Camcorder User Manual

English
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Read This First
To guide you, we have included following six chapters.
• The section on “Setups” explains how to set
up the DVD video camera/recorder, battery,
and set the date/time.
• The section on “Basic Techniques” explains the
basic operation of this DVD video camera/
recorder – recording of movies, 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 “Disc Navigation” explains
editing with Disc Navigation: Refer to this
section when finalising DVD-R disc and
initialising DVD-RAM disc.
• The section on “Connecting to PC” explains
the contents of provided CD-ROM and how to
install the software included.
• “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 (see pages 14 –
16).
Get to know your DVD video camera/recorder by
using this manual, and get to know Hitachi. We
appreciate your business.
Quick Index
Available Discs ................................................ 27
Recording Movie ............................................. 52
Playing Back.................................................... 61
Connecting to a TV.......................................... 79
Functions Available with Disc Navigation ...... 104
Connecting to PC .......................................... 135
Microsoft
®
, Windows
®
, Windows
®
98, Windows
®
98 Second Edition, Windows
®
Me, Windows
®
2000 Professional, and Windows
®
XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Intel
®
, Pentium
®
Processor, and Celeron
®
Processor are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
IBM
®
and PC/AT
®
are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
Manufactured under licence from Dolby Laboratories.
“Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
Other company names and product names listed are trademarks or brand names belonging to each
individual company.
SD logo is a trademark.
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.
It is possible to switch the language in the on-screen display of this DVD video camera/recorder
(see page 98).