Sony HDW-1800, HDW-D1800 3-5Cassettes, 3-5-1Cassette Types, 3-5-2Inserting and Ejecting Cassettes, 3-5-3Preventing Accidental Erasure of Recordings, To eject a cassette

3-5 Cassettes

To remove slack from the tape

Press in one of the reels with a finger, and turn gently in the direction shown by the arrows until there is no slack in the tape.

3-5-1 Cassette Types

This unit uses the following HDCAM cassettes for both recording and playback.

	HDCAM cassettes
Small cassettes	BCT-6HD/12HD/22HD/32HD/40HD
Large cassettes	BCT-34HDL/64HDL/94HDL/124HDL

The HDW-D1800 can also play back the following cassettes.

•Digital Betacam cassettes

•MPEG IMX cassettes

3-5-2 Inserting and Ejecting Cassettes

It is not possible to insert or eject a cassette unless the unit is powered on.

To eject a cassette

Press the EJECT button.

Note

Ejecting is a local operation. It is not possible to eject a cassette in another VTR by remote control.

If the tape slacks inside the unit, pressing the EJECT button may not eject the cassette. For information about how to remove the cassette in such a case, refer to the Installation Manual.

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To insert a cassette

EJECT button

1

2

Small cassette

Large cassette

STANDBY

STANDBY button

REW PLAY F FWD STOP

STOP button

3-5-3 Preventing Accidental Erasure of Recordings

To prevent a tape from being inadvertently erased, press in the record inhibit plug on the cassette.

Large cassette

Small cassette

1

2

Turn the POWER switch on.

Check the following points, then insert the cassette horizontally in the orientation shown in the figure.

•Check that message “ERR-10” is not shown in the time data/menu display section.

•Check that there is no slack in the tape.

The cassette is drawn into the unit, and the STANDBY and STOP buttons light.

Press in the record inhibit plug. (ON)

Return this plug to its original position to enable recording on the tape again. (OFF)

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