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Video Cassettes
We recommend
that our cassettes be used with your camcorder.
Use of poor quality
tapes or tapes that have been damaged or mishandled
can contaminate
the video heads,
resulting in a snowy picture or no picture at all during playback.
Because there is no
control over the type of tape purchased or rented by consumers,
head cleaning is not
covered under warranty.
It is considered normal maintenance.
The automatic head-cleaning
system minimizes the need for accessory cleaners or
cleaning by a Servicenter.
This system is activated whenever you insert or remove a
cassette.
Erase Protection - Safety Tab
You can use your video cassettes over and over again. To erase a previous recording,
just record over it.
A. Remove safety tab
or slide tab to
REC OFF.
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B. Cover hole
with vinyl tape or
slide tab to RE(: ON to
record over tape.
Recording
and Playback Speeds and Times
The camcorder records and plays back in standard speed (SP) or extended play (EP).
Select the recording speed and tape length using the SPoEP/T20o30.40
switch. The
selected speed and tape length will be displayed in the viewfinder or LCD monitor.
Listed below are the maximum SP and EP recording times for popular VHS-C cassettes.
° SP - Standard play provides the best
picture (less picture noise), but the
shortest recording time
(20 minutes with a TC-20 tape).
• EP - Extended play provides three
times the recording time as SP
(60 minutes with a TC-20 tape). EP
has slightly more picture noise than SP
in normal playback.
This may not be
noticeable.
Cassette
TC-20
TC-30
TC-40
Recording Time
SP
20 Min.
30 Min.
40 Min.
EP
60 Min.
90 Min.
120 Min.
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