Owner's Manual

6
DVD
Recorder Overview
About
DVD-R
and
DVD-RW
disc
How are DVD-R and DVD-RW discs different?
The essential difference between DVD-R and DVD-RW
is that DVD-R is a record-once
medium,
while DVD-RW
is a re-recordable/erasable medium. You can re-record/
erase a DVD-RW disc
approximately
1,000
times.
Can I
play my
recordable discs in a
regular
DVD
player?
Generally,
DVD-R discs and DVD-RW discs recorded in
Video mode are
playable
in a
regular
DVD
player,
but
they
must be 'finalized' first. This
process
fixes the con-
tents of the disc to make them readable to other DVD
players
as DVD-Video discs.
DVD-RW discs recorded in VR
(Video Recording)
mode
are
playable
in some
players.
This indicates a
product
feature that is
capa-
ble of
playing
DVD-RW discs recorded with
Video
Recording
format.
What are
'recording
modes'?
There are two
recording
modes available
using
this
recorder: VR mode and Video mode. When
recording
to
a DVD-R
disc,
recordings
are
always
in Video mode.
DVD-RW discs can be formatted for VR mode
recording
or Video mode
recording.
VR mode
recording
?
3 different
picture quality/recording
time
settings
avail-
able
(HQ,
SQ,
LQ)
?
Not
playable
on
regular
DVD
players
?
Recordings
can be
extensively
edited
Video mode
recording
?
3 different
picture quality/recording
time
settings
avail-
able
(HQ,
SQ,
LQ)
?
Playable
on
regular
DVD
players (after finalizing)
?
Limited
editing
features
Many
functions of this recorder are
dependent
on the
recording
mode. One or more of the
symbols
(, ) appear by
each function
explained
in this manual so that
you
can see at a
glance
whether
it's relevant for the disc loaded.
You can find more information on disc formats and
recording
modes on next
page.
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DVD-Video Format
(Video mode)
is a new format for
recording
on DVD-R/RW discs that was
approved by
the
DVD Forum in 2000. You
may
therefore
experience
problems playing
recordable DVD discs in some
players.
Symptoms
include video
artifacts,
audio and/or video
dropouts
and
playback suddenly stopping.
Our
company
cannot take
responsibility
for
problems
playing
discs recorded on this recorder in other
players.
Is
editing
a DVD like
editing
a video
tape?
No. When
you
edit a video
tape you
need one video
deck to
play
the
original tape
and another to record the
edits. With
DVD,
you
edit
by making
a
'Playlist'
of what
to
play
and when to
play
it. On
playback,
the recorder
plays
the disc
according
to the
Playlist.
About word
'Original'
and
'Playlist'
Throughout
this
manual,
you
will often see the words
Original
and
Playlist
to refer to the actual content and
the edited version.
?
Original:
content refers to what's
actually
recorded on
the disc.
?
Playlist:
content refers to the edited version of the
disc
---
how the
Original
content is to be
played.
About
DVD
recording
otes
?
This recorder cannot make
recordings
on CD-R or
CD-RW discs.
?
Our
company
takes no
responsibility
for
recording
fail-
ure due to
power
cuts,
defective
discs,
or
damage
to
the recorder.
?
Fingerprints
and small scratches on a disc can affect
playback
and/or
recording performance.
Please take
proper
care of
your
discs.
Disc
types
and
recording
formats, modes,
and
settings
This recorder can
play
three different kinds of DVD disc:
pre-recorded
DVD-Video
discs,
DVD-RW and DVD-R
discs. The disc format for DVD-R discs is
always
"Video
format"---the same as
pre-recorded
DVD-Video discs.
This means that once
finalized,
you
can
play
a DVD-R
in a
regular
DVD
player.
By
default,
the DVD-RW disc format is Video
Recording
format,
though you
can
change
this to Video
format,
if
required. (Reinitializing
the disc will erase the contents
of the
disc.)
The
recording
mode is
closely
related to the disc format.
If the disc format is Video
Recording
format,
then the
recording
mode is VR
mode;
if the disc format is Video
mode,
then the
recording
mode is Video mode
(except
for
DVD-Video,
which is not
recordable,
and so does not
have a
recording mode).
Within the
recording
modes
(which
are fixed for the
whole
disc)
are the record
settings.
These can be
changed
as
required
for each
recording
and determine
the
picture quality
and how much
space
the
recording
will take
up
on the disc.
VR Video