Hitachi DZMV550A, DZMV580A Setting Up Record Functions, Switching Movie Quality Video Mode

Setting Up Record Functions

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SWITCHING MOVIE QUALITY (VIDEO MODE)

Choose the movie quality from “XTRA” (only with DVD-RAM disc), “FINE”, “STD” and “LPCM” (only with DVD-R disc).

It is recommended that you record critical subjects in the “XTRA” or “FINE” when you are using a DVD- RAM disc, or in the “FINE” with a DVD-R disc. (P.29)

1 Press the MENU button, choose “VIDEO Mode” on the “Record Functions Setup” menu screen, and then press the Abutton.

Re c o r d Func t i ons S e t u p

V I DEO Mode	XTRA
I n p u t Sou r ce	F I NE
OSD Ou t p u t	STD

ENTER RETURN RAM

Note:

• The movie quality setting will be stored in memory even

when the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off.

• The “VIDEO Mode” setting will not change even if the

DVD-RAM disc is replaced with a DVD-R disc, or vice

versa. However, the setting will switch to “FINE” in the

following cases:

2 Choose the desired quality mode, and then press the Abutton.

3 Press the MENU button to end the setting.

0 : 0 0 : 0 0 REM3 0 MIN

Movie quality		8 : 0 0 AM
	FINE	9 / 3 0 / 2 0 0 4

- When the mode is set to “XTRA” with a DVD-RAM disc

inserted and then the disc is replaced with a DVD-R

disc

- When the mode is set to “LPCM” with a DVD-R disc

inserted and the disc is replaced with a DVD-RAM disc

• When using DVD-R disc, you cannot switch the movie

quality while recording on the disc: The DVD video

camera/recorder will be automatically set to the movie

quality first used with the disc for recording.

• The movie quality setting is effective only during movie

recording: The setting will not be displayed during

recording of stills.

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