Notes On Video Cassettes; Usable Cassettes - Sony DSR-50 Mode D'emploi

Notes on Video Cassettes

Notes on Video Cassettes

Usable cassettes

Cassette memory
To save a recording
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(GB) Chapter 3 Playback and Recording
Use Standard-DVCAM cassettes or Mini-DVCAM cassettes with this unit.
PDV-184 can record programs for 184 minutes and PDVM-40 can record
for 40 minutes (DVCAM format).
You can get the highest quality pictures with this digital videocassette
recorder using DVCAM cassettes. You may not be able to get as good
quality with other cassettes. We recommend using DVCAM cassettes so
that you can record your one-time events in the highest quality.
Mini DVCAM cassette
Cassette memory is an optional feature that is mounted on some Standard
DVCAM cassettes and Mini DVCAM cassettes. When you record a
program, the recording date and time, and the programs' position on the
tape are stored in the cassette memory so that you can quickly locate the
program later on.
up to 16 kbits of data. On this unit, you can use cassettes on which up to 16
kbits of data can be stored.
To prevent accidental erasure of a recording, slide in the REC/SAVE
switch on the cassette so that the red portion becomes visible. To record on
a tape, slide out the switch so that the red portion is hidden.
DVCAM cassette
indicates that you can use the cassettes to store
REC/SAVE switch
Set to SAVE.
REC
SAVE