Closing cover before pushin inner cover first at DVinfo.net

Dean Orewiler · February 4th, 2006, 07:47 AM

I just received my XL1S and I'm a little paranoid about doing things correctly first - I opened the cassette compartment by hitting eject, but then when I close it (WITHOUT INSERTING A DV TAPE IN IT) I closed the outter cover first - which I read later to be a no-no....could I have damaged it?? I didn't have a tape in it when I did this....I was just testing out operations.

Richard Alvarez · February 4th, 2006, 08:14 AM

Sleep well. You didn't break it. Just don't make a habit of it, ESPECIALLY with a tape in it.

Dean Orewiler · February 4th, 2006, 03:10 PM

a restful sleep it will be - I was reading in "The Skinny on the XL1" that it was kind of a design flaw because it's hard to see the "push this" in first on the inner metal sleeve..and other people are doing it - which means, other people like myself, are not reading the manual before they start dinking around with their new toys.

Tony Davies-Patrick · February 7th, 2006, 04:42 AM

I have not heard of an XL1s being damaged by closing only the outer cassette door.
Closing only the outer door - with no cassette in the chamber - should also prevent wear on the heads if you are just testing camera settings.

Don Palomaki · February 7th, 2006, 06:06 AM

Probably not a design flaw. It is likely a design compromise to save money, reduce complexity, and improve reliability. The current method means they do not need to add another sensor and a more complicated mechanism to retract the tape carrier if they have the operator push it in by hand.

FWIW, when the XL1 came out it was a common new operator error to NOT push in the tape carrier, and this resulted in the tape not loading until it was ejected and then the carrier pushed in per instructions. No harm no foul.

February 4th, 2006, 07:47 AM	#1
Dean Orewiler Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 186	Closing cover before pushin inner cover first I just received my XL1S and I'm a little paranoid about doing things correctly first - I opened the cassette compartment by hitting eject, but then when I close it (WITHOUT INSERTING A DV TAPE IN IT) I closed the outter cover first - which I read later to be a no-no....could I have damaged it?? I didn't have a tape in it when I did this....I was just testing out operations.

February 4th, 2006, 03:10 PM	#3
Dean Orewiler Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 186	good night . . . a restful sleep it will be - I was reading in "The Skinny on the XL1" that it was kind of a design flaw because it's hard to see the "push this" in first on the inner metal sleeve..and other people are doing it - which means, other people like myself, are not reading the manual before they start dinking around with their new toys.

February 7th, 2006, 04:42 AM	#4
Tony Davies-Patrick Trustee Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Worldwide Posts: 1,589	I have not heard of an XL1s being damaged by closing only the outer cassette door. Closing only the outer door - with no cassette in the chamber - should also prevent wear on the heads if you are just testing camera settings. __________________ www.WILDCARP.com www.NIKON.me.uk

February 7th, 2006, 06:06 AM	#5
Don Palomaki Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Northern VA Posts: 4,488	Probably not a design flaw. It is likely a design compromise to save money, reduce complexity, and improve reliability. The current method means they do not need to add another sensor and a more complicated mechanism to retract the tape carrier if they have the operator push it in by hand. FWIW, when the XL1 came out it was a common new operator error to NOT push in the tape carrier, and this resulted in the tape not loading until it was ejected and then the carrier pushed in per instructions. No harm no foul. __________________ dpalomaki@dspalomaki.com

February 4th, 2006, 08:14 AM	#2
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Sleep well. You didn't break it. Just don't make a habit of it, ESPECIALLY with a tape in it.