Hitachi DZMV380E manual

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    English Fra nçai s D Z M V 38 0 E D Z M V 35 0 E Instruction m anual T o obtain the best performance and ensure years of trouble-free use, please r ead this instruction manual completely . D Z MV 3 50E DZM V 3 8 0 E[...]

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    English 2 Import ant Information For Y our Safety The powe r switch turns th e DVD video ca mera/rec order on and off, le aving the da te/time f eature un affected . If the came ra/ recorder is to be left unatte nded for a long p eriod of tim e, tur n it off . The DVD video c amera/recorder and AC adapter/ charger have the following caution marks. [...]

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    3 English         <<MEHTECT>> ( – POCC RU. 0001.1 1M E28) INFORMA TION ON P RO DUCT CERTIFICA TION AC ADAPTER / BA TTERY CHARGER MODEL DZ-ACS1 certified by “MENTEST ” of Mendelee vsky CSMS (Registration number in State Register - POCC RU.0001.1 1ME28) Certi ficat e of conformit y No.: P[...]

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    4 English IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARDS In addit ion to the care ful attent ion devote d to qualit y standards i n the manu facture of you r video pr oduct, safety i s a major factor in the d esign of every instr ument. But, safe ty is your responsibility too. This page lis ts important inform ation that will help to assure your enjoyment and p roper use o[...]

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    5 English 12 Power Lin es — An outside a ntenna syste m shou ld not be lo cated in the vicini ty of ove rhead power l ines or other e lectric light or powe r circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside an tenna syste m, extrem e care should be taken to keep fr om touchi ng or ap proachi ng such pow[...]

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    6 English Cautions When Usi ng Handle t he liquid cr ystal displ ay (LCD) w ith care: • The LC D is a very de licate dis play device: Do not press its surfa ce wi th force, hit it or pric k it wit h a sharp object . • If you push the LC D surface, uneven ness in displ ay may occur . If unev enness does not di sappear soon, turn the DVD video ca[...]

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    7 English Heat on surfac e of produ ct: • The surfac e of the DVD video ca m era/r ecorder will be sligh tly warm, but this do es not indicate a faul t. Screen o n connected TV : • Never leave t he disc navigat ion screen, still image or camera image di splayed on your TV to which the DVD v id eo ca me r a/recorder is conn e ct ed: D oing so co[...]

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    8 English Be careful of moisture conde nsation: • When you move the DVD video camera/r ecord er between places whe re the differ ence in temper atures is great - such as ente ring a lod ge from a ski slo pe or goi ng out of a cooled room or vehic le - conde nsation (vapo r in ai r warme d or cooled to wa ter d roplets) c ould oc cur on the le ns [...]

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    9 English Cautions When Storing Do not leave the DVD vide o camera/r ecorde r in a plac e where the temper ature is ver y high for a lon g period of time. • The temperatur e inside a clo sed vehicle or t runk can become very h igh in a hot seaso n. If you leave the DVD video camera/r ecor der in such a pla ce, it co uld malfuncti on or the cas e [...]

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    10 English Suggest ions and Rest rictions Make a tri al recordin g: • Al w ay s m a ke a t ri a l re co rdi n g be fo re d oi n g a c tua l rec ord i ng to m a ke su re th at rec o rdi ng i s n or m al . T h e data that have not been stor ed normally b ecause of a defec t in the DVD video camera /recor der cannot be rest or ed. I t i s r e c o m [...]

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    11 English Read This First T o guide you, we’ve included following six chapters. • The secti on on “Setups” ex plains how to set up the DVD video ca mera/r ecord er , battery , a nd set the date/ time. • The sect ion on “B asic T ech n iqu es” expl ain s the basic op eratio n of this D VD vid e o ca mer a/ rec ord e r - re co rd i n g[...]

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    12 English Intr oduction ● Y ou can record even during playback Unlike tape devi ces, you do not need to search f or the rec ording s tart position o r locate the beginni ng of blank port ion. Y o u c an st ar t re c ord in g d u ri ng pl a yba c k: Ne w rec ord i ng wi ll no t o ve rw r it e a ny p rev io us l y re co rd ed da ta . ● Y ou can [...]

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    13 English ● Y o u can e asily edit scen es, which is quite diffic ult with tape Using this DVD video camera/r ecorder , you can collect scen es of your child, for example, on play list of Disc Nav igation function and creat e an origina l movie: Then simply pl ay back th e play li st and d ub it on VCR. I t is also eas y to make any number of id[...]

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    English 14 T able of Con tents Importa nt Inf ormation ... ..... ...... ...... ....... ...... .... .... 2 For Yo ur Safet y ...... .... ....... ...... ...... .... ....... ...... .... 2 Precauti ons .... .... ...... ....... ...... ...... .... ....... ...... ...... 2 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS ....... ....... ...... ...... .. 4 Cautions When Using ........[...]

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    English 15 WHEN THE HINGE OF ROUND DVD HO LDER COMES OF F ............... ................ .......... ........... ..75 DISC CLEA NING ............ ........... ............... ........... ..75 Advanced Techniques Understanding Flow of Menu ... ....................... .. 76 Setti ng Up Camera Functions.. ...... ....... ...... ...... 78 SELECTING SHOO[...]

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    English 16 Instal ling Soft ware Contents on Prov ided CD-ROM ...... ....... .. .... .. 131 INSTALLI NG USB DRIVER . ........... ................ ..... 133 INSTALLING UDF DRIVER (DVD-RA M DRIVER ) .............. ..... .......... ...... ..... 1 35 INSTALLI NG DVD-MovieA lbumSE ..................... 1 37 INSTALLI NG MyDVD ................ ...........[...]

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    17 English Checking Pr ovided Accessories Make sure that you have all t he following accessories in package: Battery ( model DZ-BP 14S): Portable p ower supply for thi s DVD video camera/reco rder . Charge it before use. AC adapt er/charg er (model D Z-ACS1): Used to po wer the DVD vide o camera/ recorder fr om AC outlet, or charge battery . DC pow[...]

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    18 English Names of P art s 1 Recording indicator ( P . 9 1) Th e re d i n d ic at o r w i l l l i g ht du r i ng re c o rd in g . 2 Optical 10× zoom lens (P . 56) 3 Lens hood (P . 57) Alwa ys remove t his len s h ood whe n using gene rall y ava ilabl e tele -conv ersion or wide - conversio n lens. 4 Infrared receiver (P . 36) When the remote cont[...]

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    19 English 12 Viewfinder (P . 47) 13 Diopter control (P . 47) T o adjust t he fo cus of im ag e ap p e a ring in the viewfinder . (Pull out the v iewfinder .) 14 ACCESS/PC indicator (P . 8, 51, 54) W ill bl ink or li ght w hile the D VD v ideo ca mera/ recorder i s ope rating. 15 DISC EJE CT button ( P . 42) Press down and r eleas e this button to [...]

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    20 English 23 FULL AUTO butt on (P . 62) T o switch the DVD vi deo camer a/r ecor der to full au toma t i c 24 FOCUS b utton (P . 58) T o sw itch b etween ma nual fo cus a nd aut o- focus . 25 EXPOS URE but ton ( P . 60) Press this butto n to ad just the exposure. 26 BLC (backlight compensation ) button (P . 61) Press this button when subj ect is b[...]

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    21 English 36 REC button (P . 51) 37 DIGI T AL ZOOM button (P . 82) 38 Reverse skip b utton (P . 68) 39 Reverse search button (P . 67) 40 DISC NA VIGA TION button (P . 93) 41 MENU butto n (P . 49, 78, 100) 42 ZOOM T button (P . 56) 43 ZOOM W butt on ( P . 56) 44 Forward search butto n (P . 67) 45 Play/pause butto n (P . 66) 46 Forward skip button ([...]

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    22 English About Thi s Manual ● Displays in t his manual Understand t hat the displays ar e dif ferent from those you wil l actually see in th e viewfinder or on the LCD screen. ● Notation of cancel button Press the stop/canc el button to stop your operation midway , or return the menu screen to the prec eding one. The e xpression “pr ess the[...]

