Hitachi DZ-GX20E User Manual

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• See “Check 1” on page 155 when recording movie is 

not possible.

• See “Check 4” on page 155 if it takes some time 

before recording is possible.

• See “Check 5” on page 156 if the DVD video camera/

recorder does not operate.

• See page 55 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 98 for setting of Record LED (recording 

indicator) On/Off.

• For various functions available during recording, see 

“Setting Up Camera Functions” on page 85.

• 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”.

• It is recommended that you set the LOCK switch to L 

(the upper position) to prevent the power switch in the 
“O” position from accidentally moving to “N” position.

• Do not insert a non-finalised DVD-R disc into another 

DVD device: Doing so could cause the disc to 
become unusable (except in the case of the devices 
that have a function that can play back a disc that has 
not been finalised on this DVD video camera/
recorder).

• When using an unformatted DVD-R disc, it is 

necessary to format it on this DVD video camera/
recorder (see page 49).