Instruction
DZ-BD7HA
For Your Safety
Precautions
Identifications of caution marks
Page
Important Safety Instructions
Table of Contents
Editing
This camcorder makes all of the following possible
Choosing a disc to suit your purpose
Introduction
Re-recordable One-time recording
Re-recordable
Recording/Dubbing SD Standard Definition image quality
Re-recordable One-time
Recording
Operations Descriptions used in this manual
About joystick operation and symbols
About media descriptions
Before Using the Product Be sure to read this information
DZ-ACS3
Checking Provided Accessories
Names of Parts Viewfinder side
Use the Guide button for help
Lens side
Automatic lens cover
Lens hood Stereo microphone
Remote control
Adjusting the hand strap
How to Open and Use the LCD Monitor
You can use the LCD monitor as follows
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Recording/Playing Using the Viewfinder
How to use the viewfinder
Pull out the viewfinder until it clicks
Setting up the battery pack
Charge status of the battery pack
Let’s Get Started
Changing the display language
Turning on the Power
Setting the date and time
Open the LCD monitor p.19 Press Menu
Set time and date appear in the LCD monitor
Recording Movies to a BD
DZ-BD7HA
Recording Stills to an SD card
Hint
Playing Recorded Movies/Stills
Deleting Recorded Movies/Stills
Functions and Characteristics of HDD/BD/DVD/Cards
Media Function
Card
Usable discs and their logos Function
About HDD/BD/DVD
Unusable Discs
About cards
Cautions for discs and cards
Usable card and logo Function
When a new BD-RE, BD-R, or DVD-RW is inserted, see p.35
Wall outlet Turn the power switch to OFF
Attach the charged battery pack to
Inserting a BD or DVD
Removing the disc
When loading a new BD-RE/BD-R/DVD-RW
When using a DVD-RW
Open the LCD monitor
Continuous recording time with a fully charged battery
Battery Pack
Charge lamp status and charging time
Connect to the AC adapter/charger Power cable
Connecting the camcorder to a wall outlet
Camcorder DC power cord Charger
AC Plug Adapter not supplied
Battery life
Efficient Use of the Battery
Switch to on
Recording
Record button See next
Again. The elapsed recording time will be reset
Using the Quick Start Function
Will also light red
Again
Hints
See the next page for details
On-Screen Information
HDD
REM XX Hour XX MIN*5
SD Card indicator lights Switch to OFF, to turn off
Using the Quick Start function
Hints
Playing back the last recorded scene
Viewing
Press the confirmation button
Choosing and playing back a scene
Deleting the last recorded scene
Date separator line
Operation guide Currently selected scene
Choosing and playing back multiple scenes
Setting
Select a scene by pressing &/%
Then press Select
Jumping to the designated scene
You want to cancel and press Select
Then select Select by pressing
Press %or the confirmation button
Jumping to a specified point to
Button
Select the desired point by time by pressing / / &/ %
Decreases the volume Increases the volume
Adjusting speaker volume during movie playback
Information Display During Playback
No display Playback information display
When using
When using Card
Viewing
Movies During playback pause
Movies During playback
Still pictures During card playback
Select Playback Setting by pressing /, then press %
Playing still pictures on a card Automatically Slide Show
Press Menu on the disc navigation screen p.48
Capturing a still picture from a movie Photo Capture
Playing back scenes Repeatedly Repeat Play
Select Edit by pressing /, then press %
Example
How to Operate the Menu
Various
Recording Techniques
EVF Display Date Setup Date Mode
Program AE White Balance Camera Functions Setup
Menu While Recording Movie menu
Menu items 1st level Menu items 2nd level See
Power Save Initial Setup Record LED Language
Demo Mode Reset
Stills menu
Setting the Date and Time
How to use the LCD/EVF setup and initial setup
Setup
Various Recording Techniques
About the demonstration function
Changing the date format
Setting the digital zoom
Magnified Recording Optical Zoom Digital Zoom
Digital zoom options
Recording at Close Range Macro Recording
Recording at close range
Side until the wide-angle is Maximized
Conversion lens
Attaching the separately sold lenses
Focusing range
Adjusting the Focus Manually Manual Focus
How to focus manually
During recording pause or recording, press Focus
Adjusting Brightness Image Exposure
Adjusting the exposure manually
Difficult auto focus conditions
Compensating for backlight
Adjust the exposure by pressing &/ %
During recording pause or recording, press Exposure
Exposure Bar
Recording mode
Selecting a Recording Mode to Match Conditions Program AE
During recording pause or recording, press BLC
Backlight compensation icon
During recording pause, press Menu
Selecting a recording mode
Repeat steps 1 to 3 on the left
Lens
White balance mode
Selecting a white balance mode
Infrared sensor
Select Camera Functions Setup
Setting the white balance manually Set
White Balance Set Press the confirmation button
Press to end, or to redo, repeat step
Turning EIS Off/On
Displaying Recording Guidelines Auxiliary Line
EIS On/Off
Function Default See
Turning the MIC. filter On/Off
During recording pause or recording, press Full Auto
Flash mode
Using the Flash
Selecting a flash mode
Flash a flash mode
Turning Off Recording Indicator Beneath the Lens
Select Initial Setup Record
LED Off/On
BD Movie Quality HD Video Mode Recording Time
HD Video Mode
DVD Movie Quality SD Video Mode Recording Time
Switching Movie Quality
Self Timer On
Using the Self-Timer
Menu
Photo or
To MIC Jack
Correct Incorrect
Dubbing options
Time required for dubbing
Discs and picture quality for dubbing
Dubbing on BD/DVD DZ-BD7HA
Before you begin
When dubbing to a BD with HX Video Mode Scene
Hints for dubbing
No auto divide
About the playlist p.94 for dubbing
First Dubbing New
Select Execute, then press
Dubbing All Scenes Recorded on the Same Day Date
Select All, then press Confirmation button
Dubbing All Scenes Recorded on the HDD All
It into the camcorder p.33
When another disc is needed to
When another disc is needed to
Category Settings
Not Dubbed Scenes On Thumbnails Category
To set Category
Editing the original data
Convenient playback
Other editing
Editing
Menu Items for the Disc Navigation
Contents
DVD
Menu flows for the disc navigation
When using HDD DZ-BD7HA/BD-RE/DVD-RAM/DVD-RW VR mode
When using a card
When using BD-R/DVD-RW VF Video mode/DVD-R
Choosing Scenes by Date
Switching to the display arranged by date Date
Press Disc NAVIGATION, then press Menu
Plays back in the order
10/1/200711/1/2007 Playlist 1 created
Playlist What is Playlist?
