General Maintenance

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Troubleshooting

Quality is very important at Hitachi. We inspect and check every camera/recorder carefully at the factory under the

most rigid quality control and inspection systems. If problems develop please check the following possible solutions before inquiring about professional service.

INSERTING OR REMOVING THE CASSETTE

SYMPTOM

CHECK POINT & CORRECTION

Cassette holder cannot be opened when you push

Connect the power source.

EJECT switch.

 

Cassette cannot be inserted into cassette

Load cassette in direction indicated by arrow on

compartment.

cassette.

 

Cassette window must be toward outside.

CAMERA RECORDING

 

SYMPTOM

CHECK POINT & CORRECTION

Picture does not appear in the viewfinder.

Remove the lens capl

 

Slide the CAMERA/OFF/VIDEO switch to

 

CAMERA.

 

Disconnect the AV input cable from the

 

camera/recorder.

The camera/recorder cannot go into the recording

Check the record-protect tab on the cassette.

mode, even when the start/stop button is pressed.

 

 

Push the cassette holder embossed PUSH to close it.

Picture is out of focus.

Make sure that FOCUS does not appear in the

 

viewfinder.

Auto-focus does not operate.

If it is displayed, press FOCU Control

 

(AUTO/MAN) buttons to erase it.

 

Auto-Focus does not operate if a special effects filter

 

is attached or the objects shown on page 33 are

 

being recorder/

RECORDING TV PROGRAMS OFF THE AIR

 

SYMPTOM

CHECK POINT & CORRECTION

The camera/recorder cannot be set to the recording

Check the record protect tab on thecassette.

mode, even when the Start/Stop button on the

 

camera/recorder is pressed.

 

 

Set the CAMERA/OFF/VIDEO switch to camera.

 

Connect the camera/recorder and TV or VCR.

PLAYBACK OF PRE-RECORDED CASSETTE

 

SYMPTOM

CHECK POINT & CORRECTION

PLAY button cannot be engaged.

Set the CAMERA/OFF/VIDEO switch to

 

VIDEO.

No picture appears on television screen when

Set the television to the camera/recorder

PLAY is pressed.

channel (3 or 4).

Interference on playback picture.

When you see the playback picture on your TV,

 

adjust fine tuning knob by using RF output on

 

television set to obtain best picture.

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