Usable cassette tapes

You can use standard 8 mm and Hi8 , Digital8 video cassettes on your camcorder.

Hi8 system

This Hi8 system is an extension of the standard 8 mm system, and was developed to produce higher quality pictures.

You cannot play back a tape recorded in the

Hi8 system correctly on video recorders/ players other than a Hi8 video recorder/player.

Digital8 system

This video system has been developed to enable

digital recording to Hi8 /Digital8 video cassette.

The recording time when you use your

Digital8 system camcorder on Hi8 / standard 8 mm tape is 2/3 of the recording

time when using the conventional Hi8 / standard 8 mm system camcorder. (90 minutes of recording time becomes 60 minutes in the SP mode.)

To prevent a blank section from being made on the tape

Press END SEARCH to go to the end of the recorded section before you begin the next recording in the case you have played back the tape.

If there is a blank section or discontinuous signals on your tape, re-record from the beginning to the end of the tape as described above.

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.

For TRV285E: 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 TV screen if you try to record such software.

Your camcorder does not record copyright control signals on the tape when it records.

Notes on use

To prevent accidental erasure

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

REC: The cassette can be recorded.

SAVE: The cassette cannot be recorded (write- protected).

When labeling the cassette

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

Do not put a label along the border.

Labeling position

After using the cassette

Rewind the tape to the beginning to avoid distortion of the picture or the sound. The cassette should then be put in its case, and stored in an upright position.

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