Hitachi DZ-HS500A instruction manual 107, Deleting Data on HDD Full Format, Message for

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UPDATING CONTROL INFORMATION OF HDD/DVD-RAM/DVD-RW (VR- MODE) (UPDATE CONTROL INFO.)

Disc Navigation in this DVD video camera/recorder handles information on scenes, such as thumbnail, skip, fade, in a particular manner. If you use another device to edit a disc recorded on this DVD video camera/recorder, and then use the data again with Disc Navigation in this DVD video camera/recorder, the Disc Navigation may not appear normally. If this happens, use the Update Control Info function to update the data.

	•	When using the AC adapter/charger to power the DVD video camera/
Before You Begin		recorder for updating control information, make sure that power is not
		turned off during updating. If the DVD video camera/recorder is turned
		off during updating and the updating is interrupted, the control
		information will not be updated correctly.

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1 Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.

2 Press the MENU button.

3 Use the f/e/d/c/Abuttons to choose “Update Control Info.” on the “HDD Setting” or “DVD Setting” menu screen, and then press the Abutton.

The screen for verifying “Update Control Information” will appear.

4 Choose “YES”, and then
	U p d a t e C o n t r o l I n fo r m a t i o n
press the Abutton.		U p d a t e C o n t r o l I n fo r m a t i o n ?
The message for			YES	NO
		ENTER
proceeding will appear,
and then the Disc Navigation menu screen
will be restored.
A black screen may appear while the message
for updating is displayed.
Choose “NO” to cancel updating.

Note:

•It may take time to update the control information if the HDD/disc has many recorded scenes.

•Even if control information is updated, some discs will be unusable on Disc Navigation of this DVD video camera/recorder.

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DELETING DATA ON HDD (FULL FORMAT)

Executing “Format HDD” in “HDD Setting” to delete data on HDD will only change the file control information: It will not delete the data completely. When discarding or transferring this DVD video camera/recorder, be sure to delete any personal data on the HDD in order to prevent it from leaking out.

Before You Begin

•Use the AC adapter/charger to power the DVD video camera/recorder when completely deleting the data on the HDD: This is not possible with a battery.

•If power is turned off and Full Format is interrupted midway, normal deletion will not be possible.

•Executing Full Format will delete all data on the HDD. Save any important data on DVD before starting complete deletion.

•It will take approx. 40 minutes for complete deletion: In rare case, it may take more than one hour.

1 Press the DISC NAVIGATION button, and then the MENU button.

2 Use the f/e/d/cbuttons to choose “HDD Setting”, “Full Format”, and then press the Abutton: The “HDD Full Format” screen will appear.

3 Choose “YES”, and then press the Abutton. The HDD will be completely cleared.

To cancel clear, choose “NO”: The Disc Navigation screen will be restored.

Note:

•Pressing the C(STOP/EXIT) button during full formatting will stop the formatting. Take care, however: Even if full formatting stops midway, all data on HDD will be deleted.

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