Step 3 Inserting a cassette

(1)Prepare the power supply.

(2)Slide L OPEN/EJECT in the direction of the arrow and open the lid. The cassette compmlment automatically lifts up and opens.

(3)Push the center of the cassette back to insert the cassette.

 

Insert the cassette straight as far as possible into the cassette compartment with

 

 

the window facing up.

 

 

 

-_,

(4)

Close the cassette

compartment

by pressing

[N*_]on the

cassette compartment.

":

(5)

The cassette compartment automatically goes down.

 

 

After the cassette

compartment

going down

completely,

close the lid until it

_[

 

clicks.

 

 

 

 

 

3, 45

OPEN/EJECT

To eject a cassette

Follow tile procedure above, and take out the cassette in step 3.

Notes

Do not press tile cassette conlpartlnent down forcibly. Doing so may cause a

malfunction.

• The cassetle compartment may not be closed when you press any part of tile cassette

compartment other than the _ mark.

When you use a cassette with cassette memory

Read the instruction about cassette memory to use this function properly (p. 194).

To prevent accidental erasure

Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to expose the red mark.

When ejecting a cassette

Do not press EDITSEARCH.

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Sony DCR-TRV27, DCR-TRV25 Inserting a cassette, To eject a cassette, When you use a cassette with cassette memory

DCR-TRV25, DCR-TRV27, DCR-TRV16 specifications

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