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Author Topic: HDCAMSR SRW5000 ejecting tapes??? Chris Milton Film Handler Posts: 6 From: London, UK Registered: May 2012 posted 06-21-2012 06:18 AM                     I have an HDCAMSR deck SRW5000. It plays all HDCAMSR tapes fine but won't play either Digibeta or HDCAM. It ejects the tapes as soon as they are put in. I know there is an option to auto-eject tapes that are not of the currently selected format/framerate but this is turned off. Any ideas?????  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-21-2012 11:19 AM                     If this is the first time you're encountering difficulty loading/playing these kinds of recordings, it may be an indication that you don't have the requisite format conversion card(s) installed. Do you know if you have any optional cards installed? Have you played these formats before in that deck?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-21-2012 01:24 PM                        What Manny said. Also, turn the tape upside down and check the matrix of four D-shaped holes in the top (near the tape door) center of the tape shell. Some of these will be "punched out" and some will be "filled in"; this is how the deck determines what type of tape you are using. Sometimes the tapes get dropped or otherwise damaged in shipment and that area of the shell can get damaged. You then have the option of either using a piece of artist tape to cover the extra punched-out holes (compare to a known-good tape of the same format) or transplating the tape reels into a different shell of the same format. Either method works fine, though I would not trust the artist tape method for more than one or two screenings.  |  IP: Logged Tom Tomlinson Film Handler Posts: 21 From: Port Washington, NY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 06-21-2012 02:17 PM                     if you are not sure of options goto interface 1-simul SFT & diagnosis button press 2-F5 for options HKSR5002 is for dbeta  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-21-2012 02:38 PM                     ...and, depending on the frame rate of the tape(s) -- HDCam included -- you might also need the HKSR5001  |  IP: Logged

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