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We recommend RCA cassettes be used with your camcorder. Use of poor quality or damaged tapes can contaminate the video heads, resulting in snow or no picture during playback. Head cleaning is not covered
under warranty. It is considered normal maintenance. Playing a new RCA tape for approximately 30 minutes will often satisfactorily clean the heads and improve your picture.
Insert and Remove Cassettes
OPEN Button | Tab |
Window
Press Here to Close
1.Attach a power supply to the camcorder.
2.Slide the OPEN button and completely open the cassette compartment cover.
3.Press the EJECT button to open the cassette
compartment. Insert or remove the cassette.
Caution: Insert the cassette with the safety tab facing up and the tape Window facing out. The cassette should slide easily in the
compartment. DO n0t:force the cassette.
4.Gently press on the area labeled PUSH to close the cassette compartment door.
5.After the cassette compartment is fully retracted, close the cassette compartment cover.
Erase | Tab | ......................:_,_: | : :::: : ::: | : | :: | ::::::::: | : | : :: |
You can use your video cassettes | over and over again. | To erase a previous | recording, | just | record | over | it. |
| To Prevent | Erasure - | To Record | Again | - |
| Close Safety | Tab | Open Safety | Tab |
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Safety Ta | (Expose Red) | (Red Disappears) |
Recording and Playback Speeds and Times
The camcorder records in standard speed (SP). The chart shows the maximum SP recording times for some popular 8mm cassettes.
The camcorder can play back tapes in standard speed (SP) or long play (LP) speed. The playback
speed is automatically selected by the camcorder. The LP indicator appears in the electronic viewfinder when the camcorder is playing back a tape recorded in LP.
Cassette | Recording Time | |
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| ii_ |
15 | Minutes | |
20 | Minutes | |
45 | Minutes | |
60 | Minutes | |
90 | Minutes | |
2 | Hours | |
2 1/2 Hours |
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