User manual HITACHI DZ-MV550A

[. . . ] Instruction Manual DZ-MV550A DZ-MV580A DZ-MV550A HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. HOME ELECTRONICS DIVISION 900 Hitachi Way Chula Vista, CA 91914-3556 Service Hotline: 1-800-HITACHI (1-800-448-2244) DZ-MV580A HITACHI CANADA LTD. DIGITAL MEDIA DIVISION 2495 Meadowpine Blvd. Mississauga, Ontario L5N 6C3 CANADA Service Direct: 1-800-HITACHI (1-800-448-2244) Thank you for buying a Hitachi product. [. . . ] then press the A button. C ame r a F u n c t i o ns S e t u p P r o g r am AE Wh i t e B a l . F i l t e r On 16 : 9 Of f ENT ER RE TURN 0:00:00 REM 3 0 MIN FINE 8 : 0 0 AM 9 / 3 0 / 2 00 4 RAM 16:9 mode icon When viewing playback on an ordinary TV screen later, specify "16:9 Off": Recording with "16:9 On" specified will be played back on an ordinary TV with longer vertical direction of image. An image recorded with "16:9 On" specified will appear as follows: Display on LCD monitor screen Display in viewfinder English 94 Note: The 16:9 setting will be kept even after the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off. The DZ-MV550A does not have the 16:9 setting. The 16:9 setting can be used when recording movies on DVD-RAM disc: It is not compatible with still recording, recording of external input or recording on DVD-R disc. Images recorded with "16:9 On" (aspect ratio 16:9) specified will be played back with the setting used during recording regardless of the 16:9 setting then being used. The characters of dates and titles will be longer in the vertical direction on a wide-screen TV and on the LCD monitor of this DVD video camera/recorder. When "16:9 On" is specified, black bands will appear across the top and bottom of LCD monitor screen (except on menu screen, Navigation screen, or playback image recorded with "16:9 Off" specified). The 16:9 setting is not compatible with ID-1/ID-2*. To view images recorded at 16:9 setting, switch the aspect ratio of your TV: See TV instruction manual for this switching. When using a video selector (see "Terminology", P. 160), the TV may not automatically be switched to 16:9 mode. * This system records the aspect ratio (16:9, 4:3) information in void space between video signals. 95 English Setting Up Record Functions 12 SWITCHING MOVIE QUALITY (VIDEO MODE) Choose the movie quality from "XTRA" (only with DVD-RAM disc), "FINE", "STD" and "LPCM" (only with DVD-R disc). It is recommended that you record critical subjects in the "XTRA" or "FINE" when you are using a DVDRAM disc, or in the "FINE" with a DVD-R disc. (P. 29) 1 Press the MENU button, choose "VIDEO Mode" on the "Record Functions Setup" menu screen, and then press the A button. Re c o r d F u nc t i on s S e t u p V I DEO Mode I n p u t Sou r ce OSD Ou t p u t XTRA F I NE STD ENTER RETURN RAM 2 Choose the desired quality mode, and then press the A button. 3 Press the MENU button to end the setting. 0:00:00 REM 3 0 MIN Movie quality FINE 8 : 0 0 AM 9 / 3 0 / 2 00 4 Note: The movie quality setting will be stored in memory even when the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off. The "VIDEO Mode" setting will not change even if the DVD-RAM disc is replaced with a DVD-R disc, or vice versa. However, the setting will switch to "FINE" in the following cases: - When the mode is set to "XTRA" with a DVD-RAM disc inserted and then the disc is replaced with a DVD-R disc - When the mode is set to "LPCM" with a DVD-R disc inserted and the disc is replaced with a DVD-RAM disc When using DVD-R disc, you cannot switch the movie quality while recording on the disc: The DVD video camera/recorder will be automatically set to the movie quality first used with the disc for recording. The movie quality setting is effective only during movie recording: The setting will not be displayed during recording of stills. English 96 Block-like noise may appear in recorded image, or the outline of subject image is distored under the recording conditions listed below: Pan the DVD video camera/recorder as slowly as possible. (Block noise is likely to appear in the "STD"): If there is a complicated pattern in background (as in following figure on left) If the DVD video camera/recorder is moved excessively or quickly If subject is moving rapidly even when the DVD video camera/recorder is not moving (Image when block-like noise occurs) (Image without block-like noise) 3 SWITCHING QUALITY OF STILL IMAGE (QUALITY) You can switch the still recording quality only when using card. It is recommended that you use "FINE" when recording vital images. 30 "SIZE AND QUALITY OF PHOTOS") 1 Press the MENU button, choose "Quality" on the "Record Functions Setup" menu screen, and then press the A button. Re c o r d F u nc t i on s S e t u p Quality I n p u t Sou r ce Se l f T i mer OSD Ou t p u t ENTER RETURN FINE NORM ECO 3 Press the MENU button to end the setting. REM 9 9 9 NORM 8 : 0 0 AM 9 / 3 0 / 2 00 4 2 Choose the option you want, and then press the A button. Still recording quality Note: The still quality setting will be stored in memory even when the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off. 97 English 123 RECEIVING IMAGE FROM ANOTHER DEVICE (INPUT SOURCE) If you wish to input an image from another device to this DVD video camera/recorder, you must first switch the setting on the DVD video camera/recorder. Refer to the explanation starting from page 83 on how to connect the DVD video camera/recorder to other devices or record images input from them. Setting CAMERA LINE S LINE* Usually select this option. [. . . ] 34 Infrared sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Input Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 185 English L Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Laser pickup block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 161 Lens cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Lens cap string attachment hole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Linear PCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 80, 161 Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Lock switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Low Light (Program AE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 LPCM (VIDEO Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 S Sand & Snow (Program AE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Scene Combine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Searching for image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Select (Scene) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 SELECT button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Self Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Shoulder Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Skip (Scene) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Skip playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Sports (Program AE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Spotlight (Program AE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 STD (VIDEO Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Stereo microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Switch (play list) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Switch (program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 M MENU button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 MF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 MIC. Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 O Optical 10 zoom lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Optical 18x zoom lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 OSD Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 P PHOTO Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Play (play list) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Play (program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Add scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Add scenes (submenu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Delete scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Delete scenes (submenu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Select scenes (submenu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Portrait (Program AE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Power Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Power switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Program AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Protect Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 T Tele-conversion lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Thumbnail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Title (play list) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Title (program) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 U UDF2. 01 format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 162 Update Control Info. 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