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Getting started
We recommend using Hi8 video cassettes
H
.
If you use standard 8
h
tape, be sure to play back the tape on this camcorder.
Your camcorder records in the Digital8 system.
(
1
)
Slide EJECT in the direction of the arrow while pressing the small blue button.
The cassette compartment automatically lifts up and opens.
(
2
)
Insert a cassette with its window facing out and the tab on the cassette up.
(
3
)
Close the cassette compartment by pressing the “PUSH” mark on the cassette
compartment. The cassette compartment automatically goes down.
To eject a cassette
Slide EJECT in the direction of the arrow while pressing the small blue button.
Notes
• The recording time when you use your Digital8 system camcorder on Hi8/standard
8 tape is half the recording time when using the conventional Hi8/standard 8 system
camcorder.
• If you use standard 8 tape, be sure to play back the tape on this camcorder. Mosaic
pattern noise may appear when you play back standard 8 tape on other VCRs.
• Do not press the cassette compartment down. Doing so may cause malfunction.
To prevent accidental erasure
Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to expose the red mark.
Step 2 Inserting a cassette
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2
3
EJECT