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    23 English Discs and Cards The following table lists the storage media (discs and cards) that can be used on this DVD video cam era/ recorder and t he functions which ar e available with them: ∴ : Functi ons avail able; ×: Not ava ilable *1: Can be pla y ed bac k on s ome DVD playe rs. *2: Must be fina lized on this D VD video camer a/recorde r [...]

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    24 English INFORMATION ON DV D-R DISC Y ou cannot r eco r d a sti ll on DVD- R dis c, or delet e any recorded image s or data . For o pti mum r ecordi ng on DVD- R di sc , t his DV D video c amera/r ecor der wri tes contr ol data to the disc in orde r to a u to m at ica ll y ma k e adj u s t me n ts when it is inserted and ej ected accompanyi ng re[...]

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    25 English HANDLING DISCS ● Using discs DVD- RAM and DVD-R dis cs ar e ver y del i cate rec ord i ng m ed i a. Ca re fu l ly re ad th e f oll o wi ng cautions and observe t hem: • When u sing di sc on this DVD vi deo camer a/ recor d er , be sure to keep it in Round D VD Holder . • Alway s use a bran d new d isc when r ecordi ng impo rtant m [...]

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    26 English A VAILABLE CARDS ● Handling card • Do not use cards othe r than the desi gnated ones. • Be sur e to use a br and new ca rd w he n re c o rd i ng vi t al ima ges. • Do not touch the card terminal or allo w it to touch metal. • Do not paste anything o ther than ex cl usive lab e l o n lab el p ast ing port ion . • Do not s ubje[...]

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    27 English Storage Capac ity on Disc or Car d RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDE O) Th e re c o rd a b l e t i me w i ll v a ry d e p e nd i ng o n t he recording qua lity: See page 85 for the setting of recording qua lity . Movie recordable t ime on one d isc (on sin gle si de) (when r ecor ding only mo vies) *1: V ariable bit reco rding ( recordi ng [...]

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    28 English RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON DISC ● Number of recorda ble stills on one side of disc: Up to 999 If the disc still has fr ee space after reco r d ing 999 stills on it, movies ca n also be recor d ed on it. RECORDABLE STILL (PHOTOS) ON CARD The num ber of reco rdab le st il ls will var y depending on the rec ording quality: See page 86 [...]

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    29 English Featur es of DVD V ideo Camera/Recor der V ERSATILE FUNCTIONS A VAILABLE This DVD video ca mera/rec order ha s numerous useful f unctions. H owever , the functi ons that can be used will va ry depending on whether DVD- RAM disc, DVD-R disc or card is used. Use the func tions, followi ng the table below: Camera Func tions: ∴ : Available[...]

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    30 English Disc Navigati on Functions: ∴ : Available; ×: Unavailable Function Disc u sed Re fer en ce page DVD-RAM DVD-R Scene Delete ∴ × 99 Edit Thumbnail ∴ × 101 Skip ∴ × 102 Fade ∴ × 103 Combine ∴ × 105 Divide ∴ × 106 Move ∴ × 104, 121 Copy ∴ × 107 Select Start → Current ∴∴ 11 0 Current → End ∴∴ 11 0 All ?[...]

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    31 English Card Navigation Function s: RECORDING ON DISC Y o u can use both 8 c m DV D-RAM an d DVD-R discs on thi s DVD v ideo ca mera/r ecord er fo r re cor ding. The re corded v ideo and audio will be stor ed on an 8 cm DV D-RAM d isc or 8 cm DVD-R disc . Using disc allows you to rec ord without over writing pr evious r ecord ings, and als o to [...]

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    32 English IMMEDIATE REVIEWING OF RE CORDED IMAGE Y ou can check the r ecord ed movie or sti ll in the viewfinde r or on the L CD screen . EDITING IN V A RIOUS W AYS ON DVD VIDEO CAMERA/R ECORDER ALONE This D VD v ideo cam era/reco rder is provid ed w ith a useful edit ing/playback tool. Disc Nav igation allows you to easily atta ch a titl e or spe[...]

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    33 English Setups This section explains preparations for record ing - setting up the DVD video camera/recorder and battery. Setting Up the DVD V ideo Camera/ Recor der HOLDING DVD VIDEO CAME RA/RECORDER Insert your r ight hand fr om the bo ttom of DVD video ca mera/rec order up t o the b ase of y ou r thumb. Put your ha nd in a position wher e you [...]

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    34 English ATTACHING SHOULDER STRAP Pas s the s h ould e r st rap t hro ug h the shou lder str ap attachm ents. Be sure to pass t hrough th e 2 slots.[...]

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    35 English INSERTING BATTERY INTO REMOTE CONTROL Insert the provid ed lithi um battery into remote contro l. 1 Slide th e co ve r to remov e it . 2 Insert t he lithium battery with th e positive terminal fac in g up . 3 Slide the cover to close it. Note : The life of lithi um batter y is appro ximatel y one year. If the battery i s discharged, no o[...]

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    36 English ● Using Remote Control Poin t the remo te co ntrol to th e infra red receiv er on the DVD video camera/r ecor der . The r emote controllab le d istance is up to 5 m. Note : • When using the r emote con trol, ma ke sure tha t the infr ared r ecei ver on DVD vi deo ca mera/ reco rder i s not exposed to dire ct sunlight or any intense l[...]

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    37 English Setting Up the B attery The DZ-BP14S battery provided with this DV D video camera/recor der has not been charged at purchase time: Charge it before usi ng the DVD video camera/recorder . Note : • Be sure to use the DZ-BP1 4S/DZ-B P14SW ba tteries fo r the DVD video cam era/r ecorder: Us ing other ba tteries cou ld cause the DVD vid eo [...]

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    38 English ATTACHING BATTERY TO DVD VI DEO CAMERA/RECORDER 1 Fit the b attery to the ba ttery attachmen t platform on this D V D v id eo cam era/recorder and slid e it upw ard unt il a c lick is h e ard. Note : • Make sur e that the battery is in the cor rect orientatio n. • Make sur e that the battery is securely a ttached: Incomple te attachm[...]

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    39 English ● Recordable time with fully charged battery (with no zoom oper ation, etc.) The ref er ence for DV D video camer a/r ecorder recor dable time with fully char ged battery is betwe e n 40 an d 60 minu tes: For DZ-MV350E For DZ-MV380E * The XT RA mode can be set only when a DVD-RAM disc is used. The tim e is only for ref erence: It will [...]

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    40 English BATTERY REMAINING LEVEL INDICA TOR When the battery is used to power the DVD video camera/r ecorder , the battery r emaining level appears in the vi ewfinder or on t he LCD scr een as follows: Note : The remaining level indicator “ ” may be disp layed for an extend ed peri od, and “ ” o r “ ” may be d isplayed for a shorter p[...]

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    41 English USING DVD VIDEO CAMER A/RECORDER WITH AC ADAPTER /CHARGER It is r ecommended that you use the AC adapter /charger to power t he DVD video camera/rec order fr om household AC outlet when you per form settings o n it, pl ay back or edi t images, o r use it indo ors. Note : Be sure to use th e specifie d AC adap ter/cha rger (DZ- ACS1) to p[...]

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    42 English Inserting and Removing Disc INSERTI NG DISC 1 Pr es s down the DI SC EJEC T but to n once a nd release it. A few moments after th e ACCESS/PC indic ator blinks, the cover of di sc insert ion b lock w ill o pen slight ly . 2 Gently open the cov er by hand until it stops. 3 Insert the d is c, in R ound DVD Holder , into the disc g u ide u [...]

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    43 English Note : • Disc cann ot be inse rted or re moved unl ess the ba ttery or AC ada pter/charg er is co nnected t o DVD video ca mera/ recorder. • See page 75 for ho w to set disc in Rou nd DVD Holder . • If there is some dela y befor e recordin g starts, re fer to page 14 5. • The di sc inse rtion or ienta tion is predeter mined: Forc[...]

