Sony Digital8 DCR-TRV520 Operating Instructions Manual page 15

Step 2 Inserting a cassette
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We recommend using Hi8 Hi[]/Digital8
1_ video
cassettes.
(1) Prepare the power supply (p. 10).
(2) Open the lid of the cassette compartment, and press EJECT. The cassette
compartment opens automatically.
(3) Insert a cassette with its window facing out and the write-protect tab on the
cassette up.
{4) Close the cassette compartment by pressing the _ mark on the cassette
compartment. The cassette compartment automatically goes down.
(5) Close the lid of the cassette compartment.
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To eject a cassette
Follow the procedure above, and eject the cassette in step 3.
Notes
• Do not press the cassette compartment down. Doing so may cause malfunction.
• Your camcorder records pictures in the Digital8 1} system.
• The recording time when you use your camcorder is half of indicated time on Hi8
Hi [] tape. If you select the LP mode in the menu settings, 3/4 of indicated time on Hi8
HI [] tape.
• 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 camcorders
(including other DCR-TRV520/TRV525).
• The cassette compartment may not be closed when you press any part of the lid other
than the _ mark.
• Do not pick up your camcorder by holding the lid of the cassette compartment.
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To prevent accidental erasure
Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to expose the red mark.
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