Video Cassettes
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.
Erase Protection – Safety Tab
You can use your video cassettes over and over again. To erase a previous recording, just record over it.
| 8 | To Record Again | |
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Safety Tab |
| Close Safety Tab | Open Safety Tab |
| (Expose Red) | (Red Disappears) | |
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Recording and Playback Speed and Times
The camcorder records and plays back in standard speed (SP). Listed below are the maximum SP recording times for some popular 8mm cassettes.
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15 | Minutes | |
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20 | Minutes | |
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45 | Minutes | |
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60 | Minutes | |
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90 | Minutes | |
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2 | Hours | |
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2 1/2 Hours | ||
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