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It is always best to stick to the same brand of tapes (Sony, Panasonic, JVC etc) and not swap between brands during a shoot unless a head-cleaning tape is used first.
If you buy a used XL2 camera or want to change tape brands, then simply run a tape-cleaner through the heads for 5-10 seconds (I rarely run a head cleaner tape for longer than 5-seconds).
I've been using JVC tapes on the XL2 (two different cameras) for hundreds of hours,and also the earlier XL1s. I also use the same head-cleaner tapes as I'm running through the cameras (in my case, JVC) and only rarely need to run it over the heads for about 5-seconds to prevent dust and gunge build-up on the heads (normally displayed by digital pixel break-up or banding via the viewfinder).
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