Sony DCR-TRV150 User Manual
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Additional Information
— Additional Information —
About video cassette
Usable cassette tapes and Recording / Playback systems
Usable cassette tapes
Hi8
/Digital8 (recommended) Standard 8 mm *
1)
Recording system
Digital8
Digital8
Playback system *
2)
Hi8
Standard 8 mm
Usable cassette tapes
Hi8
/Digital8 (recommended) Standard 8 mm *
1)
Recording system
Digital8
Playback system
Digital8
Usable cassette tapes
Hi8
Standard 8 mm
Recording system
Hi8
*
3)
Standard 8 mm
Playback system *
2)
Hi8
Standard 8 mm
*
1)
If you use standard 8 mm tape, be sure to play back the tape on your camcorder.
Mosaic noise may appear when you play back standard 8 mm tape on other VCRs
(including another DCR-TRV150/TRV250/TRV350/TRV351).
Mosaic noise may appear when you play back standard 8 mm tape on other VCRs
(including another DCR-TRV150/TRV250/TRV350/TRV351).
*
2)
When you play back a tape, the Hi8
system or standard 8 mm system is
automatically detected and the playback system automatically switches to.
*
3)
If you record on a Hi8
video cassette in the LP mode, recording is carried out in
the standard 8 mm system.
What is the “Digital8 system”?
This video system has been developed to enable digital recording to Hi8
/
Digital8 video cassette.
The recording time when you use your Digital8 system camcorder on Hi8
The recording time when you use your Digital8 system camcorder on Hi8
/
standard 8 mm tape is half the recording time when using the conventional
Hi8
Hi8
/standard 8 mm system camcorder. (120 minutes of recording time becomes
60 minutes in the SP mode.)
What is the “Hi8
system”?
This Hi8
system is an extension of the standard 8 mm system, and was
developed to produce higher quality pictures.
You cannot play back a tape recorded in the Hi8
You cannot play back a tape recorded in the Hi8
system correctly on video
recorders/players other than a Hi8 video recorder/player.