Usable cassette tapes

You can use mini DV format cassettes only.

Use a cassette with the mark.

is a trademark.

Your camcorder is not compatible with cassettes with Cassette Memory.

To prevent a blank section from being made on the tape

Go to the end of the recorded section using END SEARCH (p. 31) before you begin the next recording in the following cases:

You have played back the tape.

You have used EDIT SEARCH.

Copyright signal

When you play back

If the cassette you play back on your camcorder contains copyright signals, you cannot copy it to a tape in another video camera connected to your camcorder.

When you record

You cannot record software on your camcorder that contains copyright control signals for copyright protection of software. [Cannot record due to copyright protection.] appears on the LCD screen, or on the viewfinder if you try to record such software. Your camcorder does not record copyright control signals on the tape when it records.

Notes on use

When not using your camcorder for a long time

Remove the cassette and store it.

To prevent accidental erasure

Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to set it to SAVE.

REC: The cassette can be

REC

recorded.SAVE SAVE: The cassette cannot

be recorded (write-protected).

When labeling the cassette

Be sure to place the label only on the locations shown in the following illustration so as not to cause a malfunction of your camcorder.

Do not put a label along this border.

 

 

 

 

 

Labeling position

 

 

 

 

 

After using the cassette

 

Additional

cassette should then be put in its case, and

Rewind the tape to the beginning to avoid

 

distortion of the picture or the sound. The

 

stored in an upright position.

Information

Generally, clean the gold-plated connector

When cleaning the gold-plated

 

connector

 

on a cassette with a cotton-wool swab after

 

every 10 times it has been ejected.

 

If the gold-plated connector on the cassette

 

is dirty or dusty, the remaining tape

 

indicator may not be indicated correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold-plated connector

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