- Store DV tapes vertically in a metal cupboard away from magnets and do not put them in pockets to avoid damage. - Maintain suitable temperatures as temperature variations can cause tape stretching. - Clean the tape heads regularly using a cleaning tape to avoid issues playing tapes due to dirt buildup. - Handle tapes gently and check tension on spools to prevent stretching from drops, bangs or improper tension. - Fully rewind tapes before long-term storage and equalize tension by fast forwarding and rewinding completely.

1. DV tapes

2. To protect……….
• Do not keep them near magnets
• Do not put them in your pocket
• Store in a metal cupboard / vertical position
• Maintain a suitable temperature.

3. Right you name/ info

4. Pasting the written sticker
Information
Tape number

5. Wrong place, wrong sticker

6. Duration

7. LP / SP (long-play) (Standard Play)
• The standard SP miniDV tape will record 60
minutes, and that same tape running at LP will
record 90 minutes. Will get time code errors
ෙම ප ගත කරන කාලය වැ ම වන අතරම
capture ෙ timecode බඳ ශ්න ම
ෙවනවා.

8. Storing
Store all video tapes vertical... either way vertical...
side or end.
පට රස් අතට තැ ය .

9. Magnetic field
• DO NOT store tapes near any magnetic fields.
(i.e. Speakers, Electric motors, magnets,
computer monitors, network hubs, audio or
video cabling or anything else that can
generate a magnetic field.)

10. Result

11. Dirt
DIRT ON TAPE Classic symptoms of a dirty head.
Try running the tape till the end rewind it, and use
a cleaning tape on the camcorder, and see if it
works after that.
Maintain a suitable temperature. Variations in
temperature can cause tape tension to contract and
relax, a prime cause of stretching.

12. • ෙය ෙහ මත අප ව එක ෙම ෙමවැ
පලය ලැෙබනවා. එය (PLAY ෙහ RECORD )
කරන අවස්ථාෙ මට ව . (Cleaning
tape) කරන ෙ පටය ත පර 10
දැ ෙම ෙමම අවස්ථාෙව මග හැ මට ව .
එෙස නැ ෙවලාවක එම පටයම ගටම play
කෙල ප ෙපෙන . ප ගත කරන ෙවලාෙ
එෙස ෙන ඉ ෙග ඩ මට මග නෑ.

14. Caring
• Treat tape gently to extend the useful life.
Dropping or banging Mini DV tape damages
the tape tension which increases the chance
of stretching.
• Check the tape's tension. Make sure the Mini
DV camera spool wheels are holding correct
tension on the tape. If proper tension isn't
maintained, stretching will inevitably occur.

15. • Long-term storage on the BIG FLAT SIDE (flattest,
largest sides) is what shortens tape life-span...
because gravity never quits, even though the
tape is wound tight on a reel... it still settles
unless the spindles (reels) are oriented properly.
• පැත ආකාරයට තැ ෙම වාක ශන බලය
සා පටෙ එ ඇ ස්වභාවය ෙවනස් ෙ .
• Fast forward and then rewind the Mini DV tape
completely before storing. Re-spooling the Mini
DV all the way forward and back equalizes
tension on the tape.