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    44 English REMOVING DISC 1 Set the po wer switch to “POWER OFF” to turn the DVD vi deo cam era / rec ord er o ff . 2 Press down th e DISC EJEC T but to n onc e and rel e as e i t. In a momen t, the co ver of disc ins e rtion b loc k wi ll open s lig htly . 3 Gently o pen the cover until it sto ps. When th e cov e r is fully open, t h e dis c wi[...]

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    45 English Inserting and Removing Car d Before inse rting or removi ng card , set th e pow er swi tch to “P OWER OFF” to turn the D VD vide o camer a/reco rder off. 1 Open the co ver of car d insertio n bl ock wit h power tur n ed off . 2 Insert ca rd with its termi nal in w ard un ti l it locks. Removing Ca rd Push the ce nter of car d edge: T[...]

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    46 English Basic T echniques This section explains about recording of movie s and still images, and also basic settings on DVD vide o camera/r ecorder . Basic Handl ing of D VD V ideo Camera/ Recor der T URNING DV D VIDEO CAMERA/RECORDER ON AND OFF While holding down the r ed button at the center of powe r sw itch , set th e switc h acco rdin g to [...]

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    47 English VIEWING SUBJECT THROUGH VIEWFINDER 1 Pull out the viewfinder . 2 T ur n the dio pte r co ntrol k nob to ad just the focu s to suit your eyesight. Note : • If the LC D mo nitor is o pen appro ximatel y 90°, th e viewfind er w ill be off. • Focusing will not be correct unless the viewfinder is pull ed out . VIEWING IMAGE ON LCD MONITO[...]

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    48 English CLOSING LCD MONITOR Be fo re c l os in g the L CD m on it or, be su re to res e t i t a t right angles to the DVD video camera/re corder . Replace the LCD monitor o n the DVD video camera/r ecord er with the LCD s creen f acing inwa rd u nt i l a clic k is he a rd. Note : • Be sure to return the LCD monitor at r ight angle s to the DVD[...]

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    49 English Setting Date a nd Time Set the current date and time so that the date and time you make a recording can be recorded c orrectly . The following proc edure can also be used to co rr ect the date and time you have alread y set. 1 T urn the DVD video c am e ra/ recorder on. 2 Pres s the MENU button . The menu screen will appear . 3 Use the j[...]

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    50 English CHANGING DISPLAY FOR MAT OF DATE AND TIME Y ou can select one of t hr ee date displ ay formats : day/month /year , month/day/ye ar or y ear/mo nth/ day . Associated w ith th e selected date display , the time display format wil l also change as follows: 1 Pres s the MENU button . The menu screen will appear . 2 Use the joys tick to choos[...]

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    51 English  Recor ding Movie Insert a recor dable DVD-RAM o r DVD-R di sc into this DVD video camera/recorder. 1 T urn the DVD video c am e ra/ recorder on. Set th e p owe r swi tch to “ VIDE O” to turn the DVD vi de o camera /recorder on. After the ACCESS/PC indica to r goes out, perform the subsequent operation: 2 Check the su bject on [...]

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    52 English ● Power sa ve an d dischar ge of b attery If, when “P ower Save: On” is specified, the DVD video ca mer a/rec orde r is left in th e recording pause status for approximately 5 m inutes, it will automatically turn off . T o re st ar t re co rd in g, se t t h e po w e r s wi t ch to “POWER OFF”, and the n set it to “ VIDEO” .[...]

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    53 English USING EXTERNAL MICROPHONE Connect exter nal micr ophone (gener ally available) to the e xternal micr ophone j ack of this DVD video ca m er a/ re co rde r . C le are r s ou n d c an be rec ord ed . T urn on th e s wi tc h on m ic ro ph on e an d st a rt rec ord i ng . For d etail s on microp hone, see “Ma jor Spe cific ations” on pag[...]

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    54 English  Recor ding Sti lls Note : Recording of still images is possible on DVD-RAM disc and card. 1 T urn the DVD video c am e ra/ recorder on. When us i ng DVD- RAM disc : Set the po wer switch to “ PH OTO”. When u sing card: Set the po wer switch to “ PHOTO”. After the ACCESS indicato r goes out, perform the subsequent o peratio[...]

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    55 English ● Setting V ideo Flash* (see “Introduction to Optional Accessor ies” on pa ge 164) When reco rding sti lls in a dark pl ace, or the subj ect is lit from r ear , it is r ecommended tha t you use the option al D Z-FLH3 V ideo Flash : R ef e r to the instru ction manua l of V ideo Flash for use. * Unusable on DZ-MV350E. Note : • The[...]

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    56 English  Zooming This DVD video camera/recorder allows you to re co rd using optical 10-power zoom and digital zoom. Move the zoo m leve r t o “T ” control si de , an d the subject i mage will graduall y become te lescopic: Move the zoo m leve r to “W ” control s ide, and the ima g e w ill widen . If Di g. Z oom 40× or 24 0× i[...]

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    57 English MA CRO R E CORDIN G Use the macr o function when r ecor di ng a small object fro m close-up pos ition: Y ou can sho ot the su bject as close as approxi mately 2 cm f rom the lens surface, m agnifying the im age to fill the scr een. 1 Aim the DVD video camera/r ecor der at the subject, and p ress the zoom lever t o “W ” control side. [...]

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    58 English  Manually Focusing Subject The DVD video camera /recorder measur es the distance to a subject viewed at the center of screen and automatically focuses on it. If it is d ifficult to au tomatically focus the subject, adjust the focus manually . FOCUSING DURING RECORDING This DV D video cam era/recorde r aut o matica lly focu ses a[...]

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    59 English Manu a lly fo cu s the foll owin g ob ject s, whic h may n ot be au t om ati cally fo cus e d: Objects no t in the cente r of screen Objects moving rapidly Object beh ind glas s wit h water droplets, dirt on it Objects that are far a nd near at th e same time Objects with little va riati on in br ightnes s, such as white wal l Dark objec[...]

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    60 English  Adjusting Exposur e Manually This DVD video camera/recorder measures the s ubject brightness and automatically adjusts the exposure. Y ou can also adj ust the exposur e manually . 1 Pres s the EXPOSURE but ton during r ecor ding. The exposur e indica tor will appear on the screen. 2 Use the buttons to adjust the exposure, while[...]

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    61 English  Compen sa ting for Backlight When subject is lighted from rear , this function will com pensat e for lighting so that the s ubject is not too dark. 1 Pres s the BLC b utton dur ing r ecordi ng. The backli ght corr ection ic on will appear . Note : • Pressing the BLC button will a lternate between b acklight setting be tween o[...]

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    62 English  Using Full Auto Function Pressing the FULL AUTO button will fully automate the camera functions. 1 Press the FULL AUTO button. The foll owing settings will r eset to d efaults: Function When setting full auto Program AE Aut o White balance Auto Exposu re Auto Backlight co mpensation Off Focus Auto EIS On MIC.Filter Off[...]

  • Page 63

    63 English  On-Scr een Information V arious types of information will appear in the viewfinder or on the LCD sc reen during recording. INFORMATION DIS PLAY DURING RECORDING 1. Rec or din g mo de :M o v i e :S t i l l 2. Program AE (on ly i n mo vie rec o rdin g mo de) No disp lay: A uto :S p o r t s :P o r t r a i t : Spotlight :S a n d &a[...]

  • Page 64

    64 English 10. Disc/Card typ e :D V D - R A M :D V D - R : DVD- RAM (writ e-pr ot ected) : DVD-R disc a lready finaliz ed on th is DVD video camera/recorder : DVD-R disc finalized on a device other tha n this DVD vid eo camer a/ rec o rd e r : SD memory car d or multimedia card : Lock ed SD memory card No disp lay *3 11 . M o vie recording quality [...]

