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Inserting a Cassette
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Recording and Playback
Inserting a Cassette
The camcorder can use standard-size and mini-size
DVCAM/DV cassettes. For details about usable cassette,
see
1
Set the POWER switch to ON.
2
While sliding the OPEN lever in the direction of the
arrow, open the cassette lid.
3
Insert the cassette with the cassette window (on the
front) facing outward and the REC/SAVE switch
facing upward.
Check for tape slack before inserting the cassette.
To insert a mini-size cassette
Insert the cassette with the cassette window (on the
front) facing outward. Push the cassette between the
both guides.
4
Close the cassette lid until it clicks.
To eject a cassette
Follow the procedure above, and take out the cassette by
pressing the EJECT button in step
3
.
• Before inserting a cassette, make sure that there is no
cassette in the cassette compartment. Inserting two
cassettes by mistake may cause a malfunction.
• Internal parts of the camcorder may become bent or
otherwise damaged if you attempt to insert a mini-size
cassette in the wrong direction (such as with the cassette
turned backside front so the reel holes face the cassette
holder window or with the cassette turned sideways so
that a short side enters first).
• If a cassette is not inserted completely or gets stuck when
being inserting, take out the cassette and reinsert it. If
your insert a cassette forcibly, the cassette may not be
OPEN lever
Press the center
of the cassette.
REC/SAVE switch
Notes
Guides
Mini-size cassette
match marks
Press the lid firmly
until it clicks.
If the cassette lid
is hard to close,
press the top of
the lid.
Top of the lid
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