About the battery terminal cover

The battery terminal cover has a [ ]-shaped hole. This is useful when you wish to differentiate between charged and uncharged battery packs. For example, with

charged battery packs, attach the terminal cover so that the [ ]-shaped hole shows E the blue label.

Back side of the

Terminal cover attached

 

battery pack

Charged

Uncharged

Cassette Handling Precautions

❍Rewind tapes after use. If the tape becomes slack and damaged, it may cause picture and sound distortion.

❍Return cassettes in the case and store them upright.

❍Do not leave the cassette in the camcorder after use.

❍Do not use spliced tapes or nonstandard cassettes as they may damage the camcorder.

❍Do not use tapes that have been jammed as video heads may become dirty.

❍Do not insert anything into the small holes of the cassette, or cover them with cellophane tape.

❍Handle cassettes with care. Do not drop or subject them to severe impact as this may damage the cassettes.

❍Rewind tapes from time to time if they are stored for a long time.

❍With cassettes equipped with a memory function, metal plated terminals may become dirty with use. Clean the terminals with a cotton swab after about 10 times of loading/unloading. The memory function is not supported by the camcorder.

Protecting Tapes from Accidental Erasure

 

 

To protect your recordings from accidental

 

 

erasure, slide the tab on the cassette to the

 

 

left. (This switch position is usually labelled

 

 

SAVE or ERASE OFF.)

REC

REC

 

If you load a protected cassette in CAMERA

SAVE

SAVE

 

 

mode, the message “THE TAPE IS SET FOR

 

 

ERASURE PREVENTION” appears for approx.

 

 

4 seconds and “v” starts flashing. If you wish to record on that cassette, slide the tab

back to the right.

 

Additional Information

 

 

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