Hitachi DZMV550A - Manual

Hitachi DZMV550A

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – English; Important Information; For Your Safety; TO REDUCE THE RISK OF; Precautions; Many television programs and films; Identifications of caution marks; RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
  • Page 4 – IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS; INSTALLATION
  • Page 5 – USE
  • Page 6 – Cautions When Using; Close the LCD monitor when not using the DVD video camera/recorder.; Hold the DVD video camera/recorder correctly:
  • Page 8 – Be careful of moisture condensation:
  • Page 9 – Cautions When Storing; This could cause malfunctions.; Suggestions and Restrictions; Make a trial recording:
  • Page 10 – Read This First; Quick Index; About This Manual; Displays in this manual; button” will be used in this text.; and
  • Page 11 – Introduction; You can immediately play back desired recorded scenes (P.107); Before editing
  • Page 12 – You can easily edit scenes, which is
  • Page 13 – Table of Contents; Try to Record and Play Back using Card; Setups; Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/; Basic Techniques; Basic Handling of DVD Video Camera/
  • Page 14 – Advanced Techniques
  • Page 15 – Connecting to PC; Creating DVD Video on PC from DVD-RAM; Subsidiary Information
  • Page 16 – Checking Provided Accessories; Make sure that you have all the following accessories in package:
  • Page 17 – Names of Parts; The red indicator will light during recording.; Accessory shoe
  • Page 19 – buttons; To end playback or cancel setting of menu.
  • Page 21 – Before You Begin; Press down the DISC EJECT button once and
  • Page 23 – Try to Record and Play Back using Card (Photo); Only photos can be recorded on card.; Open the cover of card insertion block with
  • Page 25 – Discs and Cards; AVAILABLE DISCS; Media
  • Page 26 – INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC
  • Page 27 – HANDLING DISCS; the; Storing discs; Be careful that no condensation occurs on disc.; Direct sunlight for a long time; Do not touch
  • Page 28 – AVAILABLE CARDS; Do not subject card to impact, bend or drop it.; Common cautions for disc and card
  • Page 29 – Storage Capacity on Disc or Card; Number of recordable stills on one side of disc: Up to 999; Recording quality
  • Page 30 – SIZE AND QUALITY OF PHOTOS; PHOTO” status is equal to or larger
  • Page 31 – Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/Recorder; HOLDING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER
  • Page 32 – ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP
  • Page 33 – INSERTING BATTERY INTO REMOTE CONTROL; Insert the provided lithium battery into remote control.; REMOVING BATTERY FROM REMOTE CONTROL
  • Page 34 – Using Remote Control; VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH VIEWFINDER; Pull out the viewfinder.
  • Page 35 – VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR SCREEN; Open the LCD monitor.; Range where the LCD monitor can
  • Page 36 – CLOSING LCD MONITOR
  • Page 37 – SETTING DATE AND TIME; Press the MENU button.
  • Page 38 – CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE AND TIME; Date display format
  • Page 39 – Setting Up the Battery; CHARGING BATTERY; Plug the power cable into AC outlet.
  • Page 40 – Battery charged status; ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER; REMOVING BATTERY; Slide the battery downward to remove it.; Charge status; During charge
  • Page 41 – Continuously recordable time with; The time taken for charging the
  • Page 42 – BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR; EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY; Power save and discharge of battery:
  • Page 43 – USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER WITH AC ADAPTER/CHARGER
  • Page 44 – Inserting and Removing Disc; INSERTING DISC; Gently open the cover by hand until it stops.; Identifying recording/playback
  • Page 45 – button; When recording data from PC:; button, or when message “Format the
  • Page 46 – REMOVING DISC
  • Page 47 – Inserting and Removing Card
  • Page 48 – Basic Handling of DVD Video Camera/Recorder; TURNING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER ON AND OFF; Power ON status; Set to “
  • Page 49 – Recording Movie; • Insert a recordable DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc into this DVD video camera/
  • Page 50 – Recording Stills; Press the REC button.
  • Page 51 – Compensating for Backlight; Press the BLC button during recording.
  • Page 52 – On-Screen Information; INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING RECORDING; See the next page for details.
