Hitachi DZ - Popular Questions, Answers, Tips & Manuals - Page 7

So as you have lost the software CD ROM so the only option remain with you is to download it online on a computer

To View the mannual go on to the following site

http://tinyurl.com/3yn8puk

I would advice to use a new Hitachi DZ-BX35A driver for your device what's available from the Hitachi website

http://tinyurl.com/2vuo92c

If you face anu problem or have any further question please revert back

Adapters are available thru partstore.com for your model. I hope this helps.

Google a program called
Video Download Studio
then you can use it FREE download video or audio form YouTube, google, metacafe, redtube, dailymotion etc. attention:

download function is no need to register
you can also use it to convert video to audio, video to video, audio to audio.
use it convert video to mp3 mp4 for your iPod
tutorial;
http://www.downloadvideos-convert.com/how-to-use

This is usually caused by a failed component in the power circuit within the camera and can be repaired fairly inexpensively. However, it’s not a user serviceable problem and will need to be repaired qualified service technician.

My name is Rick and I’m a professional repair technician with over 20 years in the business and have repaired many of these. I’m semi retired and work from home with little overhead so I can keep repair costs low. If you decide to have the camera repaired, please click HERE for a directory listing that suits your needs.

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Hi.

The file are not necessarily available. What the manual say is that after formatting, traces left from the old files can be still accessed using special software. That is mentioned for privacy reasons, not to say that recovery is necessarily possible. The files are not recoverable most of the times, particularly if you recorded new files.

You can try undeleting the scenes by using one of the programs below, if you did not record new scenes, then recovery may be possible. Before starting recovery make a copy of all scenes in the disk/memory.

Here software:

Free Data Recovery

Free SD Card Recovery Software

Top 10 FREE Data Recovery

Recuva - Undelete


Here also manual:

DZ-HS303A/DZ-HS300A

None of those options worked for me. I had to remove the single screw on top of the camera. Then slide the silver top panel forward to remove it. Then remove the dark panel where the screw was removed. Then you should see a small metal piece very close to the DVD door opening that is holding it closed. Slowly nudge it forward to unlatch the door. This allowed me to open the door to remove the DVD. Unfortunately I still have to do this every time to get the door open. I may try some lubricant on the metal to prevent sticking.

http://www.fixya.com/support/p505007-hitachi_dzhs500a_camcorder/manual-21719#

if this link does not work, try just typing in "Hitachi DZHS500A user manual" in the Fixya.com search bar.

Not sure how old this camera is, but it's having some serious issues. If it's a couple years old, the battery could be dying, and might need replacement. I assume the data issue is with the hard drive, and that's not good. It's not reading the video information and trying to repair it, but it could be a hardware fault, which will require servicing.
Not sure if this will help, but here is what someone had to do (from PCMag.com) in this situation:
There are a variety of other functions and features included, but none of them are particularly intuitive. For example, I had several minutes of test footage on the camcorder's hard drive. I then copied this video to a DVD in the camcorder's DVD drive. Next, I removed the miniDVD and tried to play it on a laptop computer. My video file, however, was nowhere to be found. After a little detective work, I realized that I had needed to finalize the miniDVD disc after I transferred, or "dubbed," the files from my hard drive. Then, when I popped the disc out, it played just fine on my computer. My gripe is that I wasn't aware of this problem at first, because it wasn't mentioned in the product's menu system. It took about 7 minutes to copy footage to the miniDVD disc, and then about 6 minutes to finalize it.

Contact Hitachi support if your warranty is still in effect, and here's their site:
http://www.hitachi.us/index.html
Good luck, and hope this helps.

try loading the files onto you pc then take a dvd R disc and finalise that Im not to sure but i dont think you can finalise a rewritable disc?

I also have a DVD camera and like using Pinnacle Studio 10. There are newer versions but mine works fine. Nero works good too and it cheaper. It actually supports 5.1 sounds also. Good luck!

Preformat : By Fix-shad0w

#1
Insert your memory card into your computer's reader if you have one. If not, you can purchase a multi-format USB Memory Card reader from Amazon.com or Buy.com
#2
Open up 'My Computer'. You should see it under the list of available drives.
#3
Check its contents first to make sure that you have the right drive.
#4
In 'My Computer', right-click on the drive and choose 'Format'.
#5
Leave all the options as they are and click on 'Start'. This is a non-reversible process so make sure this is what you truly wanted to do in the first place.
#6
Once the process is completed, take the memory card out and insert it into your Digital Camera or any other device. Try to browse to it to make sure it works fine now.

With A USB , CELLPHONE , Camera The SameThing

Hi,<br /> <br /> You can download the complete instruction manual in PDF format by clicking this <b><a href="http://www.hitachiserviceeu.com/scripts/userguide.php/DZ-MV550E_EN.pdf">link</a>.</b><br /> <br /> The detailed steps with images for finalizing the disc is given on page 135 of this manual.<br /> <br /> You'll require Adobe PDF Reader installed on your computer to view the manual. If it is not already installed on your computer, download it free from: <a href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/">http://get.adobe.com/reader/</a><br /> <br /> <font color="#006600">Hope this solves your problem. Thanks for using <b>FixYa.</b></font>

This sounds like the laser lens is getting out of adjustment, and having difficulty reading the dvd before shutdown. You can try to clean the lens, hoping that's the problem (and it could be). Otherwise, the lens intensity will have to be adjusted. This would be quite a job, and better left to professionals. I would take it into a camera repair facility and see what they would charge to fix it.
Get an estimate first, since the cost of repair can be high.
Good luck, thanks for using FixYa, and hope this helps.

If you want to record your happy days, and family growing up, AND be able to view films in years to come, you should NOT use any other sort of camera than Digital 8, it has been going for donkeys years, it is reliable (DVD disks have never been working 100% a fail rate in DVD of over 80% today is simply not good enough.
Get Digital 8 camera from good shops on the net or Ebay sellers.
Please let me know how you get on okay?
David

Ebay is your best bet or of course the manufacturers web site will usually have links for these things.
static.highspeedbackbone.net/pdf/Hitachi_DZ-HS903A_Manual.pdf

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_kw=AC&_kw=DZ&_kw=ACS3&_kw=DC
Above is a link for a charger, i think you would have to buy a new one in it's entirety?
No I doubt that it will be the fact that the "video was not finalized" (sic) It is more likely that the HDD has faulted. It may be able to be rescued, by reformatting? It is more likely the HDD has failed?
You will in this case have to take the unit into an authorised service center and ask for a "Quote' before commencing any repairs. This way you can decides to repair or replace.
One can replace a HDD oneself, if technically capable. If this is what you wish to do, there are tutorials on the net to assist.

I fear the max SD card in this camera is in megs not gb's as they hardly ever notice a bigger card that 1 gig, I have same problem with my Sony 340 Hi8 camera, max size SD card is 2 g on that, also remember that some camera types wont except duel SD cards, sadly they nearly all are duel now, so I am as mad about this sort of thing as you are.

http://dvdcam-pc.support.hitachi.ca/en/support/DZMV3.asp

ther u go u can find everthing there

there needs to be power

Hi,
In dvd camcorder, after finishing recording on dvd disc, it has to be finalized in camcorder so you can playback it in any other dvd player or dvd rom of computer to transfer files.
Without finalized disc, only that camcorder can playback it and other dvd drives wont see its written RAW DATA, once finalized through that camcorder, recorded dvd disc becomes acceptable for all dvd drives.
Hope this info will help you.
Let me know if you have additional question.
Thanks.

You should indeed be able to do that, you need to maybe buy a Video Movie making package for the Mac from your local computer shop, I know that Videowave works quite well.