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Recording Movie
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 163 when recording movie is not
possible.
•
See “Check 4” on page 163 if it takes some time before
recording is possible.
•
See “Check 5” on page 164 if the DVD video camera/
recorder does not operate.
•
See page 52 for on-screen information display.
•
It is recommended that you use DVD-RAM disc from
which recorded contents can be deleted.
•
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 103 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 “
O
VIDEO” position from accidentally moving to“
N
PHOTO”.
Before You Begin
• Insert a recordable DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc into this DVD video camera/
recorder.
Power switch
Pressing REC
once will start
recording;
pressing it
once again will
temporarily
stop recording.
ACCESS/PC
indicator
