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Warning: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the followi ng

two condition s: (1) Th is device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept

any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Note: This equipment has been tes ted and found to comply with the limits for a Cl ass B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable

protection again st harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses,

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed an d used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no

guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause

harmful interferen ce to radio or television rece ption, which can be determined by turning the

equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct by one or more of the following

measures:

•Reorient or reloca te the receiving anten na .

•Increase th e separation between the equipment and r eceiver.

•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit differ ent from that to which the receiver is

connected.

•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Caution to the user: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer void

the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Contents

Main English DZ-GX20A / DZ-MV730A / DZ-MV780A HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. HOME ELECTRONICS DIVISION Instruction Manual DVDCAM PC Software Support Center URL http://dvdcam-pc.support.hitachi.ca/ DZ-GX20A DZ-MV780A DZ-MV730A Important Information For Your Safety Precautions Page IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Cautions When Using Page Page Cautions When Storing Suggestions and Restrictions Read This First Quick Index About This Manual Displays in this manual Notation of cancel button Introduction You can easily edit scenes, which is quite difficult with tape (p. 83) Create original DVDs on PC (p. 147) Table of Contents Setups Basic Tech ni qu es Playback on DVD Recorder/Player..................79 Initial Settings.................................................100 Advanced Techniques Checking Flow of Normal Menu.......................84 Setting Up Camera Functions..........................86 Setting Up Record Functions ...........................91 LCD/EVF Setup ................. ..................... ..........98 Connecting to PC (DZ-GX20A/DZ-MV780A) Subsidiary Information Checking Provided Accessories Make sure that you have all the following accessories in package: Names of Par ts Page Page Page Try Recording and Playing Back using Disc (Video and Photo) Bef ore Y ou Begin 1 2 3 4 Page 3 4 Discs and Cards AVAILABLE DISCS INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC Finalizing DVD-R disc EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE USED ON THIS DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER: HANDLING DISCS Using discs Storing discs DISC CLEANING AVAILABLE CARDS Handling card Common cautions for disc and card Storage Capacity on Disc or Card RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDEO) RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON DISC Number of recordable stills on one side of disc RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON CARD For DZ-GX20A For DZ-MV780A For DZ-MV730A (The numbers of recordable stills above are only for reference) SIZE AND QUALITY OF PHOTOS Setups Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/Recorder HOLDING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP ATTACHING LENS CAP 1 2 3 INSERTING BATTERY INTO REMOTE CONTROL 1 2 3 REMOVING BATTERY FROM REMOTE CONTROL 1 Using Remote Control VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR SCREEN 1 Range where the LCD monitor can be moved CLOSING LCD MONITOR VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH VIEWFINDER 1 2 SETTING DATE AND TIME 1 3 4 5 6 1 3 4 Setting