Table of Contents

Important

Information

2

For Your

Safety

..................................................

2

Precautions

........................................................

2

IMPORTANT

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

4

Cautions

on HDD

5

Cautions

When

Using

5

Cautions

When

Storing

9

Suggestions

and Restrictions

9

CLEANING

10

HANDLING DISCS

10

Turning

DVD

Video Camera/Recorder

On and Off

.....................................................

33

Viewing

Images

34

VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR

SCREEN

...........................................................

34

VIEWING

SUBJECT

THROUGH

VlEWFINDER

34

Setting

Date

and Time

..................................... 35

CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE

AND TIME

35

Initial

Settings

..................................................

36

DISC CLEANING

11

NOTE WHEN TRANSFERRING OR

 

DISCARDING DISCS AND SD MEMORY

 

CARDS

11

Read This First

11

SWITCHING OPERATING SOUND

 

ON OR OFF (BEEP)

36

TURNING

DVD VIDEO

CAMERA/RECORDER

 

OFF AUTOMATICALLY

(POWER SAVE)

36

CHANGING

DISPLAY

LANGUAGE

 

About This Manual

 

12

(LANGUAGE)

 

36

RESETTING MENU SETTINGS TO DEFAULTS

 

 

 

 

Introduction

 

13

(RESET)

...........................................................

 

37

Table of Contents

 

14

TURNING RECORD LED ON OR OFF

(RECORD

LED)

 

37

Checking Provided Accessories

17

 

CHANGING

SETTING

OF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Names of Parts

................................................

18

DEMONSTRATION

..........................................

37

 

Setups

 

LCD/EVF

 

Setup

 

38

 

 

ADJUSTING

BRIGHTNESS

OF

LCD SCREEN

Demonstration

Function

22

(LCD

BRIGHTNESS)

AND

VlEWFINDER

 

 

 

 

Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/

 

(EVF

BRIGHTNESS)

........................................

38

 

ADJUSTING

COLOR

DENSITY

 

Recorder

 

22

 

 

(COLOR

LEVEL)

 

39

HOLDING DVD VIDEO

CAMERA/

 

 

 

ALWAYS DISPLAYING

IMAGE

IN

RECORDER

 

22

VlEWFINDER

 

39

ATTACHING

SHOULDER STRAP

22

 

Inserting

and

Removing

Disc

...........................

40

ATTACHING

.....................................LENS CAP

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSERTING

BATTERY

INTO REMOTE

 

Inserting

and

Removing

Card

..........................

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

........................................................

23

 

 

Basic Techniques

REMOVING

BATTERY

FROM REMOTE

 

 

 

CONTROL

........................................................

24

Recording

 

Movie

 

43

HDD/DVD/Cards

..............................................

25

Recording

 

Stills

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD, DISCS

26

INFORMATION

ON DVD-R

26

NOTES ON FINALIZATION

26

EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE

 

USED ON THIS DVD VIDEO CAMERA/

 

RECORDER

.....................................................

27

AVAILABLE

CARDS

27

CAUTIONS

FOR DISC AND CARD

27

Preparations

for

Power Supply

28

USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER WITH

AC ADAPTER/CHARGER

28

Swift Restart

of

Recording

 

 

(SLEEP/RESTART

button)

............................

45

On-Screen

Information

46

INFORMATION

DISPLAY

DURING

 

RECORDING

....................................................

46

Checking Flow

of

Menu

51

Zooming

 

 

 

53

MACRO

RECORDING

53

RECORDING

SUBJECTS

FOR STRONGER

 

WIDE-ANGLE

OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT

54

Setting Up the

Battery

29

Manually

Focusing

Subject

55

 

 

 

CHARGING

BATTERY

29

FOCUSING

DURING RECORDING

 

55

 

 

 

ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO

 

Adjusting Brightness of Image to be recorded

 

CAMERA/RECORDER

30

 

(Exposure)

 

 

 

57

REMOVING

BATTERY

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR ,.. 32

Compensating

for

Backlight

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EFFICIENT

USE OF BATTERY

32

Using

Full

Auto Function

58

 

 

 

Built-in

Video

Flash

(for DZ-HS303A

only)

59

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