Hitachi DZMV230A User Manual

English

Various types of information will appear in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen during recording and
playback.

On-Screen Information

Information Display During Recording

Remaining speace on disc*
REM XX MIN : Remaining record-

able minutes during
movie recording

REM XX**

: Number of remain-

ing recordable still
images during still
recording

* No remaining time will be displayed with a write-protected disc or finalized DVD-R disc.

** The displayed number of recordable stills is for reference: The decreasing number may not be correct, depend-

ing on recording condition (not displayed with a DVD-R disc).

*** When no disc is in the DVD video camera/recorder, or disc has not yet been initialized, write-protected disc or

disc with no remaining space has been inserted.

**** Will not appear when a disc that cannot be used in this DVD video camera/recorder is inserted.

Electronic image stabilizer (EIS) (only in movie recording mode)
No display : EIS OFF

: EIS ON

Self-timer (only in still recording mode)
No display : Self-timer OFF

: Self-timer ON (count is

from 10 seconds)

External flash [when Video Flash
(sold separately) is attached] (only in
still recording mode)
No display : Emits light automatically

: Always emits light

: No light emission

Disc type

: DVD-RAM
: DVD-R
: DVD-RAM (write-protected)
: DVD-R (write-protected)
: DVD-R disc already finalized on this DVD video

camera/recorder

: DVD-R disc finalized on a device other than this

DVD video camera/recorder

No display****

Warning message

Brightness of LCD screen/Volume

: Brightness of LCD screen
: Volume

Current date/time

Movie recording time
(only in movie recording
mode)

External input

White balance
No display : Auto
WB

: Hold

B R I G H T

V O L U M E

Remaining battery level

(full charge)

(low remaining charge)

Program AE (only in movie recording mode)
No display : Auto

: Sports
: Portrait
: Spotlight
: Sand & Snow
: Low Light

Exposure correction

When operating zoom

(When digital zoom is 48

×)

(When digital zoom is 240

×)

(only in movie recording mode)

Recording mode

: Movie

: Still (with DVD-

RAM disc only)

: External input still

(field) (with DVD-
RAM disc only)

: External input still

(frame) (with DVD-
RAM disc only)

Manual focus
No display:Autofocus
MF

:Manual focus

Operating status
REC : During recording

: During recording pause

No display***

Movie recording mode
XTRA : Highest quality (only when using

DVD-RAM disc in DZ-MV230A)

LPCM : Highest audio quality (only when

using DVD-R disc)

FINE : High quality
STD

: Standard