Panasonic PV-DV950 - Cassette Handling; Inserting the Cassette; LP Recording Mode

Inserting the
Cassette
1
Slide the [TAPE
EJECT] Lever
O
upward
to open the
Cassette
Compartment.
2 Insert the cassette.
Insert the
cassette with its window in
position
Q.
3
Close the
Cassette
Compartment
and
press
the [PUSH
TO CLOSE]
Button
to
lock the
Cassette
Compartment.
• If
the
Movie
Camera
is
supplied with power,
the above
operation step
1 can
be operated without
turning on the
Movie Camera.
•
When opening
or
closing the
Cassette
Compartment,
push
down the Grip
Belt
so that it
does not
obstruct
the opening
and
closing of the
Cassette
Compartment.
Otherwise the Grip
Belt may
prevent
the Cassette
Compartment
from opening
completely, or
it
may get
caught under the
Cassette
Compartment
Cover
and
prevent it from
closing property.
+
When inserting
the
cassette,
make
sure it faces in
the
right
direction and
then
push in straight
down until
it
stops.
•
When
you
insert
a
cassette onto
which
you
have
recorded
before,
use
the
Camera
Search
Function
(-¥
31)
to search for
the position from
which
you
want
to continue
recording.
•
When
you insert
a new cassette,
rewind
the
tape
to the
beginning
before starting
to record.
Preventing Accidental Erasure
of Recordings
Opening
the cassette's erasure prevention
slider
©
(sliding it in
the direction of the
[SAVE]
arrow)
prevents
recording. To
record
again, close
the
erasure prevention
slider (slide
it in the
direction of the
[REC]
arrow).
LP Mode
The
desired recording
speed can
be selected
with
[REC-SPEED]
on the
Menu.
(-
62,63)
If
you select the LP
Mode,
the possible
recording
time
is
1.5 times as long
as
in
the SP
Mode.
Recording in
the
LP mode
does not
deteriorate
the
picture
quality. However,
the playback
picture
may
contain
mosaic-like
patterns
and certain
functions
may
be
restricted.
•
In
the following
cases, mosaic-like
patterns
may
appear
in
the playback
picture,
or the picture
may
not be
played back
correctly:
•When
a
cassette
recorded in the
LP Mode on this
Movie
Camera
is played
back on
other
digital
video
equipment.
•When
a cassette
recorded
in the LP
Mode
on other
digital
video
equipment
is played
back on this
Movie
Camera.
•When a
cassette recorded in
the LP
Mode
on this Movie
Camera is
played
back
on digital
video
equipment
not
featuring
the LP
Mode.
•In the
Slow Motion
or Frame Advance
Playback
Mode.
(-»
27,
28)
•When
using the
Camera
Search
Function.
(-»
31)
•
As
the
recording
track
width in
the
LP
Mode is
smaller
than the
head
width,
recording
new
sound
onto an
already
recorded
cassette (audio
dubbing)
(-»
49)
is
not
possible.
NOTE
Concerning
extended-play
mini DV
cassette
tapes
(standard
play:
80
minutes/long
play:
120 minutes)
Please
take
note
that
extended-play
mini
DV
cassette
tapes
(80
minutes in
standard
play
mode;
120
minutes
in
long
play mode)
cannot
be
used with
a
DVCPRO
or
DVCPRO50
format
VTR.
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