Cassettes; Cassette Types; Preventing Accidental Erasure Of Recordings; Loading And Unloading Cassettes - Sony DVW-250P Operation Manual

3-2 Cassettes

This section lists the cassettes which can be used, and
provides guidance on their handling.

3-2-1 Cassette Types

This unit uses Digital Betacam cassettes with a 1/2-
inch tape width for playback and recording. The
following are the type numbers of the cassettes you
can use.
Small cassettes Large cassettes
BCT-D6 BCT-D34L
BCT-D12 BCT-D64L
BCT-D22 BCT-D94L
BCT-D32 BCT-D124L
BCT-D40
3-2-2 Preventing Accidental
Erasure of Recordings
To prevent a tape from being erased, press in the red
erase-protect plug on the reverse side of the cassette.
Return this plug to its original position to be able to
record on the tape again.
Large cassette
Press in the red erase-protect plug.
Preventing accidental erasure
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Small cassette
3-2-3 Loading and Unloading
Cassettes
Checking that there is no slack in the tape
Before loading a cassette, press in the reels with your
fingers, and turn gently in the directions shown by the
arrows. If the reels do not turn, there is no slack.
Checking for slack in the tape
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