Recording Movie - Hitachi DZMV550E Instruction Manual

Recording Movie

Before You Begin
ACCESS/PC
Pressing REC
indicator
once will start
recording;
pressing it
once again will
temporarily
stop recording.
1
Turn the DVD camera/recorder on.
Set the power switch to "O VIDEO" to turn the
DVD video camera/recorder on.
After the ACCESS/PC indicator goes out,
perform the subsequent operation:
2
Check the subject on the screen (viewfinder or
LCD).
If using the viewfinder, pull it out.
3
Press the REC button.
The "m" mark in the viewfinder or on the LCD
screen will change to the "n" mark, and
recording will start.
During recording, the recording indicator on
the front of DVD video camera/recorder will
light.
Pressing REC again during recording will set
the DVD video camera/recorder to the
recording pause status.
4
When recording is finished, turn the DVD
video camera/recorder off.
:
Note
•
See "Check 1" on page 161 when recording movie is not
possible.
•
See "Check 4" on page 161 if it takes some time before
recording is possible.
•
See "Check 5" on page 162 if the DVD video camera/
recorder does not operate.
•
See page 55 for on-screen information display.
•
It is recommended that you use DVD-RAM disc from
which recorded contents can be deleted.
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• Insert a recordable DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc into this DVD video camera/
recorder.
Power switch
•
Sound is recorded from the stereo microphone on the
front of DVD video camera/recorder: Take care that this
microphone is not blocked.
•
You can press the REC button immediately after the
DVD video camera/recorder enters the recording pause
status, but no further recording can be made while
"DISC ACCESS" is being displayed.
Recording will restart after the message disappears.
•
Do not turn power off while message "DISC ACCESS" is
being displayed.
•
Take care that power is not interrupted while the
ACCESS/PC indicator is blinking.
•
The minimum recordable time of movie is approximately
3 seconds.
•
See page 101 for setting of Record LED (recording
indicator) On/Off.
•
For various functions available during recording, see
"Setting Up Camera Functions" on page 90.
•
Hitachi cannot be responsible for video and audio that
cannot be recorded or edited because of any defect.
•
The power switch can be changed over even during
recording, but the operation will not be changed.
•
Each time the DVD video camera/recorder enters the
recording pause status, the counter display will be reset
to "0:00:00".
•
When using DVD-R disc, do not perform the following, or
data on the disc may not be read:
- Using another device, doing additional recording on
DVD-R disc recorded on this DVD video camera/
recorder
- Using this DVD video camera/recorder, doing
additional recording on DVD-R disc recorded on
another device
- It is recommended that you set the LOCK switch to
(to the left) to prevent the power switch in the "
VIDEO" position from accidentally moving to"
PHOTO".
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