  • Page 53 – Video flash
  • Page 54 – Remaining space on disc/card; Switching the information display mode; Minimum display mode:
  • Page 55 – Display when recording an image of yourself; Screen; • An unusable card is loaded.
  • Page 56 – Zooming; Press the MENU button to end the setting.
  • Page 57 – MACRO RECORDING; For stronger telephoto effect
  • Page 58 – Playing Back; PLAYING BACK; Press
  • Page 59 – PLAYBACK FROM START OF DISC OR CARD; FRAME ADVANCE/FRAME BACK/SLOW PLAYBACK OF MOVIE
  • Page 60 – SKIP PLAYBACK OF MOVIE; PLAYING BACK STILLS
  • Page 61 – Specifying the point to view
  • Page 62 – On-Screen Information Display; INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING PLAYBACK
  • Page 63 – Checking Flow of Quick Mode; Set the QUICK MODE switch to; Camera Functions; R e c o r d F u n c t i o n s S e t u p
  • Page 64 – FLOW OF QUICK MODE WHEN RECORDING MOVIE:
  • Page 65 – Record Functions Setup
  • Page 67 – Initial Setup
  • Page 68 – Scene; Disc Navigation Functions
  • Page 69 – Disc
  • Page 71 – Manually Focusing Subject; FOCUSING DURING RECORDING; Focusing range; You can switch the display mode of on-screen information:
  • Page 74 – Using Full Auto Function; Press the FULL AUTO button.; Function
  • Page 75 – Setting of; AUTO
  • Page 76 – USING EXTERNAL MICROPHONE
  • Page 77 – Viewing on TV Screen; CONNECTING TO A TV
  • Page 78 – VIEWING ON TV SCREEN
  • Page 79 – Playback on DVD Video Recorder/Player; PLAYING BACK DVD-RAM DISC; Remove the disc from Round DVD Holder.
  • Page 80 – PLAYING BACK DVD-R DISC
  • Page 81 – HOW TO REMOVE DISC
  • Page 82 – REPLACING DISC IN ROUND DVD HOLDER; DISC CLEANING
  • Page 83 – RECORDING (DUBBING) IMAGES FROM OTHER VIDEO DEVICE; sure to turn both devices off.
  • Page 85 – RECORDING (DUBBING) IMAGES FROM OTHER VIDEO CAMERAS
  • Page 86 – RECORDING (DUBBING) IMAGES ON OTHER VIDEO DEVICES; Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
  • Page 87 – Checking Flow of Normal Display Mode; OFF: The menu of Advanced mode will appear.; A u t o
  • Page 88 – Flow of Normal Display Mode; Refer to page indicated for details of each function.; Camera Functions Setup; Movie quality; Date Setup
  • Page 90 – Setting Up Camera Functions
  • Page 91 – Mode
  • Page 92 – Setting white balance manually
  • Page 93 – USING THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZER (EIS); Choose the “On” or “Off”, and then press the; Checking EIS On or Off; Choose the desired option, and then press the
  • Page 96 – Setting Up Record Functions
  • Page 97 – SWITCHING QUALITY OF STILL IMAGE (QUALITY); You can switch the still recording quality only when using card.
  • Page 98 – RECEIVING IMAGE FROM ANOTHER DEVICE (INPUT SOURCE); page 83 on how to connect the DVD video camera/recorder to; SWITCHING EXTERNAL INPUT RECORDING METHOD (PHOTO INPUT); Select the desired option and then press the
  • Page 101 – LCD Setup; SETTING BRIGHTNESS OF LCD SCREEN (BRIGHTNESS); SETTING COLOR DENSITY OF LCD SCREEN (COLOR LEVEL)
  • Page 102 – Initial Settings; SWITCHING OPERATING SOUND ON OR OFF (BEEP); Select “On” or “Off”, and then press the; To cancel power save
  • Page 103 – TURNING RECORD LED ON OR OFF (RECORD LED); Setting; The recording indicator will not light even during recording.
  • Page 104 – RESETTING MENU SETTINGS TO DEFAULTS (RESET)
  • Page 105 – Disc Navigation; Using Disc Navigation; STARTING OR TERMINATING DISC NAVIGATION; VIDEO” or “; • When using card: Set the power switch to “
  • Page 106 – A l l P r o g r a ms
  • Page 107 – PLAYING BACK FROM DISC NAVIGATION SCREEN; or DISC; Playing back stills
  • Page 108 – SELECTING MULTIPLE SCENES; SELECTING CONSECUTIVE SCENES TOGETHER; Scenes already selected
  • Page 109 – FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE WITH DISC NAVIGATION; Available function
  • Page 110 – UNDERSTANDING FLOW OF DISC NAVIGATION MENU; Refer to pages indicated for details of settings.; When using DVD-RAM disc
  • Page 112 – Editing using submenu
  • Page 114 – Releasing Skip
  • Page 121 – SELECTING SCENES USING MENU SCREEN (SELECT); Deselecting selected scenes; Deselecting scenes one by one:; Deselecting all the selected scenes at once:
  • Page 122 – DISPLAYING INFORMATION USING MENU SCREEN (DETAIL)
  • Page 123 – Program; SWITCHING TO THUMBNAIL DISPLAY OF SPECIFIC DATE (SWITCH); Recorded on September 10
  • Page 125 – Characters available for entering
  • Page 126 – Play List
  • Page 127 – SWITCHING TO DISPLAY OF EACH PLAY LIST (SWITCH); Editing on play list; Copying to card
  • Page 128 – ADDING SCENES TO PLAY LIST (EDITING PLAY LIST)
