Hitachi DZ-MV350A Owners Guide - Page 26

Storage Capacity on Disc or Card RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDEO) The recordable time will vary depending on the recording quality: See page 86 for the setting of recording quality. Movie recordable time on one disc (on single side) (when recording only movies) Recording quality Disc used DVD-RAM DVD-R XTRA Approx. 18 min *1 No recording possible FINE Approx. 30 min *2 Approx. 30 min *2 STD Approx. 60 min *3 Approx. 60 min *3 LPCM No recording possible Approx. 30 min *4 Note: • Audio in XTRA, FINE or STD mode is recorded in the MPEG audio layer 2 format, which is the option standard of DVD video standard. • No movie can be recorded on SD memory card or multimedia card. • The movie quality mode can be changed for recordings on DVD-RAM disc, but not on DVD-R disc. • If you record in XTRA mode at high temperatures for a long time, the DVD video camera/recorder will get hot and the maximum transfer rate will be limited to approx. 6 Mbps. • If a disc recorded in XTRA mode is used at high temperatures, normal playback may be impossible: Turn the DVD video camera/recorder off once, wait until the ambient temperature becomes lower, and then operate it again. *1:Variable bit recording (recording of more than 18 minutes may be possible because the transfer rate varies automatically between approx. 3-10 Mbps) *2:Transfer rate: Approx. 6 Mbps *3:Transfer rate: Approx. 3 Mbps *4:Linear PCM recording (If your DVD player does not conform to MPEG audio player 2, record in LPCM mode) English 26