  • Page 65

    65 English ● Switching the information display mode Y o u can sw itch t he d isplay m ode of on -screen info rmatio n: Press the DISPLA Y button. The full and min imum displ ay modes wil l alterna te. • Full displa y mo de : All t y p e s of in fo rmatio n will ap pe ar. • Minimum display mode: Th e rec o rd in g m o d e ( s ee 1 on page 63) [...]

  • Page 66

    66 English Playing Back  IMMEDIATELY CHE CKING RECORDED SCENE Y ou can check your recor ding immediately on the spot. 1 Press button in the r ecord ing pause status. The DVD v ideo camera/ recor der wil l enter t he playback mode, and the sc ene you have rec orded l ast will be pl ayed back. When playba ck is finished , the DVD vid eo came[...]

  • Page 67

    67 English  PLAYBACK FROM START OF DIS C OR CARD Use the Go T o function (P . 69) or Di sc Navigatio n function (P . 93) to play back from the start of disc or car d.  SEARCH PLAYBACK OF MOVIE During playbac k, tilt t he joystick to right or lef t and hold i t: Searc h playback wil l start. T il t and ho ld: Scen es will be visu ally[...]

  • Page 68

    68 English  SKIP PLAYBACK OF M OVIE During playbac k, tilt the j oystick up or d own to loca te t he st ar t of desi red scene . T ilt once : T o ski p to the firs t image of the scene following the one being played bac k, and start playback. T ilt once : T o return to the fir st image of the scene bei ng played back, and sta rt playbac k. T [...]

  • Page 69

    69 English  JUMP ING TO SPE CIFIED POI NT (GO T O) 1 Pres s the MENU button durin g p lay ba ck. 2 Choose t he opti on (poin t you want to go to ), and then pr ess the button. T op : T o go to the star t, and enter p layba ck pause. End : T o go to the end of last scene, and enter playback pause. Specify : T o go to a s pecified point a nd[...]

  • Page 70

    70 English  On-Scr een Information Display INFORMATION DIS PLAY DURING PLAYBACK V ariou s type s of inform a tion on recording w ill be super im posed on p lay b a ck image y ou are viewing . ● Switching the information display mode Press the DISPLA Y button: Y ou can switc h the displa y mode of on-scr een i nformati on. When using disc[...]

  • Page 71

    71 English Playback on Other Devices This section explains about playback on another A V d evice, such as T V .  CONNECTING TO A TV Use the pr ovided A V/S output cable to connect the D VD video camer a/recor der to a TV as follows: Note : • Using S-VIDEO will deliver clearer playback sta tus. • Before connecti ng, ma ke sure t hat th [...]

  • Page 72

    72 English  VIEWI NG ON TV S CRE EN 1 T urn the TV on and set the i nput selector to “VCR” whiche ver a pplicabl e Vi deo input . Refer to the TV instr uction manual for how to switc h the TV input. 2 T urn the DVD video c am e ra/ recorder on. The image that the DVD vid eo camera/recor der is seei ng will appear on t he TV screen. Y o[...]

  • Page 73

    73 English  Playback on DVD Play er Y o u can play back finalized DVD-R disc s on DVD play ers or other dev ices that co nform to 8 cm DVD-R disc. However , DVD-R discs may no t be usable o n all tho se devices . 1 Finalize a reco rde d D V D-R disc . Yo u n e e d t o f i n a l i z e a d i s c t o p l a y i t b a c k o n D V D player: See page 1[...]

  • Page 74

    74 English  Removing and Replacing fr om/in Round DVD Holder Y o u can remove DVD-RA M or DVD-R disc used on this DV D video cam era/recorde r from Round DV D Holder and use the uncover ed disc on DVD player , DVD-RAM recor der , drive for PC, etc., which c onforms to 8 cm D VD-RAM or 8 cm D VD-R. Removing disc fr om Round DVD Hol der may var[...]

  • Page 75

    75 English REPLACING DISC IN ROUND DVD HOLDER 1 Open SIDE A of the Round DVD Ho lder , a nd repl ace the disc in the holder with the SIDE A mark or label su rface facing up, takin g care not to to uch th e d isc s u rfa ce. 2 Close SIDE A of the Round DVD Holder , and push it t o lock t he releas e lever s at pos itions ( 3). WHEN THE HINGE OF ROUN[...]

  • Page 76

    76 English Advanced T echniques This section explain s about various settings to further extend th e usefulness of this DVD vid eo camera/ record er . Understandi ng Flow of Menu Press th e MENU button during r ecording pause: Th e “Camera Functions Setup” menu scr een will appear . T ilt the joystick up, down, to l eft or right to selec t a me[...]

  • Page 77

    77 English ● Flow of Menu Refer to page indica ted fo r detai l s of eac h funct io n. Camera Functions Setup Program A E (P . 78) Whit e ba lance (P . 79) EIS (P . 81) Digital zo om (P . 82) Micr ophone filter * (P . 8 3) 16:9 (P . 84) * Not d isplay ed wh en us ing car d. Recording Function s Setup Movi e qual ity (P . 85) [The qu a lity m od e[...]

  • Page 78

    78 English  Setting Up Camera Functi ons SELECTING S HOOTING MODE TO MATCH THE SUBJE CT (SWITCHING PROGRAM AE MO DE) This DVD v ideo camera/r ecor der automatic ally sets th e shutter speed a nd apertur e accord ing to the subject b rightness for opt imum recording: Y ou can also s pecify one of six m odes dependin g on the s ubjec t co nd[...]

  • Page 79

    79 English ADJUSTING COLOR (WHITE BALANCE) This DV D vid eo cam er a/rec orde r au t o mati cally adjusts t he tint to ma tc h the cond it ions of s ubject. However , it may not all o w user to de liver na tur al tint, depen ding on the weat her or status of light sourc e. In this case, c hange the whit e balance setting accor ding to the s ituatio[...]

  • Page 80

    80 English ● Setting white balance manually 1 Point the DVD video cam era/r ecorde r at a white o bject so that i t fills th e screen. Use an objec t that is no t transparent. 2 Press the MENU button, cho ose “White Bal.”, “Se t”, and the n press the button. 3 Press the button: Th e “ “ indic at or will change from blinking to a stead[...]

  • Page 81

    81 English USING THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZE R (EIS) This DVD video camer a/recor der is equipped with an electroni c image stabilizer fu nction: When you use zoom to r ecord a magnified subject i mage, it will correct fuzziness in the r ecor ded image. 1 Pres s the MENU butt on, choose “E IS ” on t he “Camera Functio ns Setup” menu scr [...]

  • Page 82

    82 English MAGNIFYING SUBJECT IMAGE (DIG. ZOOM) W h e n t h e z o o m l e v e r i s m o v e d t o “ T ” c o n t r o l s i d e w i t h D i g . Z o o m 4 0 × o r 2 4 0 × s p e c i f i e d , d i g i t a l z o o m w i l l auto matica lly kick in wh en opt ical 1 0× zoo m ran ge is exce eded. Y ou can set t he d igita l zoom to 40× o r 240× fo [...]

  • Page 83

    83 English REDUCING WIND NOISE DURING REC ORDING (MIC.FILTER) W h e n r e c o r d i n g s o u n d f ro m t h e m i c r o p h o n e b u i l t i n t o t h i s D V D v i d e o c a m e r a / r e c o r d e r , y o u c a n r e d u c e wind nois e in r ecording . If “MIC .Fil ter: ON” is specif ied , the low-freq uen cy comp one nts in the sound p ick[...]

  • Page 84

    84 English SWITCHING TO 16:9 M ODE If you intend to play back r ecor ded images on a wide- scr een TV , it is recommended th at you switch the screen size to 16:9 m ode. 1 Pres s the MENU butt on, choose “16 :9” on the “Camera Functio ns Setup” scr een, and then press the button. 2 Choo se “On” , an d then press the button. 3 Pres s the[...]

