Handling Discs; Disc Cleaning - Hitachi DZ-MV780A Instruction Manual

HANDLING DISCS
OUsing discs
DVD RAM and DVD R discs are very delicate
recording media. Carefully read the fbllowing
cautions and observe them:
• Ahvays use a brand new disc when recording
important materiah
• Be sure not to touch tile recording surR_ce of
disc, or dirty or scratch it.
• If there is dust, scratch, dirt on disc or if it is
warped, the %llowing phenomena may occur:
Block noise in playback
image
Momentary stop of
playback image
Sound interrupted during
playback, or abnormal Block noise
sot/nd
Blue thumbnail
display* (Fig. 1)
Disc cannot con'ectly
be recognized
Disc cannot be
initialized
Delay between video
and audio
Even if disc is normal, the above phenomena
may occasionally occtm While the ACCESS/
PC indicator is lit, do not subject disc to
vibrations or impact, and avoid using DVD
video camera/recorder at extremely high or
low temperatures, o1"in environment where
condensation is likely to occtm
When recording images,
tile DVD video camera/ 01,,002 J
recorder may avoid tile
portions of disc where
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recording is not possible, I"_L_Y ®_A_!I
due to dust, scratches,
etc. lit will pause QII at (Recording one scene
such a portion and may produce multiple
automatically restart thumbnails)
recording (0 REC).[
This will cause recording to be interrupted fbr
several seconds to several minutes, and
multiple thumbnails will be created by one
recording session as shown above. In this case,
the recordable time on disc will decrease.
Be careflll when removing the disc since the
metal of removal slot of DVD video camera/
recordei; and disc itself, may be hot.
OStoring discs
• _Vben storing disc, replace it ill tile plastic case
in which it was purchased.
• Be careflll that no condensation occurs on disc.
• Do not place disc in fbllowing places:
Direct sunlight for a long time
Where humidity is high or in dusty place
While there is heat from a heater, etc.
DISC CLEANING
Use tile disc cleaning cloth provided to lightly
wipe off any dirt adhering to tile disc as shown
in the figure. Do not wipe tile disc with fbrce:
Doing so could cause scratches.
Never use solvent (thinner, water, antistat or
detergenO for cleaning.
Ligbtly wash tile dirty cleaning cloth with
detergent: Tile dirt removal capacity of the cloth
will improve (rinse tile cloth well with water so
tbat no detergent remains).
Use the disc cleaning
cloth to clean from inner
to outer edges in axial
direction.
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