User manual HITACHI DZ-MV200A

[. . . ] Instruction Manual DZ-MV230A DZ-MV200A HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. HOME ELECTRONICS DIVISION 1855 Dornoch Court San Diego, CA 92154-7225 Tel. 1-800-HITACHI (1-800-448-2244) HITACHI CANADA LTD. DIGITAL MEDIA DIVISION 6740 Campobello Road Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2L8 CANADA Tel. [. . . ] If you do not need operating sound, you can switch it off. 1 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will appear. to 2 Use the joystick the choose "Beep" on "Initial Setup" menu screen, and then press the button. 3 Use the joystick to choose "On" or "Off", and then press the button. 4 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will disappear. Note: The "Beep" setting will not change even if the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off. The options will appear on the right of "Beep": The mark will be attached to the currently selected option. Setting or Releasing Power Save This DVD video camera/recorder is equipped with power save function. Specify "Power Save: On": If the DVD video camera/recorder is left in the recording pause status without being operated for 5 minutes, it will automatically turn off to prevent the battery from discharging needlessly. 1 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will appear. 3 Use the joystick to choose "On" or "Off", and then press the button. 2 Use the joystick to choose "Power Save" on the "Initial Setup" menu screen, and then press the button. 4 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will disapear. Note: The power save setting information does not appear in the on-screen display, and this setting will not change when the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off. Note: If you want to use up the battery when you have no intention of using the DVD video camera/recorder for a long time, specify "Power Save: Off". Note: To turn the DVD video camera/recorder on English again from automatic off activated by the power save function, set the power switch to "POWER OFF", and then set it to " VIDEO" or " PHOTO". The options will appear on the right of "Power Save": The mark will be attached to the currently selected option. 63 Turning Record LED On or Off You can switch off the recording indicator on the front of DVD video camera/recorder even during recording. On Off The recording indicator will light red to show that the DVD video camera/recorder is recording. The recording indicator will not light even during recording. 3 Use the joystick to choose "On" or "Off", and then press the button: The selected option will be set. 4 Press the MENU button. Recording indicator The menu screen will disappear. The Record LED setting will not appear on the onscreen information display, and will not change even if the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off. Note: Specify "Record LED: Off" when recording subject behind a glass or water tank that will reflect the recording indicator light. Note: When using the self-timer function, the recording indicator will blink when the REC button is pressed regardless of whether Record LED is On or Off. 1 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will appear. 2 Use the joystick to choose "Record LED" on the "Initial Setup" menu screen, and then button. press the The options will appear on the right of "Record LED": The mark will be attached to the currently selected option. Changing Display Language You can change the language used to display the menu and information. The following shows that English is changed to French. 1 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will appear. English to 2 Use the joystick on choose "Language" the "Initial Setup" menu screen, and then press the button. to 3 Use the joystickand choose "Français", butthen press the ton: The display language will be changed to French. 4 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will disappear. The language setting will not change even if the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off. The options will appear on the right of "Language": The mark will be attached to "English". 64 Initializing All Settings to Defaults You can restore all camera menu settings to defaults (initial settings at the factory). (The date and time will not be reset. ) 1 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will appear. to 2 Use the joystick the choose "Reset" on "Initial Setup" menu screen, and then press button. the sure that you wish to reset, use 3 If you arechoose "YES", and then press the the joystick to button. All the setting items have now been reset to defaults. 4 Press the MENU button. The menu screen will disappear. Note: To cancel resetting midway, choose "NO" on the screen for verification in step 2 or press the button. The "Reset" verification screen will appear. English 65 Disc Navigation This section explains about how to edit recorded images using the Disc Navigation function. Before Using Disc Navigation Disc Navigation is a tool for editing scenes recorded on this DVD video camera/recorder. Here is an explanation on "scene" and "program", so that you will be able to make most use of Disc Navigation function. Structure of Data Recorded On This DVD Video Camera/Recorder Video recorded using this DVD video camera/recorder will be stored on disc in units of scene, in the order of recording. ·Movie: ·Still: One scene refers to images recorded between each press of the REC button until recording is temporarily stopped by pressing REC again. One scene refers to a still recorded by pressing REC button. The recorded scenes are collected as "programs" on each recording date. All programs Program No. 1 Recorded on May 3, 2002 9:00AM 11:30AM 2:00PM 4:00PM Program No. 10 Recorded on May 27, 2002 10:30AM 2:45PM 4:30PM 6:00PM Scene 4:30PM ··· 9:30PM Thumbnails * Times on each scene show when recordings were started. [. . . ] Video light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LPCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]