Creating a new Playlist Create Playlist
Select Edit Create Playlist
Then press the confirmation button
Displaying a desired Playlist Playlist
Adding scenes to a Playlist Edit
Editing a playlist
Wish to delete by pressing &/ %
Deleting scenes from Playlist Edit
Choose the desired insertion position by pressing &/ %
Scene to be Insertion Added Position
Deleting a Playlist Delete
Arranging the order of scenes in the Playlist Edit
Then press Menu
Select Yes, then press Confirmation button
Dividing a Movie Edit Divide
When you reach the desired point Division, press Select
For a card
For others
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Combining Multiple Scenes Edit -Combine
Select the scenes you want to combine, then press Menu
Button.Combine, then press the confirmation
Adding Special Effects Edit -Fade
Editing 101
Select Scene Edit Fade
Jumping to the Top/End Go To
Go To
Locking Scenes on a Card Lock
102
Editing 103
To unlock the scene
Press to quit
Formatting the HDD
When using the HDD/BD
Format HDD/Disc Card
104
Protect HDD/Disc
Protecting the HDD
Editing 105
Insert the disc you want to protect
106
Checking Remaining Recording Capacity on Medium
Twice
Insert the medium you want to check except for the HDD
Viewing on the Other Devices
Connecting to a TV
Viewing on the Other Devices 107
Hdmi terminal Component Terminal S-Video terminal
108
Connecting the camcorder to your TV’s component input
Audio Input Video AV/S cable Red White yellow Supplied
Viewing on the Other Devices 109
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Viewing on your TV
Viewing on the Other Devices 111
Viewing on Other Players Recorders
112
To play back a BD-R/ DVD-RW VF mode/ DVD-R
Insert the disc into the BD/DVD
Insert the disc into the camcorder Play it back
Finalizing a Disc Before you begin
Power the camcorder
Viewing on the Other Devices 113
Press Disc NAVIGATION, and then press Menu
Disc Setting Unfinalize Disc
Using the Finalize button to finalize a disc
Unfinalizing a Disc
114
Connecting to your PC 115
About the software included
ImageMixer 3 HD Edition for Bdcam
PC requirements
Connecting to your PC
116
Memory
Connecting to your PC 117
Software installation
118
Click Perform installation
Select your country’s video system
Important Notice
Connecting the camcorder to your PC
Connecting to your PC 119
Turn on the camcorder power
Removing replacing
Camcorder indications on the PC
Removing SD memory card
120
Connecting to your PC 121
Detach the PC connection cable from the PC
Confirm the device again and click
122
Launch ImageMixer 3 HD Edition for
Select Hitachi Bdcam
Import images to the PC
Connecting to your PC 123
To play back
Play back the imported images
Album
124
Smart album
Create a new album
125
Creating a smart album to automatically assemble images
126
Creating a disc with the images recorded by the camcorder
Load a disc into the disc drive
Create a disc creation list
DVD-Video’s list setup screen
Set up the disc you are creating
127
Register images to the disc creation list
Write to the disc
128
Connecting to your PC 129
Uninstalling Software
130
Precautions When Connecting to a PC
131
Optional Accessories
Message Cause & Troubleshooting Reference
Error Messages
Additional Information
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Additional Information 137
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Additional Information 139
Power supplies
Troubleshooting
Symptom Cause and Correction Reference
140
Additional Information 141
Reset
During recording
142
During playback
143
Additional Information 144
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When the camcorder is connected to a PC
Disc Eject
146
Miscellaneous
Additional Information 147
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Card Access
Additional Information 149
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Additional Information 151
Do not use a generally available 8 cm CD lens cleaner
152
Do not expose the camcorder to insecticide
Cleaning the surface of the camcorder
Cleaning
Using HDD/discs
Additional Information 153
Disc Cleaning
Additional Information 154
Storing discs
Additional Information 155
System Reset
List of setting items
156
Additional Information 157
End User License Agreements for Operating system Software
158
End User License Agreements for Operating system Software
Additional Information 159
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No Warranty
Copyright year name of author
Additional Information 161
GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1, February
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Modified work must itself be a software li- brary
Additional Information 163
Library will still fall under Section
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Additional Information 165
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How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries
Additional Information 167
Major Specifications
DVD-RW VF
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Additional Information 169
Storage capacity of HDD/BD/DVD/Card
Recordable time on HDD
Recordable time on BD
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Still’s file size
Recording media
Additional Information 171
Glossary
VF Video mode
VR mode
Additional Information 172
Additional Information 173
Index
HDD
174
Additional Information 175
License Agreement
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Additional Information 177
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