On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:15:27 GMT, castles wrote:

>We are using two Sony DCR-TRV320 camcorders as broadcast cameras for our
>
>local community TV channel. I am trying to use them without running
>tapes. If I leave the tape out and turn on the camera a demo program
>starts. Does anyone know how I can use these cameras without running the
>
>tape mechanism so that they do not go on standby or shut off or ?????.
>This is very frustrating as they are working very well for our purposes
>except for this problem.

In some camcorders there is a menu item that permits
disabling the demo mode; none allows disabling the
auto-shutoff with tape in...