Videocassettes
Make sure you select good quality tapes for your camcorder. Use of poor quality tapes or tapes that have been damaged or mishandled can contaminate the video heads, resulting in a snowy picture or no picture at all during playback. Because there is no control over the type of tape purchased or rented by consumers, head cleaning is not covered under warranty. It is considered normal maintenance.
If a snowy picture or
Erase Protection – Safety Tab
You can use your videocassettes over and over again. To erase a previous recording, record over it.
Safety Tab
To prevent accidental | To record on the tape again, |
erasure, break off the tab. | cover the hole with vinyl tape. |
Recording and Playback Speed and Times
The camcorder records and plays back in VHS standard speed (SP). Listed below are the maximum recording times for popular VHS cassettes.
CASSETTE | RECORDING TIME |
60 Min. | |
2 Hrs. | |
2 Hrs., 40 Min. | |
3 Hrs. |
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