Hitachi DZ - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support - Page 8

Sorry, but as far as I know, Hitachi camcorders cannot record video directly onto an SD card. You have to set the camcorder to DVD. It can only record video and pictures on a DVD, and only pictures on an SD card.

the light will not come on when it is plugged in and the batery is set in the charger to charge, even with the dc out power supply the dvd cam will not work, could the charger go bad? does this happen often?

I have the same problem never been able to even watch them in he dvd player. I need to get them on the pc. mine never came with the software

You can view it through the windows media player. Open my computer, find the file in your dvd drive. Right click and select open with windows media player.
To do any editing you will need to convert it from a vro file to mpeg

i put mine in the shop it is the laser and it cost $219.00 for the part because it comes in an assemlby piece it depends on how much they charge for labor. I choose not to fix due to high cost of it all it is in a bag besid emy computer

I had the same problem - you are (as I was) turning off the camera too soon after you hit the stop button after recording a scene. Wait until the word "disc access" appears (about 5 seconds after you hit the stop button. This "marks" the end of the scene. I just don't know how to edit that scene out or if it will delete it out. I know after finalizing the disc that scene will pause for a while (10 to 20 seconds even) when you watch it through the DVD player to the TV.

Hi! The solution to your problem is Three fold.

First make sure that your Camcorder is in the Disc Navigation mode to be able delete your required scene. When the camcorder is in the play back mode the delete scene won't appear.

The second situation is to check if your scene is not locked because if it is locked you are not able to delete it.
Supposing that your scene is not locked then check what type of DVD disc you have. The discs labelled DVD Ram, DVD+RW, and the Card can be deleted. The DVD-RW can be deleted only when in VR mode and not the VF mode. Other types of discs like the DVD R can not be deleted.

Another way of deleting a scene after it has been recorded on a disc that's not deletable is to transfer the recorded scene to a computer disc and then edit it off.

You can recoverlost photos,videos from memory card or memory stick of your camcorder withthis
1. Do not save any new photos and videos into the memory card or memory stick.
2. Connect the memory card or memory stick with computer. You should see itshown as a drive letter (like H:) in My Computer.
3. Download memorystick recovery software, recommended one is Tenorshare Data Recovery(simply because i was using it and it worked)
http://www.any-data-recovery.com/product/datarecoverystandard.htm
4. Install and open the program, select your memory drive, and click 'Start'button to start scanning process which will find your lost photos and videos.

Error 0280 - It looks the DVD had bad spots that could not be read.

And... are you check your User Manual? Once clicked, you need to put the verification numbers on the screen and save to your dekstop.

I just find thia comments that I quote:
After getting frustrated trying to get any info from Hitachi manuals and support, I just decided to try to extract the data directly from the dvd (fujitsu dvd-r disk). Since my DVD was not finalized I could not copy the files directly using Windows Explorer, so I tested several applications and here it's what worked for me: I downloaded isobuster (www.isobuster.com), and I was able to view the tracks on the dvd, then I used the "Extract" option to create an image directly from the faulty dvd and it created a couple of files with the extension .ibq. I checked these ibq files and two of them were huge, so I assumed those were my video data. I renamed these files from *.ibq to *.vob(isobuster has options to extract these "image files", but you need to register it first...), anyways I tried to open these new vob files with PowerDVD and they PLAYED JUST FINE :)! Finally I just used a DVD editor to load the new .vob files and I burnt a new DVD.

If this wont work, try with Hitachi Technical Support; they offered to the Hitachi DVDCAM customers via Email on this website: support.hitachi.ca/Email

Hope helps.

Error 281 is a disk recognition error, bad disk, scratch on disk or disk contains moisture (dry it)

Try
1.- get out and reload the disk
2.- Clean the disk for Dust / scratch
3.- clean pick up lens (with a soft clooth or a piece cotton

4.- Replace the disk and check if the error message continue.

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just need manual for hitaci multi formatdvd/ram/dvd-rw/dvd-r so i can have a cop thanks eric

I'm sorry for the difficulties you're experiencing in getting the manual of the Camcorder. Please click hear to download the manual.

Please let me know if you require any additional help.

It should have a mini usb port behind the pop out video screen. You will find the exact model details under the battery.

Hi Igniscol,

In this case you can try using a direct plug of AV adapter, this will possibly supply appropriate power and hence can help you eject the disc.

If the above solution does not work then press the reset button behind the LCD screen and it should solve the problem.

Hope this helps..:)