  • Page 85

    85 English Setting Up Recor d Functions  SWITCHING MOVIE QUALITY (VIDEO M ODE) Choose the m ov ie quality from “XTR A” (only w ith DVD-RA M di sc ), “FINE” an d “S T D” . 1 Pres s the MENU butt on, choose “V ID EO Mod e” on th e “R ecord F un ctio ns Setup” menu scr een, and then pr ess the button. 2 Choose the desired qua[...]

  • Page 86

    86 English Block-like n oise may appear in recor ded image, or the outl ine of subject image is disto red under the re cord ing cond itio ns list ed below: Pan the DVD vid eo ca mera/r ecor der as slow ly as po ssible . (Bl ock nois e is like ly t o ap p e a r in th e “S T D”): • If the re is a co mplic ated pa ttern in backg r oun d (as in f[...]

  • Page 87

    87 English  SELF-T IMER Y o u can reco rd stills of yo urself a lone or w ith your family , friends, etc., us ing the self-ti mer func tion, as w i t h o r d i n a r y c a m e r a s . A s t i l l w i l l b e r e c o r d e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 s e c o n d s a f t e r t h e R E C b u t t o n i s p r e s s e d . 1 Pres s the MENU butt[...]

  • Page 88

    88 English  SETTING ON-SCREEN DISP LAY OUTPUT ON OR OFF (OSD OUTPUT) If you connect th is DVD video camera/r ecorder to a TV to view ima ges on TV screen, you can switch o ff the on-scr een information (display ed in the vi ewfinder or on the LCD scr een) fr om the TV sc reen. 1 Pres s the MENU butt on, cho ose “O SD Out put ” on the ?[...]

  • Page 89

    89 English  LCD Setup This function allows you to adjust the brightness and color d ensity of LCD screen during r ecording and playback. SETTING BRIGHTNESS OF LCD SCREEN (BRIGHTNESS ) 1 Pres s the MENU butt on, choose “B rightne ss” on the “LCD Setup” m en u screen, and then press the button. The bri ghtness adjustme nt bar will a [...]

  • Page 90

    90 English  Initial Settings SWITCHING OPERATING SOUND ON OR OFF (BEEP) This DVD v ideo camera/r ecorder will emit a sound w hen the power switch is c hanged over , the REC button is pr essed to recor d a movie, or other operations a re engaged. I f you do not need o perating sound, you can switch it off. 1 Pres s the MENU button, choose ?[...]

  • Page 91

    91 English T URNING RE CORD LED ON OR OFF (RECORD LED) Y o u can sw it ch off th e recording in d icator on t he front of D VD vid e o ca mer a/recorde r e v e n d u ri ng rec ord i ng . 1 Pres s the MENU butt on, choose “Reco rd LED” on the “Initi al S e t up ” m enu screen, and then press the button. 2 Select “O n” or “Off”, and t[...]

  • Page 92

    92 English RESETTING MENU SETTINGS TO DEFAULTS (RE SET) Y ou can resto re men u settings to d efaults (in itial setti ngs at the f actory (P . 161)). ( Note, however , that the date/time, brightnes s and colo r density o f LCD monit or will not be r eset.) 1 Pres s the MENU button, choose “R eset” on the “Initi al Se t up” me nu screen, and[...]

  • Page 93

    93 English Disc Navigation  Using Disc Navigation STARTING DISC NAVIGATION Disc Navigat ion is a t ool for editi ng scenes r ecorded on this DVD video camera /recor der . Here is an explan at io n on “sce n e ” an d “p rogram ”, so th at you w ill be able t o m ake mo st use of Disc Navigation function. The screens in this instruct[...]

  • Page 94

    94 English The following scr een will appear when DVD- RAM disc is used: Some display co mponents will not appear when D VD-R disc o r car d is use d. *1 The displayed th umbnail will be the first image that you recor ded. *2 Scene number r efers t o display number o n thum bnail disp lay scree n. *3 No still icon will appear for card. *4 The op er[...]

  • Page 95

    95 English T ERMINATING DI SC NAVIGATION 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. Disc Na viga t io n will be te rm inate d and th e DVD video camera/r ecorder will ente r the rec ord i ng pa u se s ta tu s. Y ou can also press the b utton to en d Disc Navigation. PLAYING BACK FROM D ISC NAVIGATION SCREEN 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Use th[...]

  • Page 96

    96 English SELECTIN G MULTIPLE SCENES 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Use the joystick to select the desir ed scene. 3 Pres s the SELECT button once: The sel ected scene wil l be framed in r ed and yello w . Repeat st eps 2 and 3 t o randomly se lect mul tiple scenes. T o cancel a selecte d scene, selec t the scene to be cancelled , and the[...]

  • Page 97

    97 English Disc Navigatio n Menu FUNCTIONS A V AILABLE WITH DISC NAVIGATION Disc Navigation a llows you to d o the following: A vailable functi on Disc or card used Contents Re fer en ce page Deletion of scenes  Y ou can d elete unn ecessary scenes. 99 Editing of sce nes  Y ou can attach fa de and skip t o a scene, combine scenes, or divi [...]

  • Page 98

    98 English UNDERSTANDING FLOW OF DISC NAVIGATION MENU Press the MENU button on the Disc Navigation scr een: The menu scr eens for Disc Navi gation and menu screens for disc and c ard will appea r . See pages 76-77 and 9 4 for h ow to interpret the sc reen. Refer t o page s indica ted for detail s of settings. ● When using DVD-RAM disc ● When us[...]

  • Page 99

    99 English Scene  DELET ING S CENES (DELE TE) 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Select th e scene to be dele ted . 3 Pres s the MENU button. 4 Choose “Delete” on the “Scene” m e n u screen , and then pr ess the button. 5 The “Delete Scene” screen will appear: If you are s ure you want to delete the selected scene, press the [...]

  • Page 100

    100 English ● Editing using submenu Press the MENU button befor e pressin g the button in step 5 (See page 99): The submenu will a ppear . Pressing t he button will r es tor e the screen in step 5. Note : Although the su bmenu screen will appea r for each setting, some menu items m ay not appear , de pending on the set ting. Ed i t RAM ENTER RETU[...]

  • Page 101

    101 English  CHANGING IMAGES FOR THUM BNAILS (EDIT - THUMBNAIL) The thum bna il refer s to a reduc ed imag e dis playe d on Dis c Na vigat ion to he lp d istin guis h recorde d scenes. Normall y , the firs t image of the r ecor ded scene i s displayed as a thumbnail: Y ou can c hoose another image of the sc ene for thumbnai l. If you set a vivid[...]

  • Page 102

    102 English  PLAYING BACK BY SK IPPING SCENES (EDIT - SKIP) Y ou can specify “Skip” fo r scenes you do n ot want to pl ay back: The sel ected scenes will be skipped. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Select th e scene to be s kipped. 3 Pres s the MENU button . 4 Choo se “Sc e n e ” , “Edit ”, “Skip”, and then pr ess the but[...]

  • Page 103

    103 English  ADDING SPECIAL EFFECTS (EDIT - FADE) Y ou can add fading to the beginni ng and/o r end of scene. There ar e thr ee types of special effec ts : 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Select th e scene for addin g special ef fects. 3 Pres s the MENU button . 4 Choose, “ Scene”, “Edi t”, “Fade” and the n press t he button.[...]

  • Page 104

    104 English Note : • Setting fade will interlock with sound. • Fading c an al so be set t o eit her “IN” o r “OUT ”. • Any re gistered fade c an be chan ged at any tim e using t he same pr ocedur e as above . • Fade ca n also b e added to on-scr een inform ation disp layed durin g pla ybac k . • Adding fade to multiple scenes is a[...]

  • Page 105

    105 English  COMBINI NG MULTIPLE SCENES (EDI T - COMBIN E) Y ou can combine multiple scen es into one. If you have r ecor ded numerous sh ort scenes, co mbining them will be facilitated by the use of Disc Navigation. Be sur e to select cons ecutive multiple scen es. Combining scenes is poss ible only when “Category: A ll” is specifi ed. St i[...]

