Playback Of Prerecorded Cassette; Cleaning The Inside Of The Electronic Viewfinder; Head Cleaning - Hitachi VTFX6500A Instruction Manual

HEAD CLEANING

PLAYBACK OF PRERECORDED CASSETTE

Symptom
"PLAY" cannot be engaged.
No picture appears on television
screen when "PLAY" is pressed.
(TV is connected to the camcorder
by using RF converter unit.)
Interference on playback picture.
Picture bends at the top of TV
screen.
Color of your TV screen is too
bright, too faint or change.

CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER

If dust or foreign matter adheres inside the viewfinder, clean it by using the following procedure.
1. Rotate and remove eye cup
2. Clean the picture tube face and lens.
To prevent scratching, use a soft non abrasive cloth, swab or lens cleaning paper.
3. Align the (•) mark on the eye cup with the (-) mark on the viewfinder, and then rotate the eye cup in the
direction of the arrow until a click is heard.
HEAD CLEANING
Check Point & Correction
* Set "CAM/OFF/VIDEO" to "VIDEO" position.
* Set the television to the camcorder channel (3 or 4) depending upon the
selected channel on the RF channel select switch of RF converter unit.
* Adjust the tracking using "TRACKING" control (power zoom switch).
* When you see the playback picture on your TV, adjust fine tuning knob on
television set to obtain best picture.
* The pre-recorded tape is EP or LP recording. This camcorder is for use in
SP recording only.
* TV receiver is of older type. It needs to be modified to work properly with
camcorder
* Tape is damaged. Try another cassette.
* TV set has VIR circuit. Turn it off during playback.
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