￿ WHEN USING WITH THE CAR BATTERY (By using optional car battery cord Hitachi VM-

CC70A).................................................................................................................................................

13

CHECKING THE BATTERY..................................................................................................................

14

CHARGING A BATTERY ......................................................................................................................

15

MAKING A SAMPLE RECORDING .....................................................................................................

16

AUTOMATIC REWIND..........................................................................................................................

19

IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATION OF CONTROLS .....................................................................

19

DATE/TIME SETTING............................................................................................................................

24

￿ To correct date/time information after starting the date/time...................................................

26

￿ To correct date/time information during programming .............................................................

26

AUTOMATIC DATE RECORDING.......................................................................................................

26

PROGRAM AE (Auto Exposure).............................................................................................................

27

AUTO FOCUS..........................................................................................................................................

27

￿ The auto focus will not work under the following conditions. ..................................................

28

MANUAL FOCUS (Only for VM-3800A) ..............................................................................................

28

POWER ZOOM ........................................................................................................................................

29

DIGITAL ZOOM......................................................................................................................................

29

￿ X100 digital zoom (only for VM-3800A)......................................................................................

30

INSTANT ZOOM (Only for VM-3800A)................................................................................................

31

16:9 MODE (Only for VM-3800A) ..........................................................................................................

31

MACRO ....................................................................................................................................................

32

FADE IN / FADE OUT ............................................................................................................................

32

Fading In ..............................................................................................................................................

33

Fading Out...........................................................................................................................................

33

INDEX SIGNAL RECORDING ..............................................................................................................

34

QUICK EDIT (Edit Search)......................................................................................................................

34

INSTANT REVIEW .................................................................................................................................

35

TAPE COUNTER.....................................................................................................................................

35

DISPLAY BUTTON.................................................................................................................................

36

REMAINING TAPE.................................................................................................................................

36

TITLE RECORDING ...............................................................................................................................

37

￿ Creating a title.................................................................................................................................

37

￿ Correcting errors during title storage...........................................................................................

38

￿ Recording titles on a tape in the camcorder ..............................................................................

39

￿Recording titles on another VCR while playing a tape back with the camcorder..................

39

￿ Chart of characters available in the titler ....................................................................................

39

USING THE WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL (Only for VM-3800A) ...............................................

40

Loading Battery...................................................................................................................................

40

Remote Controllable Range .............................................................................................................

41

CONTROLLING YOUR TV WITH THE CAMCORDER'S REMOTE CONTROL (Only for VM-

 

3800A).......................................................................................................................................................

42

Programming the Remote Control...................................................................................................

42

Controlling the TV...............................................................................................................................

43

RECORDING TV PROGRAMS ..............................................................................................................

43

AUDIO DUBBING...................................................................................................................................

44

AUDIO AND VIDEO DUBBING............................................................................................................

46

VIEWING THE PICTURE PLAYED BACK ON YOUR TV ................................................................

48

STILL........................................................................................................................................................

50

FORWARD AND REVERSE SEARCH..................................................................................................

50

MEMORY.................................................................................................................................................

51

 

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