Hitachi DZ-BD70A - Manual (Page 5)

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Important Information ............................ 2
For Your Safety ...................................... 2
Precautions .............................................. 2
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS ............................... 4
This camcorder makes all of the following
possible! ..........................................................7
Choosing a disc to suit your purpose ..............8
How to Read this Instruction Manual .................10
Before Using the Product
- Be sure to read this information - ...............12
Checking Provided Accessories .........................13
Names of Parts ....................................................14
How to Open and Use the LCD Monitor ...........19
Recording/Playing Using the Viewfinder ..........20
Preparing ............................................................21
Setting up the battery pack ............................21
Turning on the Power
Changing the display language .....................22
Setting the date and time ...............................23
Recording Movies to a BD .................................24
Recording Movies to the HDD (DZ-BD7HA) ...25
Recording Stills to an SD card ...........................26
Playing Recorded Movies/Stills
Deleting Recorded Movies/Stills
About HDD/BD/DVD ...................................30
About cards ...................................................32
Cautions for discs and cards ..........................32
Inserting a BD or DVD .................................33
When loading a new
BD-RE/BD-R/DVD-RW .........................35
CHARGE lamp status and charging time .....36
Continuous recording time with a fully charged
battery ......................................................36
Connecting the camcorder to a wall outlet ....37
Detaching the DC power cord/battery pack from
the camcorder ..........................................37
Efficient Use of the Battery ..........................38
Recording Movies ..............................................39
Using the Quick Start function .....................40
Information Display During Recording ........42
Recording Still Pictures ......................................45
Playback (Watching Your Recordings) ..............47
Playing back the last recorded scene ............47
Deleting the last recorded scene ...................48
Choosing and playing back a scene ..............48
Choosing and playing back multiple scenes .49
Jumping to the designated scene ...................50
Adjusting speaker volume during movie
playback ...................................................52
Information Display During Playback ..........52
Simple functions you can use during playback
or playback pause ....................................54
Playing still pictures on a card automatically
(Slide Show) ...........................................55
Capturing a still picture from a movie
(PHOTO Capture) ....................................56
Playing back scenes repeatedly
(Repeat Play) ...........................................56
How to Operate the Menu ..................................57
Menu (While Recording) ....................................58
How to use the LCD/EVF setup and
initial setup ..............................................60
About the demonstration function ................61
Magnified Recording (Optical Zoom and Digital
Zoom) ............................................................62
Recording at Close Range (Macro Recording) ..63
Using the Separately-Sold Lenses to Increase the
Wide-Angle or Telephoto Effect ..................64
Adjusting the Focus Manually (Manual Focus) .65
Adjusting the Brightness of the Image
(Exposure) .....................................................66
Compensating for Backlight
(Backlight Compensation) ............................67
Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Let’s Get Started 21
Functions and Characteristics of
HDD/BD/DVD/Cards 29
Battery Pack 36
Recording 39
Viewing 47
Various Recording Techniques 57