Additional Information

Symptom

Cause and Correction

Reference

page

 

 

Not displayed

DVD-RAM, DVD-RW(VR mode) recorded on this

 

normally in the disc

camcorder and edited on another device may not be

 

navigation screen.

displayed normally in the disc navigation screen. In this

 

 

event, use “Update control info.”.

 

 

If too much time is required to display the HDD disc

 

 

navigation screen, try the following.

 

1 Press , then press MENU.

2 Select “Disc setting” or “HDD setting” by pressing c,

then press the confirmation button.

The “Update Control info.” confirmation screen appears.

3 Select “YES” by pressing d, then press the confirmation button.

Update of control information will begin. While “Updating...” is being displayed, a black screen may appear (and time may be required).

(There are some DVD which cannot be used even by following the above procedures.)

Photos on a card

This camcorder can play back images from an SD

cannot be played

memory card recorded on other digital cameras

back.

conforming to the DCF (Design rule for Camera File

 

system) standard. The playable pixel range of image data

 

on this camcorder is from 80×60 to 4000×3000

 

(horizontal/vertical). If the pixel data is outside this

 

range, blue thumbnails will appear (thumbnails* in “Fig.

 

1”), meaning the image is unplayable.

Fig. 1

 

 

 

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scenes

1/ 6

 

 

 

 

PLAY

PHOTO SELECT

 

 

 

*

 

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 a unified image file format for digital cameras. Image files recorded using digital devices conforming to DCF can be used in these devices interchangeably.

It takes some time to

Stills with a large number of pixels will take more time to

 

play back photos on

appear.

card.

 

 

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DZ-HS903A, DZ-HS803A specifications

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