[Michael C.] “Now in my successful tests of the DVCAM deck (Sony model DSR-1800), the EE Delay was set to sync and everything always worked fine. However, switching the DigiBeta deck to SYNC seems to have solved the problem… well, half the time…”
I think you mean switching the digibeta to “video”?!?
Our digibetas are all set to “sync” on menu 701. But one additional thing you could try is to set point 309 to EXT. Don