Read This First

To guide you, we’ve included following six chapters.

The section on “Setups” explains how to set up the DVD video camera/recorder, battery pack, and set the date/time.

The section on “Basic Techniques” explains the basic operation of this DVD video camera/re- corder – recording of movies and still images and playback of recorded images.

The section on “Advanced Techniques” explains settings on this DVD video camera/recorder for more advanced usage.

The section on “Using Disc Navigation” explains editing with Disc Navigation: Refer to this sec- tion when finalizing DVD-R disc and initializ- ing DVD-RAM disc.

The section on “Connecting to Other Devices” explains how to connect to TV, another AV de- vice and PC, and how to operate after connec- tions.

“Subsidiary Information” includes an introduc- tion to products sold separately, proper clean- ing, and troubleshooting.

We want this manual to be as helpful as possible, so it includes two easy ways to find the informa- tion you need:

A quick index for the information you use most often (this page).

A detailed table of contents directing you to spe- cific information quickly (page 8~9).

Get to know your DVD video camera/recorder by using this manual, and get to know Hitachi. We appreciate your business.

Quick Index

 

Charging Battery

31

Recording Movie

42

Immediately Checking Recorded Scene ...

44

Functions Available with Disc Navigation ....

67

Connecting to a TV and Viewing

90

Connecting to Your PC

94

■ Type of difference

 

DZ-MV230A

DZ-MV200A

Movie recording mode

XTRA*/FINE/STD/LPCM**

FINE/STD/LPCM**

CCD (Number of total pixels)

1,100,000

680,000

Number of still image pixels (JPEG)

1,280 × 960

1,024 × 768

*Only with DVD-RAM disk

**Only with DVD-R disk

With this DVD video camera/recorder you can view the picture being recorded or the playback picture whether on the LCD monitor or in the viewfinder. Opening or closing the LCD monitor switches the picture to appear on the LCD monitor or in the viewfinder. The following text de- scribes the operation assuming that the viewfinder is used as a major monitor device.

English

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