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'O INSERT A 'VIDEO CASSETTE
. Turn the power on.
!. Insert a video cassette straight into the cassette compart-
ment until it stops. The cassette is automatically loaded.
with label up
fo insert a KCS cassette
3e sure
to insert
a KCS
cassette
into the center of the
sassette
compartment,
aligning
the
cassette
with
the
yuide—the cutout at the cassette entrance and the lines on
he cassette compartment lid
e€ comp
if
piu
wit.
Align these positions
f the STAND BY indicator remains lit and any of function
yuttons (except for the EJECT button) does not operate the
ecorder
ject the cassette and take up the leader tape manually by
urning the reel to the direction of the arrow on the bottom
intil the leader tape is completely taken up.
nsert the cassette again.
Notes on cassette insertion
» Before inserting a video cassette, check that the lamp in-
side. the cassette
compartment
is not
lit. If it is lit, a
sassette has already been inserted.
» Be sure to insert the cassette straight into the entrance of
he cassette compartment,
not at an angle.
»Do not insert a cassette with the bottom side up.
pThe labels on the cassette should
be firmly attached.
If
hey peel off an inserted cassette, you inane not be able to
emove the cassette.
rO REMOVE A VIDEO CASSETTE
. Check that the power is on.
». Press the EJECT button. The cassette will be automatical
ly ejected.
THE RECORDING
FORMAT
The video and audio signals are recorded
using the full
width of the tape as shown below. Because of this, the tape
cannot be recorded in the reverse direction.
TT
—TO—TT—eDO0EET
OO
OS
oe
«— Control! track
<t—
Video track
MMT 1 Tom Tt <—
Audio CH-2 track
MULLUOM oom
<«t— Audio CH-1 track
THE RED BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM
lf you
want
to
safeguard
the
material
recorded
on
a
cassette, remove the red button on the bottom so it cannot
be recorded even if the REC button is pressed. Accidental
erasure is now impossible. If you later decide to record on
this cassette, replace the button. If a cassette without a red
button is inserted into the videocassette recorder, the E-to-E
mode picture (see page 9) on the monitor screen is cut off.
Red button
HANDLING AND STORAGE
@Do not store a video cassette in a place subject to direct
sunlight, high humidity or excessive dust, or near heaters,
air ducts or a magnetic field.
eStore
the cassette
in the cassette
case
vertically, first
rewinding the tape evenly on the supply reel.
e@ Avoid subjecting the cassette to mechanical shock.
TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF TAPE ON THE
REEL
The amount of tape remaining can be seen in the mirror in-
side the cassette compartment.
Mirror
ASSETTE' RECORDER:
Slee Re i ot
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