Inserting And Ejecting Cassettes; Ejecting The Cassette; Preventing Accidental Erasure - Sony SRW-5100 Operation Manual

3-3-2 Inserting and Ejecting
Cassettes
Always turn on this unit before inserting or ejecting
cassettes.
Inserting a cassette
1
Turn the POWER switch to ON.
2
Before inserting a cassette, check the following points:
• There is no slack in the tape.
• An error message does not appear in the menu
display.
• The window of the cassette is facing up.
When inserting an S-size cassette, make sure it is
aligned with the marks on the cassette insertion slot.
The cassette is loaded automatically, and the tape is
wound around the drum.
Removing slack in the tape
Press one of the reels in slightly, then carefully rotate it in
the direction of the arrow until it stops.
Preventing double cassette inserting
When a cassette is loaded, an orange lock-out bar appears
in the cassette insertion slot to prevent users from
attempting to load another cassette.

Ejecting the cassette

Press the EJECT button.
The tape is unthreaded and the cassette is automatically
ejected. This operation takes a few seconds.
To cancel ejecting a cassette
Press any operation button before the cassette is
completely ejected. The cassette is loaded again and the
operation corresponding to the button you pressed starts.
3-3-3 Preventing Accidental
Erasure
S-size cassette
To prevent accidental erasure of material recorded on a
tape, push in the record-protect plug.
L-size cassette
When a cassette with this plug pushed in is inserted into
this unit, the REC INHIBIT indicator on the lower control
panel lights up and recording or erasure of the stop code
cannot be carried out,
L-size cassette
S-size cassette
Push in the record-protect plug. (ON)
To restore the tape for recording, return the plug to its
original position. (OFF)
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3-3 Handling Cassettes