Hitachi VM-D965LA Instruction Manual page 8

Important info_Tnat on 2
For Y our S afety 2
Impor a ptSafeg_ ards 4
Before Y ou
Begin .................................... 6
Read This First 6
Features.................................... 7
Ga_th_g 5"tatted
Components and Accesao ies .................. 9
_dent f_. _ g Cant o}s .................................. 10
Loading C_ock Battery ........................... 13
C_ock Battery ................................................ t3
Us _9 t_ !nil'areal Put,ate Control ............. "3
LCD Mentor. '14
Opening the LCD Me _ito_ ..................... !4
Ad}ust ng the Br 9ht'_ess of the
LCD Screen t4
Range in which the LCD Monito can be
moved ............................................. 14
Active Screen 15
Ad usti.ng the Electronic Vievvfir der ........ 15
Eyepiece Ad ustment ............................. t6
Adiustment the Hand St_'ap .................. !6
l\_taching the Shoulder St_'_@................... 16
Charging the Batte!'y 17
Removing the Battery Rack ......................... 18
Reference of CI arged [eve! ...................... !8
Charg ng T}me ......................................... 18
Operating Time ......................................... 18
Checking the Battew s Charge ................ 19
Carnco_'der Power So _rces 20
Usng Battery Pack ............................... 20
Usng the AC Adaptor .......................... 20
Using a Car Battery .......................... 20
nsertb g and Rer-_oving Cassettes .......... 21
inse_dng a Cassette ................................. 2t
Removing a Cassette ............................. 21
Pro'tact ng Recorded Mater ai .............. 21
terns Se ectabie with Menu Disp!ays ...... 22
Menu sele(tabie n he CAM mode ........ 22
Mend seiectabte in the V_DEO rhode ...... 22
How to se}ect items and set !bert ...... 22
Remai_ irtg Tape 23
Usng the Lnear T,me Co-rater ................. 23
S_mitciff'_ On-.ScreeR Dispay Or!,/OK 23
Demo _st_ation Mode 23
Sett r g the Da_e and The
......................
24
Bas_ T÷c_N¢ues
Making a Base Record ng .................... 26
Chan ingtheAngeof!heLCDMonitor
_!_en Recording 27
Using nsar! Revew ............................. 27
Us'_g Auto Focus ..................................
28
Usn9 the Power Zoom, .................... 29
Ush._g The Dig ta_ Zoom. .......................... 29
Usin 9 Macro 29
Settil g Record ng Audio Mode .......... 30
Sett ng Recording Mode
....................
30
Recording Stl! P ctures {Pinata) (for VM_
D965[A} 3t
P ayback 32
Using Stit! 33
Usng Forward and Reverse Search ........ 33
D sp!aying DatdT me dudrg playback ..... 34
Advar_ced Tech_igues
Using Ma sual Focus ............................... 36
Using x500 Digital Zoom ........................... 36
Spec at Effects Recap"cling ......................... 37
Act vat ng Specia_ Effects Recording ....... 38
Using Fade
39
Using 'the PROGRAM AE Button ............ 41
Usng the Back ight Compensation
..........
42
Locking 1he White Balance ...................... 42
Using the Eieetro_}c _rnage Stabitize_ ....... 43
Usng Quck Edit 43
Da_e Sea_'ch ............................................. 44
Photo Searcis .............................................. 44
Using Memory ........................................... 44
Creating and Recording a Tide ................. 45
Selecting Stored Tide (Prememo} ........... 46
Creating a Tit!e .................................... 47
Recording Tite on a [ape n [_,e
Ca_ corder ........................................ 48
Recording a Title w_ile Transfe_ dng a
Tape 48
Switch n_ O,n--Sc_een Display On/Off
....4-9
Setting Playback Mode .................. 49
Sett t_g Piayback Audio Mode
.............
4g
Corwert ng Ana}og Signa! to DigKal Sig sai
(for' VM-D965LA} ........................... 49
Play ng Back Your Recor@ng
on Your TV 80
Connecting to TeJev s on (or VCR} with
Aud o/Video Input Jacks .................. 50
Ptayin9 Back Your Recording on t e TV
Screen
BI
D _bbing _rom the Camcorder to a VCB ..... 52
Using Aud o/Video Dubb ng .................... 53
Analog-to Digits/Conversion {for VM
Dg65LA) ................................................. 54
Recording from your MOP or TV ............... 55
TBC (Time Base Corrector} ON or OFF ..... 56
Attaching a liter ........................................ 56
Usngt_Bu]lt. • DCLight
(fo_ VN-Dg65LA} ................................... 57
Ge_eya_ A4a_Y_t'e_q,a_ce
Ciaaning t_e Camcordet Heads ................... 58
Qeaning the Lens and Picture Tube
o[the Eiectronic Y ewfir!der ................ 58
Periodic Maintena _ce ............................. 59
°[" o t_b eshooting
59
Bpedfcatio s 61
Availabie Accessories 63
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