Preventing Accidental Erasure - Sony Digital betacam DVW-970 Operation Manual

Checking the tape for slack
Pressing in the reels lightly, turn them gently with your
fingers in the directions shown below. If the reels will not
move, there is no slack.
Checking the tape for slack
Unloading a cassette
With the power supply on, press the EJECT button to open
the cassette compartment lid. Then take out the cassette. If
you are not going to insert another cassette, close the
cassette lid.
It is possible to take out the cassette and close the cassette
compartment lid unless the battery voltage drops below
about 10.5 V. Do not repeat this unloading operation.
Unloading a cassette manually
If the battery voltage drops below about 10.5 V, take out
the cassette manually as illustrated below.
Cassette
compartment lid
1Turn the power off.
2Open this rubber cover.
3Pushing on the screw
inside with a screwdriver,
turn the screw clockwise
until the cassette lid
opens.
Unloading a cassette manually
You need not return the screw to its original position after
taking out the cassette. Although the cassette compartment
lid is not locked, turning on the power makes the cassette
lid operable again.
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About Cassette

3-1-2 Preventing Accidental Erasure

The following procedure prevents cassettes from being
recorded inadvertently.
Preventing accidental erasure
Push the plug in.
To reuse the cassette,
return the plug to its
original position.