Up the Battery CHARGING BATTERY 2 1 3 1 REMOVING BATTERY 1 Continuously recordable time with fully charged battery (with no zoom operation, etc.) BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER WITH AC ADAPTER/CHARGER 2 3 4 Turning DVD Video Camera/Recorder On and Off Set to OFF: Set to P: Set to O: Set to N: Inser ting and Removing Disc INSERTING DISC 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 Page Basic Techniques Recording Movie 1 2 3 Page Recording Stills 1 2 3 4 On-Scr een Information Various types of information will appear in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen during recording. See the next page for details. INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING RECORDING DISPLAY ( ) Switching the in formation display mode DISPLAY Display when recording an image of yourself Zooming 1 2 MACRO RECORDING 1 RECORDING SUBJECTS FOR STRONGER WIDE-ANGLE OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT 2 Playing Back Bef ore Y ou Be gin PLAYING BACK 1 2 PLAYBACK FROM START OF DISC OR CARD SEARCH PLAYBACK OF MOVIE FRAME ADVANCE/FRAME BACK/SLOW PLAYBACK OF MOVIE SKIP PLAYBACK OF MOVIE PLAYING BACK STILLS JUMPING TO SPECIFIED POINT (GO TO) 1 2 Specifying the point to view 1 2 3 On-Scr een Information Display INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING PLAYBACK Switching the information display mode Checking Flow of Quick Menu 1 Operating Menu FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING MOVIE: Recor d Functions Setup (p. 91) (p. 92) * FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING PHOTO (DISC): (p. 96) Record Functions Setup Note: No photo can be recorded on DVD-R disc. FLOW OF QUICK MENU WHEN RECORDING PHOTO (CARD): Record Functions Setup (p. 96) Disc Navigation Functions 1 MENU button. FLOW OF QUICK MENU (WITH DVD-RAM DISC): Scene (p. 136) Qu i c k enu f or d i sc. FLOW OF QUICK MENU (WITH DVD-R DISC): Disc (p. 137) Others Note: The menu item Finalize Disc will not appear with a finalized DVD-R disc. Manually Focusing Subject FOCUSING DURING RECORDING Focusing range 1 2 Manually focus the following objects, which may not be automatically focused (see page 72): Adjusting Brightness of Image to be recorded (Exposure) 1 2 Compensating for Backlight 1 Using Exter nal Microphone Built-in Video Flash (for DZ-GX20A only) * 1 2 3 Optional Video Flash (for DZ- GX20A or DZ-MV780A only) Viewing on TV Screen CONNECTING TO A TV VIEWING ON TV SCREEN 1 2 3 Playback on DVD Recorder/Player PLAYING BACK DVD-RAM DISC 1 PLAYING BACK DVD-R DISC 2 Recording (Dubbing) Images RECORDING (DUBBING) IMAGES FROM OTHER VIDEO DEVICE 1 2 3 Page RECORDING (DUBBING) IMAGES FROM OTHER VIDEO CAMERAS 1 2 3 RECORDING (DUBBING) IMAGES ON OTHER VIDEO DEVICES 2 3 4 Advanced Techniques Checking Flow of Normal Menu Flow of Normal Menu Setting Up Camera Functions SELECTING SHOOTING MODE TO MATCH THE SUBJECT (SWITCHING PROGRAM AE MODE) 1 Bef ore Y ou Begin RECORDING DARK SUBJECTS USING LCD MONITOR LIGHT 2 3 4 ADJUSTING COLOR (WHITE BALANCE) 1 2 h j Setting white balance manually 1 2 3 4 USING THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZER (EIS) 1 2 Checking EIS On or Off RECORDING SUBJECT USING LARGE MAGNIFICATION (DIGITAL ZOOM) REDUCING WIND NOISE DURING RECORDING (MIC.FILTER) 1 2 3 Setting Up Record Functions SWITCHING MOVIE QUALITY (VIDEO MODE) 1 2 SETTING TO WIDE TV SCREEN MODE (16:9 MODE) 1 2 Page SWITCHING QUALITY OF STILL IMAGE (QUALITY) 1 2 3 RECEIVING IMAGE FROM ANOTHER DEVICE (INPUT SOURCE) 1 2 3 SWITCHING EXTERNAL INPUT RECORDING METHOD (PHOTO INPUT) 1 2 DG SELF-TIMER 1 2 4 SETTING ON-SCREEN DISPLAY OUTPUT ON OR OFF (OSD OUTPUT) 1 2 LCD/EVF Setup SETTING BRIGHTNESS OF LCD SCREEN (LCD BRIGHTNESS) 1 2 SETTING BRIGHTNESS OF VIEWFINDER (EVF BRIGHTNESS) 1 2 ALWAYS DISPLAYING IMAGE IN VIEWFINDER 1 2 3 Initial Settings SWITCHING OPERATING SOUND ON OR OFF (BEEP) 1 2 TURNING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER