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Additional
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Usable cassettes
and playback
modes
You
can use hoth
Hi8 and
standard
8 mm
video
cassettes
on your
camcorder.
When
you
use a Hi8 video
cassette,
recording
and
playback
are carried
out
in tile Hi8 system.
When
you
use a standard
8 mm
video
cassette,
recording
and
playback
are carried
out
in the standard
8 mm
system.
However,
if you
record
on a Hi8 video
cassette
in the LP mode,
recording
is carried
out
in the standard
8 mm
system.
If you
play
back
a tape
recorded
on a different
video
recorder
on your
camcorder,
the
playback
mode
is automatically
selected
according
to the fbrmat
in which
the tape
has
been
recorded.
This Hi8 system is an extension
of the standard
8 mm system,
and was developed
to
produce
higher quality
pictures.
You cannot playback
a tape recorded
in the Hi8 system correctly
on video recorders/
players
other than a Hi8 video recorder/player.
The
playback
mode
(SP/LP)
and
system,
Hi8 or standard
8 mm
are automatically
selected
according
to the fbrmat
in which
the
tape
has been
recorded.
The quality
of the
recorded
picture
in tbe LP mode,
however,
will
not be as good
as tbe SP mode.
Foreign
8 mm video
Berause TV rolor systems differ fl'om cotmtry to rotmtry, you may not be ahle to play
back foreign pre recorded tapes. Refer to "Using your camcorder abroad" to check the
TV color systems used in foreign countries.
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