Manual for VM-E535LE/VM-E635LE

Manual for VM-E535LE/VM-E635LE

Brand: HITACHI

Category: Camcorder

Document Type: Manual

Language: EN

Uploaded: Aug. 10, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

  • Record and Playback: Records directly from the built-in video camera and plays back video/audio via a TV receiver/monitor.
  • LCD Monitor: A 3-inch LCD screen for viewing recorded and playback images. Can be adjusted for brightness and angle.
  • Digital Zoom: Features up to X32 digital zoom with smooth transitions.
  • Digital Effects: Offers modes like 16x9, negative/positive, X130 digital zoom, half-mirror, and mosaic.
  • Programme AE: Automatically adjusts shutter speed and aperture for optimal brightness.
  • EIS (VM-E635LE only): Electronic Image Stabilizer corrects slight shaking during zoom.
  • Auto Focus Power Zoom Lens: 16X autofocus zoom lens for easy focusing and angle adjustment.
  • Wireless Remote Control: Provided for convenient operation.
  • Fade-in/Fade-out: Four modes available for gradual picture appearance and disappearance.
  • Date Search: Memorizes start and end positions of recordings for easy location.

Troubleshooting and error codes

Symptom Check Point & Correction
Cassette holder cannot be opened when you slide the EJECT switch. Connect the power source.
Open the LCD monitor, then slide the EJECT switch.
Cassette cannot be inserted into cassette compartment. Load cassette in direction indicated by arrow on cassette.
The cassette window must be towards the outside.
Picture does not appear in the viewfinder or LCD monitor. Open the lens door.
Slide the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to "CAM" position.
The camera/recorder cannot go into the recording mode, even when Start/Stop button is pressed. Check the record-protect tab on the cassette. See page 14 for details.
Set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to "CAM" position.
Push the cassette holder embossed PUSH LOCK to close it.
PLAY button cannot be engaged. The " " indication in the viewfinder or LCD monitor flashes to indicate battery is discharged.
Try another battery or charge the battery.
Interference on playback picture. (The TV is connected to the camera/recorder using the RF output adapter.) Set the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch to "VIDEO" position.
When you see the playback picture on your TV, adjust fine tuning knob on television set to obtain the best picture.
Picture is out of focus. Press the FOCUS control buttons simultaneously to erase "FOCUS" in the viewfinder or LCD monitor.
Auto-focus does not operate correctly. Auto-focus does not operate correctly if a special-effects filter is attached or with the objects shown on page 21.
Power is interrupted. If the record pause mode continues for more than 5 minutes, power is shut off automatically. Press the Start/Stop button to restore the power.
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 LCD monitor will be reset. Then set the information again.
"TAPE" appears in the viewfinder or LCD monitor. Have you moved the camera/recorder 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 LCD monitor, use a cleaning tape to clean the heads and replace the cassette.
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.
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