40
Basic Techniques
This section explains about recording of movies and still images, and also basic settings on
DVD video camera/recorder.
Recording Movie
1
R
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m
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v
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th
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l
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ns c
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p,
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n
d
th
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int th
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DVD
vi
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c
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r
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/r
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c
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r
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t subj
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ct.
2
Turn th
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DVD c
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m
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r
a
/r
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c
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de
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o
n.
S
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t th
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p
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r switch t
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” t
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turn th
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DVD
vi
deo
c
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m
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r
a
/r
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c
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r
de
r
o
n.
Aft
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r th
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ACCESS in
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r g
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p
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rm th
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subs
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p
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r
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ti
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n:
3
Ch
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ck th
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subj
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ct
o
n th
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scr
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n (vi
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wfin
de
r
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r LCD).
Wh
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n using th
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vi
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wfin
de
r, cl
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s
e
th
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LCD
m
o
nit
o
r b
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f
o
r
e
pulling
o
ut th
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vi
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wfin
de
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4
Pr
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ss th
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REC butt
o
n.
Th
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“
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” m
a
rk in th
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vi
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wfin
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r
o
r
o
n th
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LCD scr
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ng
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t
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th
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“
:
” m
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rk,
a
n
d
r
e
c
o
r
d
ing will st
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rt.
During r
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c
o
r
d
ing, th
e
r
e
c
o
r
d
ing in
d
ic
a
t
o
r
o
n
th
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fr
o
nt
o
f DVD vi
deo
c
a
m
e
r
a
/r
e
c
o
r
de
r will
light.
Pr
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ssing REC
a
g
a
in
d
uring r
e
c
o
r
d
ing will s
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t
th
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DVD vi
deo
c
a
m
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r
a
/r
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c
o
r
de
r t
o
th
e
r
e
c
o
r
d
ing p
a
us
e
st
a
tus.
5
Wh
e
n r
e
c
o
r
d
ing is finish
ed
, turn th
e
DVD
vi
deo
c
a
m
e
r
a
/r
e
c
o
r
de
r
o
ff.
Note
:
•
See “Troubleshooting” on page 114 when recording
movie is not possible.
•
See “Troubleshooting” on page 114 if it takes some
time before recording is possible.
•
See “Troubleshooting” on page 114 if the DVD video
camera/recorder does not operate.
•
See page 43 for on-screen information display.
•
While the ACCESS indicator is lit or blinking, do not
turn the DVD video camera/recorder off, and take
care not to subject it to any vibration: Doing so could
cause an error in the recorded data, which could
make it unplayable (see page 8).
•
The minimum recordable time of movie is
approximately 3 seconds.
•
See page 34 for setting of Record LED (recording
indicator) On/Off.
•
For various functions available during recording, see
“Setting Up Camera Functions” on page 55.
•
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.
•
It is recommended that you set the LOCK switch to
(the upper position) to prevent the power switch in the
“
!
” position from accidentally moving to “
” position.
•
Each time the DVD video camera/recorder enters the
recording pause status, the counter display will be
reset to “0:00:00”.
•
If, when using a +RW, one-time recording duration is
short or you frequently switch the video quality,
recording may not be possible even when the disc
has remaining space.
Before You Begin
•
Insert a recordable DVD-RAM/DVD-RW/DVD-R/+RW disc into this DVD
video camera/recorder.
OFF
ACCESS
indicator
Pressing REC
once will start
recording;
pressing it once
again will
temporarily stop
recording.
