Canon 9540A003 OPTURA500 OPTURA400 Instruction Manual - Page 149

About the battery terminal cover The battery terminal cover has a [ ]-shaped hole. This is useful when you wish to differentiate between charged and uncharged battery packs. For example, with charged battery packs, attach the terminal cover so that the [ ]-shaped hole shows E the blue label. Back side of the battery pack Terminal cover attached Charged Uncharged Cassette Handling Precautions ❍ Rewind tapes after use. If the tape becomes slack and damaged, it may cause picture and sound distortion. ❍ Return cassettes in the case and store them upright. ❍ Do not leave the cassette in the camcorder after use. ❍ Do not use spliced tapes or nonstandard cassettes as they may damage the camcorder. ❍ Do not use tapes that have been jammed as video heads may become dirty. ❍ Do not insert anything into the small holes of the cassette, or cover them with cellophane tape. ❍ Handle cassettes with care. Do not drop or subject them to severe impact as this may damage the cassettes. ❍ Rewind tapes from time to time if they are stored for a long time. ❍ With cassettes equipped with a memory function, metal plated terminals may become dirty with use. Clean the terminals with a cotton swab after about 10 times of loading/unloading. The memory function is not supported by the camcorder. Protecting Tapes from Accidental Erasure To protect your recordings from accidental erasure, slide the tab on the cassette to the left. (This switch position is usually labeled SAVE or ERASE OFF.) REC REC If you load a protected cassette in CAMERA SAVE SAVE mode, the message "THE TAPE IS SET FOR ERASURE PREVENTION" appears for approx. 4 seconds and "v" starts flashing. If you wish to record on that cassette, slide the tab back to the right. 149 Additional Information