Hitachi DZ-HS503 User Manual

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If you connect this DVD video camera/recorder to a TV to view images on TV screen, you can 
switch off the on-screen information (displayed in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen) from the TV 
screen.

Press the MENU button, use the f/e/
d/c/A buttons to choose “OSD 
Output” on the “Record Functions Setup” 
menu screen, and then press the A button.

Choose “On” or “Off”, and press the A 
button.

Press the MENU button to end the setting.

• The “OSD Output” setting will be stored in memory 

even when the DVD video camera/recorder is turned 
off.

• Even if “Off” is chosen, the on-screen information will 

appear during playback. See page 78 for playback on-
screen information display.

• Even after the on-screen information is removed from 

the TV screen, it will still appear in the viewfinder or 
on the LCD screen.

• The on-screen display output functions only when the 

input selection is set to camera: It cannot be set 
during external input.

The default setting is “On”. Specify “HDD Protection: Off” if you plan to use the HDD built in this 
DVD video camera/recorder in a weightless condition, such as skydiving, to prevent stop in 
recording or playback: Specifying “On” in such status will activate the drop detection function and 
stop recording or playback to protect the HDD built in this DVD video camera/recorder.

Press the MENU button, use the f/e/
d/c/A buttons to choose ”HDD 
Protection” on the ”Record Functions Setup” 
menu screen.

Choose ”On” or ”Off”, use the f/e/d/
c/A buttons to then press the  A 
button.
When “Off” is specified, the icon will appear.

• The “HDD Protection” setting will return to “On” when 

the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off.

HDD

HDD

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“On” setting

“Off” setting

TV screen

TV screen

HDD

HDD

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REM

(When “HDD Protection: Off” is specified)

An icon will 
appear.