode. Pressing the 
playback button to restore the 
normal playback mode. The sound 
also returns to the normal speed. 

Noise appears in the picture during 
double speed playback, but this does 
not indicate a fault. 

§ See page 31 for details.