Hitachi DZ-HS3OOA instruction manual Recording Movie

This section explains about recording of movies and stiff images, and also basic settings on

DVD video camera/recorder.

Recording Movie

q

Before You Begin /" When setting the power switch to "DVD", insert a recordable DVD-RAM/DVD-

J RW/DVD-R/+RW into this DVD video camera/recorder.

Pressing

REC

Note:

•

See "Troubleshooting"

on page

146 when

recording

once will

start

recording;

ACCESS/PC

movie is not possible.

•

See "Troubleshooting"

on

page

146

if it takes some

time before recording is possible.

temporarily

stop

indicator

•

See "Troubleshooting"

on

page

146

if the

DVD video

againpressingwill it once

camera/recorder

does

not operate.

•

See page

46 for on-screen

information

display.

•

It is recommended

that

you set the LOCK

switch to _

(the upper position) to prevent the power switch in the

"HDD" position from accidentally moving to "DVD"

recording.

position.

•

When using a DVD-RW (VF-mode)/DVD-R/+RW,

videos of different qualities (VIDEO Modes) or 16:9

1 Remove

the

lens cap,

and

then

point

the DVD

On and Off cannot be recorded or dubbed on the

same disc (see page 83).

video

camera/recorder

at subject.

•

While the

ACCESS/PC

indicator

is lit or blinking

do

2 Turn

not turn

the DVD video

camera/recorder

off, and take

the

DVD

camera/recorder

on.

care not to subject

it to

any vibration:

Doing so could

cause an error in the recorded data, which could

Set the power

switch

to "HDD"

or "DVD" to

make it unplayable (see page 8).

•

The minimum

recordable

time

of movie

is

turn the

DVD

video camera/recorder

on.

approximately

3 seconds.

After

the ACCESS/PC

indicator

goes

out,

•

Hitachi

cannot

be responsible

for video

and audio

that

perform

the

subsequent

operation:

cannot

be

recorded

or edited

because

of any defect.

3 Check the subject on the screen (viewfinder

•

Each time

the

DVD video

camera/recorder

enters

the

recording pause status, the counter display will be

reset to "O:OO:OO".

o1:LCD).

•

If, when

using

a +RW, one-time

recording

duration

is

When

using

the viewfinde];

close the

LCD

short or you frequently switch the video quality,

recording

may

not be possible even when the disc

monitor

before

pulling

out

the

viewfinder.

has remaining

space.

4Press the REC button.

The "OI1" mark in the viewfinder or on the

LCD screen will change to the "O REC"mark, and recording will start.

During recording, the recording indicator on

the front of DVD video camera/recorder will light.

Pressing REC again during recording will set

the DVD video camera/recorder to the recording pause status.

5When recording is finished, turn the DVD

video camera/recorder off.

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