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You didn’t bother to LOOK at the model number?

I might have some suggestions, but we can be expected to take your question more seriously than you do.

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[Kim Rowley] “You can also stipe the tape using the internal signal generator of the deck itself (bars, tone, black) if you don’t want to tie up your Mac to give it give you the signal.”

Please re-read my post.
That’s exactly what I said.

There is no need to FULLY STRIPE a digital tape.

Just record Bars & Tone for about a minute, then assemble from the source.

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You need to set the TC Generator ON THE DECK.

There is a keystroke and Jog-Dial routine to set it that goes along the lines of the following:

Switch deck to LOCAL
Switch TC switch to PRESET
Hit HOLD button
Hit RESET button
Hit Jog button
Rotate Jog Dial to proper TC Segment
Hold in Jog button
Rotate Dial proper TC Number (59)
Release Jog button
Rotate Jog Dial to proper TC Segment
Hold in Jog button
Rotate Dial proper TC Number (10)
Release Jog button
Hit SET
Set Incoming signal of Bars & Tone
Put in tape
Hit Record
When you’ve laid enough B&T hit stop.
Switch TC switch to PRESET
Switch deck to REMOTE CONTROL

Use FCP “Edit to Tape” to start the program at proper TC (1:00:00:00).

This is all from memory so it might be a bit “off” but the idea is very close.

Its like trying to put in PRINT “How to tie a shoelace”.
It sounds very complex, but for those of us who do it frequently, its almost automatic.

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Put one of the clips on a new video track above the other.

Make sure they overlap by enough frames, and adjust the “Opacity” on the upper clip (in the Motion tab) to create a dissolve.

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You must have “handles” (“extra footage”) on one or both of two adjacent clips to allow a dissolve (or other “Mixing” transition).

So, assuming you wanted a 1 sec. transition between any two ten-second clips:

a) You’d need at LEAST 11 seconds total length (one second of “extra footage”) on the end of the FIRST clip

b) Or, you’d need at LEAST 10.5 seconds total length on BOTH clips (half sec. of “extra footage” at the end of the FIRST clip, and half sec. of “extra footage” at the beginning of the SECOND clip.

c) Or, you could make the “Out-point” several frames EARLIER in the first clip and/or make the “In-point” several frames LATER in the second clip and the transition could then be the length that you moved the point(s).

-OR-

You could make a STILL-FRAME of the last frame of your first clip and dissolve THAT out for as long as you want.

-OR-

Change the SPEED of your clip(s) (slow-mo) and that will allow for a longer dissolve length.

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I’m guessing you have an effect or Motion Tab setting on the V1 clip.
This is normal.

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That’s how you “loop” anything like this.

On the original clip, make sure you have set the IN point at the head and the OUT point at the end of the clip.

Then, edit it to the video track that you want to put the clip on, and just keep hitting the “Overwrite” button (or F10) until you have edited in enough clips of the “loop”.

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Whatever works.

You can also use the “Flicker Filter”.

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Did you edit the video AND audio to the timeline?

Where all the proper tracks selected when you edited the clip to the timeline?

Check all tracks needed, and edit it in again.

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Temperature in the 20’s (F) has never bothered any of my camcorders.
(Its cold, but not “THAT” cold.)

But being out in the “MINUS degrees” (F) could even affect the BATTERY (too-cold batteries tend to sag in power-output).
I keep all batteries warm until ready for actual use under bitterly-cold conditions.

You do have the right idea about AFTER the shoot returning to the warmth.

You should remove the tape from the camcorder BEFORE you bring the unit back inside to the humidity.

If you forget and leave the tape inside, turn OFF the camcorder and let it sit for about a half-hour or more so the tape won’t wrap itself around the heads due to moisture.