  • Page 129 – DELETING SCENES FROM PLAY LIST (EDITING PLAY LIST); ADDING SCENES USING SUBMENU FOR EDITING (EDITING PLAY LIST)
  • Page 130 – DELETING SCENES USING SUBMENU FOR EDITING (EDITING PLAY LIST); SELECTING SCENES USING SUBMENU FOR EDITING (EDITING PLAY LIST)
  • Page 133 – Go To
  • Page 134 – Disc or Card Management; VERIFYING REMAINING FREE SPACE ON DISC OR CARD (CAPACITY); PROTECTING DISC FROM WRITING (PROTECT DISC)
  • Page 135 – • Be sure to use the AC adapter/charger to power the DVD video camera/
  • Page 136 – • When using the AC adapter/charger to power the DVD video camera/
  • Page 138 – Others; DISPLAYING MOVIES OR STILLS INDEPENDENTLY (CATEGORY)
  • Page 139 – SLIDE SHOW (CONTINUOUS PLAYBACK OF STILLS)
  • Page 140 – THE FOLLOWING ARE AVAILABLE WHEN CONNECTING TO PC; • Copying in program units is also possible.
  • Page 141 – Using PC to edit images on DVD-RAM disc recorded on this DVD video; Languages compatible with each software program:; will automatically be
  • Page 142 – Contents on Provided CD-ROM
  • Page 143 – MyDVD
  • Page 144 – Installing Software; DISPLAYING INSTALLER SCREEN; The installer screen will automatically appear.; need to install the software on provided CD-ROM.
  • Page 145 – INSTALLING USB DRIVER; With Windows XP; Check the contents and then click “OK”.
  • Page 148 – INSTALLING DVD-MovieAlbumSE
  • Page 150 – INSTALLING MyDVD; Installation will start.
  • Page 152 – Click the Start button to start export.
  • Page 153 – * If “Style” created on MyDVD is a movie or there; Movie quality mode
  • Page 154 – Uninstalling Software; UNINSTALLING USB DRIVER; With Windows
  • Page 155 – DELETING OTHER APPLICATIONS
  • Page 157 – Introduction to Optional Accessories; CAMERA ACCESSORIES
  • Page 158 – Cleaning; Cleaning LCD screen and camera
  • Page 159 – Changing Setting of Demonstration; on
  • Page 160 – Terminology
  • Page 165 – Trouble Messages; recorder is mixed in.
  • Page 166 – • Error has occurred. Try to restart the DVD video camera/recorder; Select only movies and combine them.; Message
  • Page 169 – • Abnormality has occurred with the DVD-RAM disc to be repaired.; NO DISC
  • Page 172 – Troubleshooting; Power supplies; Symptom; Is the DC power cord connected to AC adapter/charger? Unplug it.
  • Page 173 – During recording; Focus is not correct.
  • Page 174 – During playback; Poor playback picture
  • Page 176 – When the DVD video camera/recorder is connected to PC:; If a yellow “!” mark is attached to some device in Windows
  • Page 179 – Miscellaneous; VIDEO” and then “POWER OFF”, and remove the disc.
  • Page 181 – System Reset; Detach the battery or AC adapter/charger.; List of setting items; * Some items will not appear depending on the disc or card inserted.; Item
  • Page 182 – Major Specifications
  • Page 184 – To Order in the United States; BY PHONE; To Order in the Canada; DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
  • Page 185 – Index; Numerics
  • Page 187 – License Agreement
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DZ-MV550A
DZ-MV580A

HITACHI AMERICA, LTD.
HOME ELECTRONICS DIVISION

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Service Hotline: 1-800-HITACHI
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Instruction Manual

DZ-MV550A

DZ-MV580A

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Summary

Page 2 - English; Important Information; For Your Safety; TO REDUCE THE RISK OF; Precautions; Many television programs and films; Identifications of caution marks; RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

English 2 Important Information For Your Safety The power switch turns the DVD video camera/recorder on and off, leaving the date/time feature unaffected. If the camera/recorder is to be left unattended for a long period of time, turn it off. The DVD video camera/recorder and AC adapter/charger have...

Page 4 - IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS; INSTALLATION

English 4 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS In addition to the careful attention devoted to quality standards in the manufacture of your video product, safety is a major factor in the design of every instrument. But, safety is your responsibility too.This page lists impor tant information that will help to assur...

Page 5 - USE

English 5 11 An appliance and car t combination should be moved with care. Quick stops, excessive force, and uneven surfaces may cause the appliance and cart combination to overturn. 12 Power Lines — An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other ele...

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