OFF AUTOMATICALLY (POWER SAVE) 1 2 CHANGING DISPLAY LANGUAGE (LANGUAGE) 1 2 RESETTING MENU SETTINGS TO DEFAULTS (RESET) 1 2 Disc Navigation Using Disc Navigation Bef ore Y ou Begin STARTING OR TERMINATING DISC NAVIGATION 2 001/ 014All Progra m RAM PLAY s 3 When playback ends: Playing back photos SELECTING MULTIPLE SCENES 2 3 SELECTING CONSECUTIVE SCENES TOGETHER 4 Page UNDERSTANDING FLOW OF DISC NAVIGATION MENU When using DVD-R disc When using DVD-RAM disc When using card Scene DELETING SCENES (EDIT DELETE) 2 3 4 Editing using submenu DIVIDING MOVIES (EDIT DIVIDE) 2 4 5 6 7 2 4 5 6 ARRANGING ORDER OF SCENES (EDIT MOVE) 2 4 5 6 PLAYING BACK BY SKIPPING SCENES (EFFECT SKIP) 2 4 5 6 Releasing Skip 2 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LOCKING SCENES ON CARD (LOCK) 1 2 3 4 5 6 To unlock the scene : SELECTING SCENES USING MENU SCREEN (SELECT) 2 4 5 Deselecting selected scenes DISPLAYING INFORMATION USING MENU SCREEN (DETAIL) 2 to know. 5 4 A button. The detailed information on the scene will appear. Program WHAT IS PROGRAM? Program No. 1 Recorded on September 10 SWITCHING TO THUMBNAIL DISPLAY OF SPECIFIC DATE (SWITCH) 3 4 CHANGING TITLE OF PROGRAM (TITLE) 3 4 5 6 7 Characte rs available for entering title Play List WHAT IS PLAY LIST? CREATING NEW PLAY LIST (CREATE) 2 4 3 4 Editing on play list PLAYING BACK A PLAY LIST (PLAY) 3 4 ADDING SCENES TO PLAY LIST (EDITING PLAY LIST) 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 ADDING SCENES USING SUBMENU FOR EDITING (EDITING PLAY LIST) 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 ARRANGING ORDER OF SCENES (MOVE) 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 6 DELETING PLAY LIST (DELETE) 3 4 5 Go To TOP (END) 3 Disc or Card Management INITIALIZING DISC OR CARD (FORMAT DISC. FORMAT CARD) 3 4 PROTECTING DISC FROM WRITING (PROTECT DISC) 3 4 VERIFYING REMAINING FREE SPACE ON DISC OR CARD (CAPACITY) 3 4 UPDATING CONTROL INFORMATION OF DVD-RAM DISC (UPDATE CONTROL INFO.) 3 4 FINALIZING DVD-R DISC (FINALIZE DISC) 3 4 5 * Others DISPLAYING MOVIES OR STILLS INDEPENDENTLY (CATEGORY) 3 4 PLAYING BACK SCENES REPEATEDLY (REPEAT PLAY) SLIDE SHOW (CONTINUOUS PLAYBACK OF STILLS) Connecting to PC Using PC to edit images on DVD-RAM disc recorded on this DVD video camera/recorder: Languages compatible with each software pr og ram: Contents on Provided CD-ROM DVD-MovieAlbumSE DVDfunSTUDIO UDF driver (DVD-RAM driver) Requirements of available PC Installing Software DISPLAYING INSTALLER SCREEN 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 Page Page Page Creating DVD Video from DVD-RAM Disc Recor ded on DVD Video Camera/Recorder 1 2 3 4 8 9 Uninstalling Software Cautions When Using DVD Video Camera/ Recor der by Connecting It to PC Introduction to Video Editing Software For Mac Subsidiary Information Introduction to Optional Accessories POWER SUPPLY CAMERA ACCESSORIES Removing Disc from Its Package REMOVING AND REPLACING FR OM/IN ROUND DVD HOLDER 1 2 1 Cleaning Changing Setting of Demonstration 1 2 3 Terminology Page Page No DVD Video Camera/Recorder Operation Check the Following: Page Trouble Messages Page Page Page Page Page Page Troubleshooting Power supplies Symptom Cause and Correction Reference During recording Symptom Cause and Correction Reference During playback Page When the DVD video cam e ra /recorder is connected to PC: Symptom Cause and Correction Reference Page Miscellaneous System Reset 1 2 List of setting items Major Specifications Page Page To Order in the United States BY PHONE To Order in the Canada DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Service Hotline:1-800-HITACHI (1-800-448-2244) Index Numerics A B C M N O P Q Be sure to read the following befor e opening the package of CD-ROM License Agreement Article 1 Grant of License Article 2 Copyrights Article 3 Other Rights and Limitations Page U.S.A. 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