  • Page 106

    106 English  DIVIDING MOVIES (EDIT - DIV IDE) Y ou can divide a scene int o two par ts. T o delete unnecessar y portion of s cene, first divide the s cene, and th en delete the unnecessary portio n. Y ou can also cut out a part of scene and use it in the play list. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Select th e scene to be divided. 3 Pres s[...]

  • Page 107

    107 English  COPYING STILLS ON DVD-RAM DISC TO CARD (COPY) Y o u can co py st ill s reco rded on DV D -RAM d isc to card. 1 Set the po wer switch to “ VIDE O” or “ PHOTO“. 2 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 3 Select the st il l to be co pied . 4 Pres s the MENU button . 5 Choose “ Copy” on th e “Scene” m e n u screen , and the[...]

  • Page 108

    108 English  LOCKING SCENES ON CARD (LOCK) Y o u can lo ck eac h phot o rec orded o n c a rd so th a t it wi ll n ot be d e le t ed or ed it e d by mist a ke. 1 Set the po wer switch to “ PHOTO”. 2 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 3 Select th e scene to be locked . 4 Pres s the MENU button . 5 Cho o se “Loc k” on the “Scene” m e n[...]

  • Page 109

    109 English  DESIGNATING SCENES TO BE PRINTED (DPOF) Y ou ca n use D POF to s et pr int in form ation, in clud ing sel ectio n of th e scene s to be prin ted, so that you wi ll be able t o use it o n a system con forming to DP OF . Note : DPOF stands for digital print ord er format. DPOF is u sed to ask a print lab to p rint recorded stills. 1 S[...]

  • Page 110

    110 English  SELECTI NG SCENES USING MEN U SCREEN (S ELECT) Using the Dis c Navigation menu s creen, yo u can simultaneousl y select conse cutive scenes. This funct ion is useful when there are numer ous scenes. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Select th e first scene t o be selecte d. 3 Pres s the MENU button . 4 Choose “Selec t?[...]

  • Page 111

    111 English  DISPLAYING INFORMATION USING ME NU SCREEN (DETAIL) Y o u can d isp l ay va rio us info rmatio n for a sce n e : the recording m ode, recordin g d at e/tim e an d leng t h , special effect s an d mov ie qu ality mod e. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Select the scene whose information you wish to know . 3 Pres s the MEN[...]

  • Page 112

    112 English Prog ram WHAT IS “PROGRAM”? Progra m refers to an as sembly of scenes re corded on th e same date regar dless of whether they are movie or s till.  SWITCHING TO THUMBNA IL DISPLAY OF SPECIFIC DATE (SWITCH) Since the s cenes rec ord ed on this video camera/r ecor der ar e collecte d as “pro grams” for each r ecor ding date,[...]

  • Page 113

    113 English  PLAYING BACK PROGRAM (PLAY) Y ou can play back onl y the selec ted pr ogram. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Press then the MENU but ton. 3 Choose “ Play ” on th e “Program” me nu screen, and then pr ess the button. 4 Select the pr ogr am to be pla yed back, and then press the button. Playback will s tart fr om th[...]

  • Page 114

    114 English 6 After entering the ti tle, cho ose “E nter ” and t hen press the button. 7 The scr een for verify ing the ch ang e in ti tle w il l appear: Choo se “YES”, and then pr ess the button. Choose “NO” to cancel changin g of the title . After Y es or No setting, the Disc Navigation screen o f the selected pr ogram will appear . N[...]

  • Page 115

    115 English  Play List WHAT IS “PLAY LIST” ? Y o u ca n creat e a pl ay lis t on th is DV D vi deo cam e r a / reco rd e r by g a the r i ng y o ur f av or i t es from the reco rded s cenes. Sinc e the play list is no t crea ted b y co pyin g d ata, y ou wi ll co nsu me li ttle of the dis c cap acit y by maki ng a play list. On the oth er ha[...]

  • Page 116

    116 English ● Editing on play list When makin g set tin gs on play list, such as changing title, adding fade, setting skip , etc. , use the same pr ocedure f or setting on pr ogram or scenes. P erform these s ettings, r eferrin g to the followi ng reference pa ges: Setting skip, P .102 Adding fade , P .103 Com b ining sce n es, P .10 5 Dividin g [...]

  • Page 117

    117 English PLAYING BACK A PLAY LIST (PLAY) 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Pres s the MENU button . 3 Choose “ Play ” on th e “PlayList” menu scr een, and then pr ess the button. 4 Use the “Sta rt PlayList” screen to select the play list to be pla yed back, and then pr ess the button. The se lected p lay l ist will be played ba[...]

  • Page 118

    118 English ADDING SCENES TO PLAY LIS T (EDITING PLAY LIST) Y ou can later add sc enes to the pl ay list. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Pres s the MENU button . 3 Choose “Ed it” on t he “PlayList” menu scr een, and then pr ess the button. 4 Use the play list select screen to selec t th e play list to whic h yo u wish to add scenes[...]

  • Page 119

    119 English DELETING SCENES FROM PLAY LIST (EDITING PLAY LIST) 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Display the editing screen of th e play list t o be edited. Perform steps 2 − 4 on page 1 18. 3 Move the cursor to the play list in lo wer row , and place the cursor on the scene to be deleted. 4 Press the butt o n . Repeat st e p s 3 an d 4 t o[...]

  • Page 120

    120 English DELETING SCENES USING SUBME NU FOR EDITING (EDITING PLA Y LIST) Y ou can delete scenes from pla y list on the editing scr een. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Display the editi ng screen of the pl ay list to be edited. Perform steps 2 − 4 on page 1 18. 3 Move the cursor to th e play lis t in lower r ow . 4 Select th e scene to[...]

  • Page 121

    121 English ARRANGING ORDER OF SCENES (MOV E) Y ou can move scenes o nly when “Category: All” is specified. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Pres s the MENU button . 3 Choose “Switch” on the “PlayList” menu scr een, and then pr ess the bu tto n . 4 Select th e scene to be moved. 5 Pres s the MENU button . 6 Choo se “Sc e n e ?[...]

  • Page 122

    122 English CHANGING TITLE OF PLAY LIST (TITLE) The play l ists have s erial numbers in the or der you have created them, along wi th the cre ated dates/ times: Y ou can change this t itle at an y time. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Pres s the MENU button . 3 Choos e “Title” on the “PlayL ist” men u scree n, and then pr ess the bu[...]

  • Page 123

    123 English  Go T o From the Disc Navigation screen, you c an jump to the fi rst scene or las t scene. T OP (END) 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Pres s the MENU button . 3 Choose “ T o p” or “End” on the “Go T o” m enu screen, and then press the button. Go T o RAM ENTER RETURN En d ETC To p 014 / 014 Al l P rogr a m s [...]

  • Page 124

    124 English Disc or Car d Management  V ERIFYIN G REMAINING FREE SPACE ON DISC OR CARD (CAPACITY) Y ou can find out h ow long you will be able to r ecord o n one side of disc o r on car d. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Pres s the MENU button . 3 Choose “Capa city” o n the “Disc” or “Card” menu screen, and then pr ess [...]

  • Page 125

    125 English  INITIALIZING DVD-RAM DIS C OR CARD (FORMAT DISC/FORMAT CARD) If you want to erase all data on a recorded disc or c ard, yo u can in it ia lize it rat her than delete the d ata: Initia lizati on is use ful in t his case , sinc e it take s less tim e th an dele ting al l data. T he init ialized disc o r card can be used again. 1 Pr[...]

  • Page 126

    126 English  UPDATING CONTROL INFORMATION OF DVD-RAM DISC Disc N avig atio n in th is DV D vi deo c amera/ recorder hand les in forma tion o n sce nes, such as skip , fade , in a parti cul ar mann e r . If you use anoth e r d ev ic e to edit a di sc recorded on this D VD vid e o ca mera/ reco rder , a nd then use the data again wi th Disc Naviga[...]

