Sony DSR 250 Operating Instructions - Page 158

Usable cassettes Selecting cassette types You can use the DVCAM cassette*, mini DVCAM cassette*, DV cassette*, and mini DV cassette* in this camcorder. You cannot use any other 8 mm, Hi8, Digital 8, VHS, S-VHS, VHSC, S-VHSC, Betamax or ED Betamax cassette. * There are two types of DVCAM/DV cassettes: with cassette memory and without cassette memory. Tapes with cassette memory have (Cassette Memory) mark. Sony recommends that you use a tape with mark to enjoy your camcorder fully. The IC memory is built in the cassette with cassette memory. Using this IC memory, your camcorder can read, write, and search data such as the date of recording or titles. The functions using the cassette memory require successive signals recorded on the tape. If the tape has a blank portion in the beginning or between the recorded portions, a title may not be displayed properly or the search functions may not work correctly. Not to make any blank portion on the tape, press END SEARCH to return to the end of the recorded portion before you begin the next recording when: - You have ejected the cassette while recording. - You have played back the tape in VTR mode. If there is a blank portion or discontinuous signal on your tape, re-record from the beginning to the end of the tape concerning above. When you record, using a digital video camera recorder without a cassette memory function, on a tape recorded by one with the cassette memory function, the same result may occur. mark on the cassette The memory capacity of tapes marked with accommodate up to 16Kb. is 16Kb. Your camcorder can The number of data recordable on cassette memory (when using 16 Kb/2 048 bytes cassette memory) Data INDEX TITLE DATE PHOTO CASSETTE LABEL Numbers 135 (15 bytes/1 data) 106 24 (10 bytes/1 data) 48 (10 bytes/1 data) 1 The numbers above is as a guide. 158