Hitachi camcorder I bought this camcorder a few weeks ago and can't get it to work right. I can't watch what I recorded on the camcorder (just in pieses) and I can't get it to play in my dvd player. Please Help

It should have a mini usb port behind the pop out video screen. You will find the exact model details under the battery.

try compressed air. the lens some times gets stuck.

You cannot DIY that. You need to send it to a service center. They will check the board of that camcorder.

This is a common problem with alot of Sony CamCorders...The solution is simple.....GIVE IT A WHACK!!!

Seriously, Take the battery off the device, Give the camera a smart "smack" on the tape side of the unit and power it back up.

works in 90% of cases!!!

Symptom shows video head is dirty / clogged.
Please use good quality video head cleaning tape to clean video head for normal playback.

Sometimes that happens to me too. What I do is just push play, then fast forward, and normally if you watch it, the picture starts to come back. Just keep fast forwarding until you can see all of the picture, and you should be fine.

I had same problem. Don't buy a cleaner. Look inside camcorder and make sure both reel turners are equal in height...they can slide down. Turn both of them...one of mine was down and also did not turn to make contact with tape. We got it to turn and the message C31:23 and the dinging quit. Camera instantly worked like it used to. Good luck.

This camera sucks, total waste of money, i dont know how dumb hitachi techs were , who designed it. No USB support, You cant play back recorded dvd in to computer or watch in tv from dvd player, through this cam at nariman point and purchase soni instead with hard disk recording.

Pal and NTSC are different formats. If you live in Canada, you?re TV most likely supports NTSC and not PAL. If you bought your TV and it said it is multisystem, so you won?t have problems with if, but i am almost sure this is not you case. If you want it for your PC, you will need to get a program to change your videos from PAL to NTSC. What I would recommend you to do is to buy a miltisystem camera; the format transformation isn't the easiest way. Daniel

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