Notes On Video Cassettes - Sony DSR-200A Operating Instructions Manual

Notes on video cassettes

Usable cassettes
We recommend using a standard DVCAM cassette
You can get the highest quality pictures with this digital camcorder using a standard
DVCAM cassette which is the highest quality cassette.
You may not get as good a quality with lesser cassettes.
You cannot use any other
VHS, k S-VHS,
cassettes.
Copyright signal
When you play back
Using this digital camcorder, you cannot play back a tape that has recorded copyright
control signals for copyright protection of software. "COPY INHIBIT" appears on the
monitor screen or in the viewfinder if you try to play back such a tape. This digital
camcorder does not record copyright control signals on the tape when it records.
When you record
You cannot use this digital camcorder and the DV connecting cable to copy a tape that
has recorded the copyright control signals for copyright protection of software. "COPY
INHIBIT" appears in the viewfinder or on the monitor screen if the playback signal of
such a tape is input to this digital camcorder.
Notes on the DVCAM cassette
Gold-plated connector of the standard DVCAM cassette
If the gold-plated connector of the DVCAM cassette gets dirty or dust sticks to the
connector, the digital camcorder may malfunction when using the cassette memory
functions such as cassette memory search.
Clean the connector with the swab once every ten times you eject the cassette [a].
To prevent accidental erasure
Slide the protect tab on the cassette so that the red portion is visible [b].
When affixing a label on the standard DVCAM cassette
Be sure to affix a label on only the location illustrated below so as not to cause
malfunction of the digital camcorder [c].
After using the standard DVCAM cassette
After use, please be sure to rewind the tape completely (to prevent picture and sound
distortion).
Return to its case and store in an upright position.
mini DVCAM,
VHSC, K S-VHSC, l Betamax or ¬ ED Betamax type
[a]
[c]
mini DV, h 8 mm, H Hi8, j
[b]
REC
SAVE
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