Hitachi DZMV230A Camcorder User Manual


 
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English
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/re-
corder – 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 sec-
tion when finalizing DVD-R disc and initializ-
ing DVD-RAM disc.
The section on “Connecting to Other Devices”
explains how to connect to TV, another AV de-
vice and PC, and how to operate after connec-
tions.
“Subsidiary Information” includes an introduc-
tion to products sold separately, proper clean-
ing, and troubleshooting.
We want this manual to be as helpful as possible,
so it includes two easy ways to find the informa-
tion you need:
•A quick index for the information you use most
often (this page).
•A detailed table of contents directing you to spe-
cific 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
Movie recording mode
CCD (Number of total pixels)
Number of still image pixels (JPEG)
DZ-MV230A
XTRA*/FINE/STD/LPCM**
1,100,000
1,280 × 960
DZ-MV200A
FINE/STD/LPCM**
680,000
1,024 × 768
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 de-
scribes the operation assuming that the viewfinder is used as a major monitor device.
* Only with DVD-RAM disk
** Only with DVD-R disk