Symptom

Cause and Correction

Reference

page

 

 

No sound is heard

Since an MPEG file imported into Macintosh using

 

when an MPEG file

ImageMixer 3 Mac Edition for DVDCAM uses the audio

 

imported into

format of AC3 audio, no audio will be played back even

 

Macintosh is played

if the QuickTime MPEG-2 playback component is

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back on QuickTime

introduced. Only video will be played back. Use

 

with an MPEG 2

ImageMixer 3 Mac Edition for DVDCAM for playback.

 

playback component

 

 

adopted.

 

 

 

 

 

When the time stamp

The file system of this camcorder is operated on

 

of a file on a disc is

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and time lag information

 

viewed on a PC, it is

has not been set. With Windows® as of August 2008, the

 

different from the

time stamp of files viewed on Explorer looks different

—

actual recording

from the actual recording time. The actual recording time

 

time.

will appear for the date/time indication on the playback

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

It takes a long time

If you are editing a video file whose contents are different

 

to save a video

from those of the project settings, it may take some time,

 

edited on the video

since the entire video file must be re-encoded. Reconfirm

—

editor of ImageMixer

the project settings.

 

3.

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot import from

Before importing, disconnect the camcorder from the PC

 

a DVD-R/DVD-RW.

and finalize the DVD-R/DVD-RW. (Note that you cannot

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add recordings to a finalized DVD-R/DVD-RW.)

 

 

 

 

“Hardware

Exit Windows®, and then disconnect the camcorder.

 

Removal” results in

If your PC uses Windows® 2000 Professional, the

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error.

problem may be solved if you install Windows® 2000

 

 

SP3 or later.

 

 

 

 

No USB2.0 HS (high

Make sure that you have already installed the driver

 

speed) connection

provided with the USB2.0 card.

 

even when USB2.0

You will need to install the driver provided by USB2.0

—

card is used.

card maker in order to operate the USB2.0 card at HS

 

 

(high speed).

 

 

 

 

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DZ-HS903A, DZ-HS803A specifications

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