Brand: HITACHI
Category: Camcorder
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Manual for DZ-MV270A
Uploaded: Aug. 10, 2025, 12:53 a.m.
Basic Operation: The DVD video camera/recorder allows for recording movies and still images. Playback of recorded images is also supported. The operation can be viewed either on the LCD monitor or through the viewfinder. Opening or closing the LCD monitor switches the display between these two options.
Key Features:
- Setups: Includes setting up the camera, battery pack, and date/time.
- Basic Techniques: Covers recording movies and stills, and playback.
- Advanced Techniques: Explores more advanced settings for usage.
- Disc Navigation: Details editing features and disc finalization/initialization.
- Connecting to Other Devices: Instructions for connecting to TVs, other AV devices, and PCs.
- Subsidiary Information: Covers cleaning, troubleshooting, and optional accessories.
Use the provided Quick Index and Table of Contents to easily find specific information.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Message | Cause & Troubleshooting | Reference page |
|---|---|---|
| Cannot move scene in program mode. | Move was executed when a program was selected. | 72 |
| (1) Disc is not formatted. If it formats, it becomes possible to use for camera. (2) However, when you record from PC connection terminal, please do not format. (3) Format the disc now? | DVD-R disc that was not initialized for camera use was inserted. | 38 |
| In DVD-R Disc, Video mode of the disc recorded once cannot be changed. | With DVD-R disc, the movie quality mode once used for recording cannot be changed. | 58 |
| Finalize may not be complete. Finalize again now? | Instantaneous shutoff occurred during finalizing, after which power was supplied and disc was inserted. | 89 |
| Disc error has occurred. Finalizing is not complete. | Disc error occurred during finalizing, and finalizing failed. Replace the disc. | 89 |
| Scenes over limit. Cannot move scenes. | An attempt was made to move a scene, even though number of storable scenes was exceeded. | 68, 84 |
| Top scene cannot be divided. | Division is not possible at the start of scene. | 83 |
| End scene cannot be divided. | Division is not possible at the end of scene. | 83 |
| Photo cannot be divided. | Still image cannot be divided. | 84 |
| Cannot combine scene. | Unless consecutive scenes are selected, they cannot be combined. | 83 |
| Same scenes on Play List will be deleted. Delete scenes? | This will appear when scenes are to be deleted. | 80 |
| This disc is recorded by the PAL system. Please replace disc. | This DVD video camera/recorder can use only discs recorded on the NTSC system. A disc recorded on the PAL system cannot be used on this DVD video camera/recorder. | — |
| This disc cannot be used. Please replace disc. | A disc that cannot be used on this DVD video camera/recorder has been loaded. Check the type of disc. | 23 |