I received a MiniDV source tape from a new client yesterday. Popped it in my DSR-11 deck and started capturing (clip at a time) and found that each time the tape reached a spot where the client stopped his camera (not paused, but stopped the tape and turned off the camera) the DSR-11 deck would stop playing and start re-winding. Very annoying. I managed to get though capturing 26 clips from the tape with this happening between each and every scene.
I had never noticed this behaviour before, so I did a little investigating and discovered a "feature" (the old Sony UMatics had this as well) -- Auto Repeat. Apparently, if turned on, the deck will stop and rewind if a break in control track occurs. So, either this switch had gotten turned on accidently, or it has always been turned on and the "feature" only showed up with this particular tape.
Anyway -- if anyone has this happen to them, the "auto repeat" switch is not in the menu options or on the front of the deck. It's on the back of the deck.
Jim
I had never noticed this behaviour before, so I did a little investigating and discovered a "feature" (the old Sony UMatics had this as well) -- Auto Repeat. Apparently, if turned on, the deck will stop and rewind if a break in control track occurs. So, either this switch had gotten turned on accidently, or it has always been turned on and the "feature" only showed up with this particular tape.
Anyway -- if anyone has this happen to them, the "auto repeat" switch is not in the menu options or on the front of the deck. It's on the back of the deck.
Jim