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Quick Overview
Loading a Cassette
1. Make sure that you have attached a power source.
2. Slide the OPEN / EJECT
5
switch upwards to release the cassette
compartment cover.
• Pull the cover fully open (while holding the button upwards) and wait a
couple of seconds for the cassette compartment to open automatically.
• The confirmation beep sounds when the cassette cover fully opens.
3. Load or unload the cassette.
• Insert the cassette gently with the window facing out, and the REC/SAVE
tab on the outer lower corner.
• Remove the cassette by pulling it straight out.
4. Press the
P
mark on the compartment until it clicks, and wait
for it to close.
5. Click the cover back into place.
*
D
is a trade mark.
• After loading a cassette, use record search (
51) to find the point where you
want to start recording.
• Do not interfere with the cassette compartment while it is opening or closing
automatically, or attempt to close the cover.
• Be careful not to get your fingers caught in the cassette compartment cover.
• Do not leave the cassette in the camera after use — return it to its case and store
it in a cool, clean, dry place.
• When you turn the camera’s power on,
v
flashes in the display until you load a
cassette.
• With some types of tapes, the remaining tape display may not give an accurate
reading (
117).
OPEN/
OPEN/
EJECT
EJECT
PUSH
Only use videocassettes marked with the
D
logo.*
Loading and unloading
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