Sony DSR-30P manual 24

Erasing the cassette memory

Notes

•You cannot erase the cassette memory while the safety switch on the cassette is slid to show red.

•This VCR can retrieve up to 16 kbits of data.

If the cassette memory is larger than 16 kbits, you can select ALL DATA only.

Some Standard-DVCAM cassettes and Mini -DVCAM cassettes have cassette memories ( mark) where data such as recorded date and time is stored. If you don’t need the stored data, erase the memory using the following procedure.

1	Press MENU.
	The main MENU appears on the
	monitor screen.
2	Press the CURSOR (>/.) buttons
	to move the CURSOR (❚) to		CASSETTE MEMORY ERASE
	CASSETTE MEMORY ERASE, then
			ALL DATA				YES	NO
	press EXECUTE.		INDEX DATA				YES	NO
			DATE DATA				YES	NO
			PHOTO DATA				YES	NO
			SELECT :
					µ	Mm
			SET	:	EXECUTE
			CANCEL :		MENU
3	Press the CURSOR (>/.) buttons
	to select the data to erase, then
	press CURSOR (?//) to set it to
	YES.
	Select	To erase
	ALL DATA	The entire memory
	INDEX DATA	Signals for INDEX SEARCH
	DATE DATA	Signals for DATE SEARCH
	PHOTO DATA	Signals for PHOTO SEARCH
4	Press EXECUTE.
	A message appears to confirm the		CASSETTE MEMORY ERASE
	operation.		SELECTED DATA :
			ALL DATA
			ERASE
				:	EXECUTE
			CANCEL :		MENU
5	Press EXECUTE.
	The data you selected is erased, then
	the VCR returns to the original screen.

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