Hitachi DZ-MV380A Owners Guide - Page 13

Table of Contents Important Information 2 For Your Safety 2 Precautions 2 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS 4 Cautions When Using 6 Cautions When Storing 9 Suggestions and Restrictions 9 Read This First 10 Introduction 11 Table of Contents 13 Checking Provided Accessories 16 Names of Parts 17 About This Manual 21 Discs and Cards 22 AVAILABLE DISCS 22 INFORMATION ON DVD-R DISC 23 EXAMPLES OF DISCS THAT CANNOT BE USED ON THIS DVD VIDEO CAMERA/ RECORDER 23 HANDLING DISCS 24 AVAILABLE CARDS 25 Storage Capacity on Disc or Card 26 RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDEO 26 RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON DISC ......27 RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON CARD.....27 Features of DVD Video Camera/Recorder ....... 28 VERSATILE FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE 28 RECORDING ON DISC 30 RECORDING MOVIE AND STILL 30 IMMEDIATE REVIEWING OF RECORDED IMAGE 31 EDITING IN VARIOUS WAYS ON DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER ALONE 31 USING WITH VARIOUS DEVICES 31 Setups Setting Up the DVD Video Camera/Recorder... 32 HOLDING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/ RECORDER ..32 ATTACHING LENS CAP 32 ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP 33 INSERTING BATTERY INTO REMOTE CONTROL 34 REMOVING BATTERY FROM REMOTE CONTROL 34 Setting Up the Battery 36 CHARGING BATTERY 36 ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VIDEO CAMERA/ RECORDER 37 REMOVING BATTERY 37 BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICATOR........39 EFFICIENT USE OF BATTERY 39 USING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER WITH AC ADAPTER/CHARGER 40 Inserting and Removing Disc 41 INSERTING DISC 41 REMOVING DISC 43 Inserting and Removing Card 44 Basic Techniques Basic Handling of DVD Video Camera/ Recorder 45 TURNING DVD VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER ON AND OFF 45 VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH VIEWFINDER... 46 VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITOR SCREEN.. 46 CLOSING LCD MONITOR 47 Setting Date and Time 48 CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE AND TIME 49 Recording Movie 50 USING EXTERNAL MICROPHONE 52 Recording Stills 53 Zooming 55 MACRO RECORDING 56 RECORDING SUBJECTS FOR STRONGER WIDE-ANGLE OR TELEPHOTO EFFECT ........ 56 Manually Focusing Subject 57 FOCUSING DURING RECORDING 57 Adjusting Exposure Manually 59 Compensating for Backlight 60 Using Full Auto Function 61 On-Screen Information 62 INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING RECORDING 62 Recording Image from Other AV Devices ........ 65 CONNECTING TO OTHER AV DEVICE 65 RECORDING IMAGE FROM AV DEVICE 66 Playing Back 67 IMMEDIATELY CHECKING RECORDED SCENE 67 PLAYBACK FROM START OF DISC OR CARD.. 68 SEARCH PLAYBACK OF MOVIE 68 FRAME ADVANCE/FRAME BACK/SLOW PLAYBACK OF MOVIE 68 SKIP PLAYBACK OF MOVIE 69 PLAYING BACK STILLS 69 JUMPING TO SPECIFIED POINT (GO TO) ......... 70 On-Screen Information Display 71 INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING PLAYBACK.. 71 Playback on Other Devices 72 CONNECTING TO A TV 72 VIEWING ON TV SCREEN 73 PLAYBACK ON DVD PLAYER 74 REMOVING AND REPLACING FROM/IN ROUND DVD HOLDER 75 HOW TO REMOVE DISC 75 13 English