Hitachi DZ-MV200A Owners Guide - Page 7

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/recorder - 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 section when finalizing DVD-R disc and initializing DVD-RAM disc. • The section on "Connecting to Other Devices" explains how to connect to TV, another AV device and PC, and how to operate after connections. • "Subsidiary Information" includes an introduction to products sold separately, proper cleaning, and troubleshooting. We want this manual to be as helpful as possible, so it includes two easy ways to find the information you need: • A quick index for the information you use most often (this page). • A detailed table of contents directing you to specific 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 describes the operation assuming that the viewfinder is used as a major monitor device. English 7