Hitachi DZ-HS500A instruction manual 148, When the DVD video camera/recorder is connected to PC

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Symptom	Cause and Correction	Reference
		page
Poor playback picture.	Was the image input from analog VCR (VHS, 8 mm) and recorded?
	The problem may be improved if a VCR equipped with TBC	—
	circuit is used for playback.
Playback picture is	Was recording of external input made with “Frame” specified?	65
greatly distorted.	Specify “Field” for “PHOTO Input” in record functions setup.
No sound.	Is the TV volume control set correctly?
	Adjust TV volume control, and be sure to adjust the volume on	113
	TV.
Disc Navigation	Was the image recorded from AV input/output jack with
thumbnails do not	interference?	—
appear.	Record image with no noise or disturbance.
Photos on card cannot	This DVD video camera/recorder can play back image data
be played back.	recorded on SD memory card in other digital cameras conforming
	to the DCF (Design rule for Camera File system) standard. The
	range of image data normally playable on this DVD video
	camera/recorder is that with pixels from 80 horizontal × 60
	vertical to 4000 horizontal × 3000 vertical. If the pixel data is
	outside this range, blue thumbnails will appear (thumbnails* in
	the figure), meaning the image is unplayable.

A l l	scenes	1/ 6
		—
PLAY PHOTO SELECT

*Fig. 1

Even when the number of pixels is within the above range, playback may not be possible, depending on the recording status of the digital cameras used.

DCF (Design rule for Camera File system) is an integrated image file format of digital cameras: Image files can be used on all digital devices conforming to DCF.

It will take some time to	When playing back a still, “Playback.” will appear: Stills with a
play back photos on	large number of pixels will take some time to appear.	—
card.

When the DVD video camera/recorder is connected to PC

Symptom	Cause and Correction	Reference
		page
No drive icon appears	The DVD video camera/recorder is not turned on.	31
on PC.	Check the power supply.
	Turn PC off and then disconnect the PC connection cable. Turn
	PC on again, and then use the PC connection cable to connect	—
	the DVD video camera/recorder to PC.
	Make sure the PC connection cable is completely plugged into	—
	this DVD video camera/recorder.

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