Hitachi DZ-BD7HA - General Description of Camcorder; Servicing Method; Camcorder Specifications; Compatibility of Recorded DVD and Recording Media

Table of Contents (Click Headers to go to page)
1 Safety Precaution for Repair .............. 1-1
1-1 Cautions .................................................... 1-1
1-2 Electrostatic Protection Measures ............. 1-2
1-3 Cautions When Handling
BD or DVD Drive........................................ 1-2
1-4 Cautions When Handling 1.8-inch HDD
(Hard Disc Drive) for Camcorder ...............1-3
1-5 Lead-Free Solder ....................................... 1-4
1-6 Notes When Using Service Manual ........... 1-6
2 General Description ............................ 2-1
2-1 Overview ................................................... 2-1
2-1-1 Servicing method ................................... 2-2
2-2 Features ....................................................2-3
2-3 Specifi cations ............................................ 2-3
2-4 Major Differences from
Previous Models ........................................ 2-6
2-5 Compatibility of Recorded DVD and
Corresponding Recording Media ............... 2-9
2-5-1 Compatibility of Recorded Discs ........... 2-9
2-5-2 Corresponding Recording Media ............ 2-11
2-6 Names of Parts ..........................................2-12
2-7 List of Abbreviations and Terms ...............2-15
3 Description of Operation .................... 3-1
3-1 Description of Structure ............................. 3-1
3-2 Description of Newly Adapted
Technology ................................................ 3-3
3-2-1 Blu-ray Disc (BD) .................................... 3-3
3-2-2 1.8-inch HDD for DZ-BD7HA .................. 3-4
3-2-3 High-Defi nition (HD) Recording .............. 3-5
3-2-4 CMOS sensor ......................................... 3-6
4 Troubleshooting .................................. 4-1
4-1 Procedure for Troubleshooting ................... 4-1
4-2 Messages and Troubleshooting ................. 4-2
4-3 Display of Error Codes and
Troubleshooting ........................................ 4-12
4-3-1 Displaying error codes and
clearing them .......................................... 4-12
4-3-2 Details of error code display ................... 4-12
4-3-3 Major error codes and troubleshooting ... 4-13
4-3-4 BD/DVD Load Check Flowchart ............. 4-15
4-3-5 Cleaning BD/DVD and optical pickup ..... 4-16
4-4 Checking Versions of Firmware and
Updating .................................................... 4-17
4-4-1 Checking fi rmware versions ...................4-18
4-4-2 Updating fi rmware .................................. 4-18
4-5 Trouble Diagnosis ...................................... 4-20
4-5-1 Trouble diagnosis fl owchart .................... 4-21
4-5-2 Reassembly to enable service position .. 4-33
4-6 Procedure for Removing BD/DVD from
Faulty Camcorder ...................................... 4-36
4-6-1 Items to be checked ...............................4-36
4-6-2 How to remove BD/DVD ......................... 4-36
4-7 System Resetting/Resetting Camera
Functions ................................................... 4-37
4-7-1 List of items to be reset ..........................4-37
4-7-2 System reset procedure ......................... 4-39
4-7-3 Procedure for resetting camera
functions ................................................. 4-39
5 Disassembly and Reassembly ............ 5-1
5-1 Items to Be Checked ................................. 5-1
5-2 Order of Disassembly and Names of Major
Circuit Boards and Units ............................ 5-2
5-2-1 Order of Disassembly ............................. 5-2
5-2-2 Names of Major Circuit Boards and
Units ....................................................... 5-3
5-3 Disassembly ..............................................5-3
(1) Adjustment Cover ...................................5-3
(2) L Block ....................................................5-4
(3) Top Cover ............................................... 5-5
(4) MIC circuit board and MIC unit ............... 5-6
(5) Rear Block and AEL Circuit Board .........5-7
(6) Front Block ............................................. 5-8
(7) MAN Circuit Board .................................. 5-9
(8) Rear Case and EVF Unit ........................ 5-10
(9) Back-up Battery, LAF Circuit Board and
EXL Circuit Board ................................... 5-11
(10) Camera Block ......................................... 5-12
(11) Flash Unit and SFF Circuit Board ........... 5-13
(12) FRT Circuit Board, Lens Barrier Unit and
IR Filter ................................................... 5-14
(13) BD Drive Unit .......................................... 5-15
(14) HDD Cover, HDD Block and HDF Circuit
Board [For DZ-BD7HA] .......................... 5-16
(15) HDD Unit [For DZ-BD7HA] ..................... 5-18
(16) LCD Unit ................................................. 5-19
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