Hitachi DZ-HS903A Manuel D’Utilisation

Important Information ............................  2
For Your Safety ......................................  2
Precautions..............................................  2
IMPORTANT SAFETY 

INSTRUCTIONS ...............................  4

This camcorder makes all of the following 

possible! .......................................................... 8
Choosing a disc to suit your purpose .............. 9

How to Read this Instruction Manual................... 9
Before Using the Product

- Be sure to read this information - ............... 11

Checking Provided Accessories ......................... 13
Names of Parts.................................................... 14
How to Open and Use the LCD Monitor ........... 19
How to Change the LCD Brightness.................. 20

Preparing ............................................................ 21

Setting up the battery pack............................ 21
Turning on the Power.................................... 22
Changing the display language ..................... 22
Setting the date and time............................... 23

Recording Movies to the HDD........................... 24
Recording Movies to a DVD.............................. 25
Recording Stills to an SD card ........................... 27
Playing Recorded Movies/Stills ......................... 28
Deleting Recorded Movies/Stills........................ 29

About HDD/DVD ......................................... 31
About cards ................................................... 33
Cautions for discs and cards.......................... 33
Inserting a DVD............................................ 34
When loading a new DVD-RW/+RW .......... 36

CHARGE lamp status and charging time ..... 37
Recording time with a fully charged battery. 37
Connecting the camcorder to a wall outlet.... 38
Detaching the DC power cord/battery pack from 

the camcorder .......................................... 38

Efficient Use of the Battery .......................... 39

Recording Movies .............................................. 40

Using the Quick Start function ..................... 41
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 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 .................. 63

Adjusting the Focus Manually (Manual Focus) . 64
Adjusting the Brightness of the Image 

(Exposure)..................................................... 66

Compensating for Backlight 

(Backlight Compensation) ............................ 67

Selecting a Program AE Mode to Match the 

Conditions (Program AE) ............................. 67

Adjusting the Color (White Balance)................. 68

Setting the white balance manually (Set)...... 70

Using the Electronic Image Stabilizer (EIS) ...... 71
Reducing Wind Noise During Recording .......... 71
Restoring all the Recording Settings to Default 

(Full Auto) .................................................... 72

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