Manual for VM-E455LA, VM-H655LA

Manual for VM-E455LA, VM-H655LA

Brand: HITACHI

Category: Camcorder

Document Type: Manual

Language: EN

Uploaded: Aug. 10, 2025, 12:52 a.m.

Warranty Information

Warranty terms are stated on your warranty card or operating guide.

Getting Started

This section guides you through the initial preparation of the camcorder. Set aside some time, relax, and familiarize yourself with this quality instrument.

Components and Accessories

Check that you have all the following components and accessories before proceeding:

  • Audio/video output cable
  • Battery pack
  • AC adapter/charger
  • Batteries for date/title

Charging the Battery

  1. Make sure the CAM/OFF/VCR switch is set to OFF position.
  2. Attach the battery pack to the camcorder.
  3. Plug the AC adaptor power cord into an AC outlet.
  4. Connect the AC adaptor DC plug to the DC IN jack of the camcorder.
  5. After charging is complete, disconnect the AC adaptor DC plug from the camcorder.
  6. Disconnect the AC plug from the AC outlet.
  7. Detach the battery from the camcorder.

Inserting and Removing Cassettes

A power source must be connected before inserting or removing cassettes.

Inserting a Cassette

  1. Press the OPEN button to open the LCD monitor.
  2. Press the EJECT button.
  3. Place the cassette in the cassette holder.
  4. Push the cassette door until it "clicks" into place.

Removing a Cassette

Press the EJECT button. Remove the cassette.

Troubleshooting and error codes

Symptom Check Point & Correction
INSERTING OR REMOVING THE CASSETTE
Cassette holder cannot be opened when you slide the EJECT switch. Connect the power source.
Cassette cannot be inserted into cassette compartment. • Load cassette in direction indicated by arrow on cassette.
• Cassette window must be toward outside.
CAMERA RECORDING
Picture does not appear in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor. Slide the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to CAM.
The camcorder cannot go into the recording mode, even when the start/stop button is pressed. • Check the record-protect tab on the cassette.
• See page 18 for details.
• Slide the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to CAM.
Picture is out of focus.
Auto-focus does not operate.		 • Make sure that "FOCUS" does not appear in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor. If it is displayed, press FOCUS/VOL. control buttons to erase it.
• Auto-Focus does not operate if a special-effects filter is attached or the objects shown on page 27 are being recorded.
The created title does not appear. • Insert the clock battery, then create a title.
• Do not remove the clock battery after creating a title.
• When the stored title (prememo) is displayed in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor, press the PLAY button.
NO OPERATION IS ACCEPTED
Power is turned on, but no button operations are accepted. • Remove the power source and the clock battery. And after about one minute, the display in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor will be reset. Then set the information again.
PLAYBACK OF PRE-RECORDED CASSETTE
The PLAY button cannot be engaged. Set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to VIDEO.
No picture appears on television screen when the PLAY is pressed. (TV is connected to the camcorder by using RF converter unit.) • Set the television to the camcorder channel (3 or 4) depending upon the selected channel in the RF channel select switch of RF converter unit.
• When you see the playback picture on your TV, adjust fine tuning knob on television set to obtain best picture.
Interference on playback picture. (TV is connected to the camcorder by using RF converter unit.) • TV receiver is older type. It needs to be modified to work properly with camcorder.
• Tape is damaged. Try another cassette.
Picture bends at the top of the TV screen. • TV set has VIR circuit. Turn it off during playback.
Color of your TV screen is too bright, too faint or change. • 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.
Date search function does not operate. Slide the CAM/OFF VIDEO switch to VIDEO.
BATTERY CONDITION
The () indication in the electronic viewfinder or on the LCD monitor 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 the viewfinder is different.
NO OPERATION IS ACCEPTED
Power is turned on, but no button operations are accepted. • Remove the power source and the clock battery. And after about one minute, the display in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor will be reset. Then set the information again.
TAPE DISPLAY
"TAPE" appears in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor. • 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 or on the LCD monitor, use a cleaning tape to clean the heads and replace the cassette.
CAMCORDER MALFUNCTIONS
Random letters appear in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor, or normal operation is interrupted. • External interference may have caused the camcorder's microprocessor to malfunction temporarily. If random letters appear in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor, or if normal operation is interrupted, remove the power source and clock battery, and then reattach them: the camcorder functions will return to their default settings.
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