  • Page 127

    127 English  FINALIZING DVD-R DISC If yo u want to pl ay b ack a D VD -R d isc r ecorde d o n th is D VD vid eo cam era/ recorder, usin g a d ev ice confo rming to 8 cm DVD-R di sc - such a s a DVD playe r , etc. - you must finaliz e the disc on thi s DVD vi deo camera /rec ord er . The final ized DVD-R di sc can be played on a DVD player , as ?[...]

  • Page 128

    128 English Others  DISPLA YING MOVI ES OR STILLS INDEPENDE NTLY (CATEG ORY) Scenes reco rded on this D VD vi deo camera /rec orde r will be di splayed in the ord er of reco rdin g re gard less of whether they ar e m ovies or stil l s. Y ou can use the Disc Navigation scre en to switch this display to still s only or mo vie s on ly . 1 Press the[...]

  • Page 129

    129 English  SLIDE SHOW (CONTINUOUS PLA YBACK OF STILLS) If you play back stills rec orded on a card, the DVD video camer a/recorde r will enter the playback pause status af ter eac h still i s played back. Settin g Slide Show al lows yo u to con tinuous ly play back st ills. 1 Press the DISC NA VIGA TION button. 2 Pres s the MENU button . 3 Cho[...]

  • Page 130

    130 English Installing Softwar e Before installing the UDF driver (DVD-RAM driver) on the CD-ROM provided with thi s DVD video camera/ record er , make sure that an other UDF d river* has not alread y been installe d in y our PC. *I n s t a n t W r i t e ® or InstantRead ® pack ed in th e “DZ- WINP C1W ” o r “D Z-WI NPC2 W” PC co n nec t [...]

  • Page 131

    131 English Contents on Pr ovided CD-ROM The CD-ROM supplied with the DVD video camer a /recorder contains the following folders: Althoug h the CD-ROM may contain a f older or file othe r than the a bove, they will not be need ed on this DVD video camera/reco rder unless som e special instruct ion is given. Contains the installer for DVD-MovieAl bu[...]

  • Page 132

    132 English ● DVD-MovieAlbumSE Y ou can read the instruction manual us ing either of the following procedur es: • Open t he P D F file in DVDMASE3manualsEnglish folde r contained on the pr ov id ed CD-ROM. • After in stallin g DV D -Mo vi eAlb um SE, ope n “Programs”o r “All Progra ms ” from the W indows “S t art ” m enu, ch oos[...]

  • Page 133

    133 English INSTALLING USB DRIVER Use the fo llowing pro cedure to install the USB driver: 1 If you add a USB car d (PCI card , PC car d, etc.) on your PC, do it f ollow ing th e ins tructio n ma nual for US B card, b efore con nectin g the DVD video camer a/recorder to P C . 2 Insert t he provi ded CD-ROM into PC, s et the power sw itch o f DVD v [...]

  • Page 134

    134 English 5 Wi t h Wi n d o w s ® XP , the mes sage concerni ng W indows Logo T est will appear : Click “Continue An ywa y”. 6 Click “Finish”. Click Click[...]

  • Page 135

    135 English INSTALLING UDF DRIVER (DVD -RAM DRIVER) The following explana tion uses the screen s for W indows ® XP: Use the sa me procedure f or W indows ® 98 Secon d Edit ion / Me / 2000 Professiona l to i nstall the U DF dr iver . 1 Open the UDF folder on the pr ovided CD-ROM and click “se t up ” or “setup. exe ” t o st art it . 2 The d[...]

  • Page 136

    136 English 6 Check the pr ogram folder to be installed, a nd then cl ick “Next”. 7 Click “Next”. 8 Instal lat i on wil l st art . W h e n i nstalla tion is com p le t e , so me n ot es will ap p e a r: C hec k the contents, and then cli ck “x” at t he top right of windo w . The cont ents displayed on actual scr een may diff er from tho[...]

  • Page 137

    137 English 10 If your PC u ses W indows ® 2000 Professi onal, a message anno uncing the sta rt for dete cting devic e will app ear: Click “F inish ”. The detec tion of devi ce wi ll star t, aft e r wh ich it wil l take sever al m in utes for PC to det ect the dev ice. When de t e ct ing t he d evice is c omp le t e , a message that prompts yo[...]

  • Page 138

    138 English 7 If you do not change the f older where the software is ins talled , click “N ext” . 8 If you do not change th e pr ogram folder name, click “Ne xt”. 9 Check the co ntents, and the n click “Next ”. Installat ion w ill st art. Proceed with instal lati on, following the instruc tions on screen. 10 A messag e for ve rifying wh[...]

  • Page 139

    139 English INSTALLING MyDVD 1 Insert the pr ovided CD-ROM into the CD-ROM driv e of PC. 2 Use Wi ndows My Comp uter or Ex plorer to open the folder where CD-ROM is s tored. 3 Open the MyDVD folder , and then double-click “Setup.exe ”. 4 The scr een for installing “MyDVD” will appear: Click “Next”. 5 Ca ref u ll y re ad t he S of tw a r[...]

  • Page 140

    140 English 7 Check the co ntents, and th en click “Nex t”. Installat ion w ill st art. 8 Click “Finish ”, an d t h en restar t the PC. Sonic So lu ti ons Cor p orat ion, w hi ch developed My DV D , re c om m en ds u s er re gi st ra ti on of MyDVD , in order to offer app ropriate supp ort to customer . The gu ide for user registration will[...]

  • Page 141

    141 English Cr eating DV D Vi deo on PC fr om DVD-RA M Disc Recor ded on DVD V ideo Camera /Recor der Using DVD-MovieAlbumS E and MyDVD, you can create a DVD video (DVD-R disc) from the images recorded on t his DVD video camera/ recorder , following the procedure below: 1 Ins ert a r ecor ded DVD-RAM di sc int o the DVD video camer a/r ecorder , an[...]

  • Page 142

    142 English 8 MyDVD will a utomatically start. After a few moments, the exporte d scene will be automaticall y register ed on the MyDVD editing screen: Now you can ch ange the DVD menu to the desir ed style, change the titl e, etc. on this editi ng screen. 9 Click the Burn button: W riting to DVD-R di sc will star t . When wri ting is co mple t e ,[...]

  • Page 143

    143 English Subsidiar y Infor mation Cleaning Be sure t o set the power switch to “POW ER OFF” bef ore cleaning this DVD v ideo camera/recor der . ● Cleaning LCD screen and camera lens U se d ry , so f t c l o th t o w ip e d i rt o ff . W h e n c le an i n g the LCD scr een, be car eful not t o use for ce, sc ratch it, or sub ject it to impa[...]

  • Page 144

    144 English Changing Setti ng of Demon stration This DVD video camera/recorder has versat ile functions, including s pecial effects. Referring to the procedure on page 41, con nect the DVD video camera /recorder , AC adapter/charger and power cable to power the DVD video camera/recorder from AC outlet. 1 Pres s the MENU button . 2 Cho o se “In i [...]

  • Page 145

    145 English No DVD V ideo Camera/Recor der Opera tion - Check the Fo llowing: Check 1 No movie can be recorded Movie can be rec orded only on DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc. Check the followin g: • Is DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc inserted? • Is power swit ch set to “ VIDEO”? • Is the DVD- RAM disc in DVD vide o camera/ reco r d er w ri t e- p rot ec ted?[...]

  • Page 146

    146 English Check 5 No DVD video camera/recorder operation Is a full y charged batt ery atta ched? Is the DVD video camera/ recorder powered f rom AC outle t? Check 6 No image in viewfinder Is LCD mon itor ope n? No image will appear in viewfinder unless the LCD monitor is clo sed and secure ly locked to DVD video camera/ recorder . Check 7 No imag[...]

  • Page 147

    147 English T r ouble Messages A message may appear while you are opera ting the DV D video camera/recorder. If a message appears, refer to the following table and take appropriate corrective ac tion. Messages on page 147 and later are arranged in alphabetical order . Message Cause & T roubleshoo ting Refe ren ce page (1) Data er ror in a part [...]

