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Cassette Loading

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PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION Cassette Loading Erasure-prevention switch Cassette holder Tape window EJECT W VOLUME T EJECT switch Cassette cover Videocassette Loading the Cassette Use a videocassette tape marked MiniDV. ● To record, slide the switch on the back for use in preventing accidental erasure to the "REC" side. ● Remove any the tape slack before loading. 1. Slide the EJECT switch on the top section of the GY-DV300 and then open the cassette cover. 2. Insert a videocassette into the cassette slot. With the window in the cassette facing outward and the erasure-prevention switch up, push down on the center section of the cassette back, ensuring that the cassette is inserted straight and all the way. 3. Slowly push the "PUSH HERE" section on the cassette holder with a finger until a click is heard. Confirm that the cassette holder does not come up when you remove your finger. 4. Gently close the cassette cover by pushing it in all the way. When the power is turned on, the condition varies as shown in the following table. MODE Erasure-Prevention Switch Position Switch REC SAVE CAM A Recording- STOP mode. REC or standby mode INHIBIT displayed on the LCD screen and CAM B the viewfinder screen. VTR STOP mode * After the cassette cover is closed, it takes about 11 seconds before the unit can start recording or before it enters the STOP mode. 38 Unloading the Cassette 1. In the recording-standby or STOP mode, slide the EJECT switch to the side and then fully open the cassette cover. ● Tape ejection starts. It takes a few seconds before the cassette is ejected. 2. Take out the videocassette. 3. Close the cassette cover. CAUTION: • Do not slide the EJECT switch during recording. If the EJECT switch is slid during recording, the tape is ejected. • Do not leave the unit for a long period with the cassette cover open. Dirt or other foreign objects may enter the unit and cause malfunction. • When the cassette tape is inserted, press the "PUSH HERE" section on the cassette holder to lock the cassette holder properly. Then close the cassette cover. Refrain from repeatedly raising and lowering the cassette holder when the cassette holder is not completely locked. The tape could become slack as a result of the operation.

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CAUTION:
•
Do not slide the EJECT switch during recording.
If the EJECT switch is slid during recording,
the tape is ejected.
•
Do not leave the unit for a long period with
the cassette cover open. Dirt or other foreign
objects may enter the unit and cause
malfunction.
•
When the cassette tape is inserted, press the
“
PUSH HERE
”
section on the cassette holder
to lock the cassette holder properly. Then
close the cassette cover.
Refrain from repeatedly raising and lowering
the cassette holder when the cassette holder
is not completely locked. The tape could
become slack as a result of the operation.
Erasure-Prevention Switch Position
REC
CAM A
Recording-
or
standby mode
CAM B
VTR
STOP mode
PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION
Cassette Loading
W
T
VOLUME
EJECT
EJECT switch
Erasure-prevention
switch
Videocassette
Tape window
Cassette cover
Loading the Cassette
Use a videocassette tape marked MiniDV.
●
To record, slide the switch on the back for use in
preventing accidental erasure to the
“
REC
”
side.
●
Remove any the tape slack before loading.
1.
Slide the EJECT switch on the top section of the
GY-DV300 and then open the cassette cover.
2.
Insert a videocassette into the cassette slot.
With the window in the cassette facing outward
and the erasure-prevention switch up, push
down on the center section of the cassette back,
ensuring that the cassette is inserted straight
and all the way.
3.
Slowly push the
“
PUSH HERE
”
section on the
cassette holder with a finger until a click is
heard. Confirm that the cassette holder does
not come up when you remove your finger.
4.
Gently close the cassette cover by pushing it
in all the way.
²
When the power is turned on, the condition
varies as shown in the following table.
* After the cassette cover is closed, it takes about
11 seconds before the unit can start recording or
before it enters the STOP mode.
STOP mode. REC
INHIBIT displayed on
the LCD screen and
the viewfinder screen.
Unloading the Cassette
1.
In the recording-standby or STOP mode, slide
the EJECT switch to the side and then fully open
the cassette cover.
●
Tape ejection starts. It takes a few seconds
before the cassette is ejected.
2.
Take out the videocassette.
3.
Close the cassette cover.
MODE
Switch
Cassette holder
SAVE