Cleaning the terminal

If the gold-plated terminals of a cassette become dirty, or dirt accumulates on the terminals, the correct remaining tape time may not be displayed.

Clean the terminal with a swab once every ten times you eject a cassette.

Terminal

When affixing a label to the cassette

Be sure to affix a label only on the correct location so as not to cause malfunction of the unit.

Storing cassettes

•After using the tape rewind it, put it in its case and store vertically. (To prevent picture and sound distortion.)

•Do not store tapes in the following places:

–Where the temperature gets high (in strong sunshine, inside a car or near a heater)

–Where there is high humidity

–In a strong magnetic field (near a TV or speakers)

Notes on LCD Screen

LCD screen is manufactured using high-precision technology. The ratio of effective pixels is 99.99% or more. However, there may be some tiny black points and/or bright points (red, blue, green or white) that constantly appear on LCD screen. These points do not affect the recorded picture in any way.

Do not place the unit with LCD screen pointing toward the sun. Otherwise, the unit may be damaged.

To clean LCD screen

To remove dirt or to clean fingerprints from LCD screen, use an LCD cleaning kit (not supplied). When you use the LCD cleaning kit, do not pour the cleaning liquid directly on LCD. Always soak the liquid in cleaning paper and wipe LCD with this paper.

About Moisture Condensation

If the unit or cassette is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, moisture may condense inside or outside the unit or tape. If you use the tape or video heads in this condition, the tape may adhere to the head drum, and the video heads or the tape may be damaged, or a malfunction may occur.

When condensation occurs, the alarm messages

“% Z Moisture condensation. Eject the cassette” or

“% Moisture condensation. Turn off for 1H.” appears. Moisture condensation is likely to occur under the following conditions:

•The unit or cassette is brought from the cold outdoors to a warm indoor location.

•The unit or cassette is brought from the air- conditioned indoors to the hot outdoors.

•The unit is used in a place subject to cold currents from an air conditioner.

When bringing the unit or cassette from a cold place to a warm place or vice versa, put it in a plastic bag and seal the bag tightly. After bringing it into the new place, leave the bag on for more than one hour, and remove the bag when the air temperature inside it has reached the temperature surrounding it.

If moisture condensation occurred

Remove the cassette immediately. While the alarm indicator is displayed, you cannot operate the unit except to press EJECT button.

Turn off the power until the condensation disappears (approximately 1 hour). If the alarm message does not appear when you turn on the unit, and if % or Z does not blink when you insert a cassette and press the video operation button, you can use the unit again.

If there is negligible condensation in the unit, this condensation may not be detected. In that case, the cassette may not be ejected for approximately 10 seconds. This is not a malfunction.

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