  • Page 148

    148 English Cannot c ombine. Desel ect PHO TO scenes. Select only movies and combin e th em. 105 Cannot combine . Select multiple scenes. Select a range of at least 2 scenes to be combined, a nd then combine them. 105 Cannot delete scenes. This ma y occu r whe n scene t hat wa s edit ed for div ision , e tc. is to be deleted . Combine the div i d e[...]

  • Page 149

    149 English Card has no data. Thi s message wil l appe ar when the button is press ed with a card inserted on which no still is record ed. (It will appear if you attempt p layback or editing on Disc Navigation, but will not appear if you press on camera through image. )  Card is not fo rmatted. Format the c ard no w? W as the card formatted on P[...]

  • Page 150

    150 English “DISC ERROR” appear s whe n an attem pt to re leas e writ e- prote c t is made. If you ha ve write- protected a disc using th e write-prot ect sett ing tool (WPT OOL) t hat is equi pped with the UDF driv er conta ined on th e CD-ROM provide d wi th this DVD video camera/r ecorder , you cannot release t he write -protect o n this DVD[...]

  • Page 151

    151 English Error occ urre d. Please replace disc . Use anoth er dis c.  Finalize may not be complete . Finalize again now? Instant aneous shut off occ urred duri ng finalizi ng, after which po wer was supplied an d disc was inserted . 127 It is un recordable on this card. The ins erted card cannot b e used in this DV D video camera/ recorde r: [...]

  • Page 152

    152 English Scenes o ver limit . Cannot d ivide scene. The number of enter ed scenes has reached the limit that can be enter ed. Delete several s c enes. 106, 1 15 Scenes o ver limit . Cannot mo ve scene . This message will appear if you t ry to move a scene when the number of s ce nes has already reac hed the regist rable limit. 104, 1 15 Stop p r[...]

  • Page 153

    153 English *1 • This me ssage may also app ear when d irt adheres to disc. If thi s message appe ars when a recorded disc is r ecogniz ed im mediately after it is i nser ted, do not r epair the di sc; r emov e it and then use a s oft, dr y cloth t o clean of f the di rt befor e usi ng it. • This me ssage may also appear when conden sation occu[...]

  • Page 154

    154 English T roubleshooting Check to see the following before asking for a repair. If the suggested s olution still cannot restore the DVD video camera/recorder to normal, do not attempt to r epair it yourself, bu t consult your dealer. Power supplies Symptom Cause an d Correction Refer en ce page Batter y ca nno t be charged . Is the ambie nt tem[...]

  • Page 155

    155 English During recording Symptom Cause an d Correction Refer en ce page Recording s tarts b ut stops immedi ately . Is disc scratched or does dirt or fi ngerprin t adh ere to it? Clean the disc. If there is still no improvement, r eplace t he disc. 75 LCD scr een is hard to see. Has bright ness of L CD scree n been a djusted? Stop recor ding an[...]

  • Page 156

    156 English During playba ck Symptom Cause an d Correction Refer en ce page Recognit ion of dis c is not complete Is d isc dirty ? Use soft, dry cloth t o clean it. 75 Pressi ng t he playback butto n w i ll no t sta r t playbac k. Has the image bee n recorded by devic es other than th is DVD video cam era/ rec ord er? Playback o f image rec orded o[...]

  • Page 157

    157 English When the D VD video camera/r ecorder is connected to PC: Symptom Cause an d Correction Refer en ce page No drive icon a ppears on PC. The DVD video camer a/r ecorder is not t urned on. Check the power supp ly . 46 Driver is not p roperly recogn ized. T urn PC off and o n again. If the dr ive icon still doe s not ap pear , use “Refresh[...]

  • Page 158

    158 English Vide o written t o hard disk of PC canno t be edited on D VD-M ovi eAlb um copy to ol. DVD-MovieAlbu mSE cannot edit DVD-VR data stored on ha rd disk of PC: Copy th e data to anot her DVD-RAM disc and th en edit it.  Movies are not recogni zed by application in PC. Make sure the pow er switch of this DVD video camera/r ecorder is set[...]

  • Page 159

    159 English When execut ing “Export” on DVD-MovieA lbumSE, it will take time to read. • If stills are inclu ded in the ran ge of “export”, it may ta ke more time because data must be re-enc od ed and read. • If “D ivide by Maker ” is not chos en, it may take so me time be cause data will be read while be ing re-encoded. 141 “Hardw[...]

  • Page 160

    160 English Miscella neous Symptom Cause an d Correction Refer en ce page Power do es not come on, or no opera tion occurs by press ing button. Execute s ystem reset ( pres s the RESE T button) . 161 Has the DVD video c amera/recor der been subjected to impa ct? The DVD video camera/re corder could be damaged. Consu lt your dealer .  The date an[...]

  • Page 161

    161 English System Reset If the DVD video camer a/recorder does not operat e nor mally , perform “System Reset”: The DV D video camera/recorde r may recover t o normal. “Sy stem Reset” will reset all set tings to factory defaults. Th e date and time will also be reset: Set the date and time again before using the DV D video camera/rec order[...]

  • Page 162

    162 English Major Specific ations CCD DZ-MV350E: 1/ 4-in ch interlace d DZ-MV380E : 1/ 3.8-inch inte rlaced T otal number of pixels DZ-MV350 E appr ox. 800, 000 DZ-MV380 E appr ox. 1,02 0,000 Number of eff ective pixels DZ-MV350E Movie: approx. 34 0,000 Still: approx. 340, 000 DZ-MV380E Movie: approx. 40 0,000 Still: approx. 960, 000 Lens DZ-MV3 50[...]

  • Page 163

    163 English Recording me dium 8 cm DVD-RAM disc (conforming to DVD-RAM V er . 2.1 Book 2.1) 8 cm DVD-R disc (conf orming to DVD-R for General V er . 2.0) SD memory card, multimedia card Jacks V ideo/au dio output × 1, External microphone inpu t × 1, PC connec ti on termina l (connect ed to PC USB port) × 1 Battery syste m Lithium-io n Power cons[...]

  • Page 164

    164 English Intr oduction t o Optional Accessori es CAMERA ACCESSORIES POWER S UPPLY INFORMATION ON SQUAR E ADAPTER This DVD video camera/ recorder cannot use a square adapter , such as for 8 cm DVD -RAM di sc (DR MS- V28R), 8 c m DVD -R disc (DR3 0.1P): Rem ove t he disc from squa re adapter an d set it in R ound DVD Holder , referring to the inst[...]

  • Page 165

    165 English Index Numerics 16:9 ...... ....... .... ...... ...... ....... ...... .... ....... ...... .... 84 240× (Dig.zoom) .... ...... ....... ...... .... ....... ...... .... 82 40× (Dig.zoom) ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ....... .... ...... 82 8 cm DVD-R disc . ...... ....... .... ...... ...... ....... ......23 8 cm DVD-RAM disc . .......[...]

  • Page 166

    166 English G Go To (during playback) .... .... ...... .... ... ...... .... . 69 Go To (on D isc Navigation) ........ .... ....... ...... 123 H Hand strap ..... ...... ...... ....... .... ...... ...... ....... .... .. 33 I Information display mode .... .... ...... .... ..... .... ... 63 Infrared receiver ...... ....... ...... ...... .... ....... ..[...]

  • Page 167

    167 English V Video flash ..... ...... .... ....... ...... ...... .... ....... ...... .. 55 VIDEO Mode ....... ...... ....... ...... .... ...... ....... ...... 85 FINE ....... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... ....... .... .. 85 STD ........ .... ...... ....... ...... .... ...... ....... ...... .. 85 XTRA ......... .... ...... ....... ......[...]

  • Page 168

    168 English Be sur e to re ad the followi ng befor e opening the package of CD-ROM This Agr eem ent will take ef fect at the moment you open the pack age of the storage d evice (CD-ROM) provided with th is product, if you agree to the terms herein. If you do not acc ept the terms of th is Agreement, immediately r eturn the unopened pack age of stor[...]

  • Page 169

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