Usable cassette tapes

You can use the mini DV format cassette

only. Use a cassette with the mark.

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Cassette Memory

There are 2 types of mini DV cassettes: those with Cassette Memory and those without Cassette Memory. Cassettes with Cassette

Memory have the (Cassette Memory) mark. A cassette with Cassette Memory is recommended for use on your camcorder.

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IC memory is mounted on this type of cassette. Your camcorder can read and write data such as dates of recording or titles from/to this memory. The functions using the Cassette Memory require successive signals recorded on the tape. If the tape has a blank section at the beginning or between recorded sections, titles may not be displayed properly or the search functions may not work properly.

To prevent a blank section from being made on the tape

Touch

 

 

to go to the end of the recorded

section before you begin the next recording in the following cases:

–You have ejected the cassette during recording.

–You have played back the tape.

–You have used EDIT SEARCH.

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.

bNote

•The Cassette Memory may not function correctly when you record using a digital video camera recorder that does not support Cassette Memory, on a tape already recorded on using a Cassette Memory- compatible digital video camera recorder.

zTip

•The memory capacity of the cassette marked with

is 4k bits. Your camcorder can accommodate cassettes having a memory capacity

of up to 16k bits.

NTSC-recorded tapes

If the tape is recorded in the SP mode, you can play back tapes recorded on an NTSC video

system on the LCD screen ( is displayed).

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 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).

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