Usable cassette
tapes
You can use standard 8 mm
and Hi8
,
Digital8
video cassettes on your camcorder.
Hi8
system
This Hi8
system is an extension of the
standard 8 mm
system, and was developed to
produce higher quality pictures.
You cannot play back a tape recorded in the
Hi8
system correctly on video recorders/
players other than a Hi8 video recorder/player.
Digital8
system
This video system has been developed to enable
digital recording to Hi8
/Digital8
video
cassette.
The recording time when you use your
Digital8
system camcorder on Hi8
/
standard 8 mm
tape is half the recording time
when using the conventional Hi8
/standard
8 mm
system camcorder. (120 minutes of
recording time becomes 60 minutes in the SP
mode.)
To prevent a blank section from being
made on the tape
Press END SEARCH to go to the end of the
recorded section before you begin the next
recording in the case you have played back the
tape.
If there is a blank section or discontinuous
signals on your tape, re-record from the
beginning to the end of the tape as described
above.
Copyright signal
When you play back
If the cassette you play back on your camcorder
contains copyright signals, you cannot copy it to
a tape in another video camera connected to
your camcorder.
For
TRV280:
When you record
You cannot record software on your
camcorder that contains copyright