Brand: HITACHI
Category: Camcorder
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Manual for DZ-HS303A/DZ-HS300A
Uploaded: Aug. 10, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Warranty Information
Limited warranty covers 1 year for parts and 90 days for labor, excluding specific exclusions.
Holding the DVD Video Camera/Recorder
Insert your right hand from the bottom to the base of your thumb. Position your hand to easily operate the REC button and Zoom lever. Adjust the hand strap for stability when pressing the REC button.
Attaching Shoulder Strap
Pass the shoulder strap through the two slots and attachments on the camera.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Numerics | |
|---|---|
| 16:9 | 65 |
| 8 cm bare disc | 26 |
| AC adapter/charger | 28 |
| ACCESS/PC indicator | 43 |
| Add (edit) | 101 |
| All programs | 95 |
| Auto (program AE) | 60 |
| Autofocus | 55 |
| AV input/output jack | 112 |
| Backlight correction | 57 |
| Battery | |
| Attaching to DVD video camera/recorder | 30 |
| Charging | 29 |
| Recordable time on DVD video camera/recorder | 31 |
| Removing from DVD video camera/recorder | 30 |
| Setting Up | 29 |
| BATTERY EJECT button | 30 |
| Black & White fade | 88 |
| Brightness | 38 |
| Camera Functions Setup | 52 |
| Capacity | 106 |
| Card | |
| Available | 27 |
| Capacity | 106, 157 |
| Format | 105 |
| Handling | 27 |
| Protection | 106 |
| Category | 110 |
| CHARGE indicator | 29 |
| Cleaning | 10 |
| Color Level | 39 |
| Connecting to TV | 112 |
| Copy | 91 |
| Create | 98 |
| Date and time | 35 |
| Date setup | 35 |
| Defaults | 37 |
| Delete (edit) | 102 |
| Delete (play list) | 104 |
| Delete (scene) | 85, 101 |
| Detail (scene) | 94 |
| Dig. Zoom | 53 |
| Diopter control | 34 |
| Disc | |
| Available | 26 |
| Finalize | 108 |
| Format | 105 |
| Handling | 10 |
| Protection | 106 |
| Divide | 86 |
| Dubbing | |
| Dubbing from HDD to disc | 83 |
| Dubbing from/to other video devices | 115 |
| DUBBING button | 83 |
| DVD player | 114 |
| DVD-R | 26 |
| DVD-RAM | 26 |
| DVD recorder | 114 |
| DVD-RW | 26 |
| Edit (play List) | 100 |
| EIS | 63 |
| EXPOSURE button | 57 |
| Exposure control | 57 |
| External microphone jack | 70 |
| Fade | 88 |
| FIELD (PHOTO Input) | 68 |
| FINALIZE button | 108 |
| Finalize DVD | 108 |
| FINE (VIDEO Mode) | 64 |
| FOCUS button | 55 |
| FRAME (PHOTO Input) | 68 |
| Frame advance/Frame back | 75 |
| Full Auto | 58 |
| FULL AUTO button | 58 |
| Full Menu | 51 |
| Go To (during playback) | 77 |
| Go To (on Disc Navigation) | 105 |
| Hand strap | 22 |
| HDD | |
| Format | 105 |
| Protection | 106 |
| Howling | 112 |
| Information display mode | 46 |
| Infrared receiver | 24 |
| Initial Setup | 36 |
| Input Source | 67 |
| Language | 36 |
| Laser pickup block | 40 |
| Lens cap | 23 |
| Lens cap string attachment hole | 23 |
| Linear PCM | 155 |
| Lock | 92 |
| LOCK switch | 43 |
| Low Light (Program AE) | 61 |
| Manual Focus | 55 |
| MENU button | 51 |
| MIC.Filter | 63 |
| Move | 103 |
| Optical 10x zoom lens | 53 |
| Optical 25x zoom lens | 53 |
| OSD Output | 69 |
| PHOTO capture | 75 |
| PHOTO Input | 68 |
| PHOTO/SELECT button | 44, 79 |
| Play (play list) | 99 |
| Play (program) | 96 |
| Play list | 98 |
| Add scenes | 100 |
| Add scenes (submenu) | 101 |
| Create | 98 |
| Delete | 104 |
| Delete scenes | 101 |
| Delete scenes (submenu) | 102 |
| Move | 103 |
| Play | 99 |
| Select | 99 |
| Select scenes (submenu) | 102 |
| Title | 104 |
| Portrait (Program AE) | 60 |
| Power Save | 36 |
| Power switch | 33 |
| Program | 95 |
| Play | 96 |
| Select | 95 |
| Title | 96 |
| Program AE | 60 |
| Protect | 106 |
| Quality (Card) | 67 |
| Quick Menu | 51 |
| QUICK MENU button | 51 |
| Record button | 43 |
| Recording indicator | 37 |
| Remote control | 23 |
| Repeat Play | 110 |
| Reset | |
| settings | 37 |
| system | 153 |
| RESET button | 153 |
| +RW | 26 |
| Sand & Snow (Program AE) | 60 |
| Scene | |
| Combine | 87 |
| Delete | 85 |
| Detail | 94 |
| Divide | 86 |
| Fade | 88 |
| Move | 87, 103 |
| Select | 93 |
| Skip | 89 |
| Searching for image | 75 |
| Select (play list) | 99 |
| Select (program) | 95 |
| Select (Scene) | 79 |
| Self Timer | 68 |
| Shoulder Strap | 22 |
| Skip (Scene) | 89 |
| Skip playback | 76 |
| Slide Show | 111 |
| Sports (Program AE) | 60 |
| Spotlight (Program AE) | 60 |
| STD (VIDEO Mode) | 64 |
| Submenu | 86 |
| Tele-conversion lens | 54 |
| Thumbnail | 72 |
| Title (play list) | 104 |
| Title (program) | 96 |
| TV type | 111 |
| Update Control Info. | 107 |
| Video flash | 59 |
| VIDEO Mode | 64 |
| FINE | 64 |
| STD | 64 |
| XTRA | 64 |
| Video selector | 66, 116 |
| White Bal. | 61 |
| White fade | 88 |
| Wide conversion lens | 54 |
| Wipe fade | 88 |
| XTRA (VIDEO Mode) | 64 |
| Zoom lever | 53 |