Hitachi DZ-MV780A Handling Discs, OUsing discs, OStoring discs, Disc Cleaning, Ily

HANDLING DISCS

OUsing discs

DVD RAM and DVD R discs are very delicate

recording media. Carefully read the fbllowing cautions and observe them:

•Ahvays use a brand new disc when recording

important materiah

•Be sure not to touch tile recording surR_ce of disc, or dirty or scratch it.

•If there is dust, scratch, dirt on disc or if it is

warped, the %llowing phenomena may occur: Block noise in playback

image
Momentary	stop	of
playback	image
Sound interrupted		during
playback,	or abnormal		Block noise
sot/nd

Blue thumbnail display* (Fig. 1) Disc cannot con'ectly

be recognized Disc cannot be initialized

Delay between video and audio

Even if disc is normal, the above phenomena

may occasionally occtm While the ACCESS/ PC indicator is lit, do not subject disc to

vibrations or impact, and avoid using DVD

video camera/recorder at extremely high or

low temperatures, o1"in environment where

condensation is likely to occtm

When		recording			images,
tile	DVD		video		camera/		01,,002J
recorder			may	avoid tile			1
portions			of disc		where
recording			is	not	possible,	I"_L_Y	®_A_!I
due	to	dust,		scratches,
etc.	lit will pause QII at					(Recording one scene
such	a portion				and	may produce	multiple
automatically				restart		thumbnails)
recording			(0	REC).[

This will cause recording to be interrupted fbr several seconds to several minutes, and

multiple thumbnails will be created by one

recording session as shown above. In this case, the recordable time on disc will decrease.

Be careflll when removing the disc since the metal of removal slot of DVD video camera/

recordei; and disc itself, may be hot.

OStoring discs

•_Vben storing disc, replace it ill tile plastic case in which it was purchased.

•Be careflll that no condensation occurs on disc.

•Do not place disc in fbllowing places:

Direct sunlight for a long time

Where humidity is high or in dusty place While there is heat from a heater, etc.

DISC CLEANING

Use tile disc cleaning cloth provided to lightly wipe off any dirt adhering to tile disc as shown in the figure. Do not wipe tile disc with fbrce: Doing so could cause scratches.

Never use solvent (thinner, water, antistat or detergenO for cleaning.

Ligbtly wash tile dirty cleaning cloth with

detergent: Tile dirt removal capacity of the cloth will improve (rinse tile cloth well with water so tbat no detergent remains).

Use the disc cleaning cloth to clean from inner

to outer edges in axial direction.

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