Owner's Manual

6
DVD
Recorder Overview
(Continued)
About recordable discs
How are recordable discs
different?
The essential difference
among
DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R and DVD+RW is that DVD-R and DVD+R are
record-once
medium,
while DVD-RW and DVD+RW are
re-recordable/erasable medium. You can re-record/
erase a DVD-RW and DVD+RW disc
approximately
1,000
times.
Can I
play my
recordable discs in a
regular
DVD
player?
Generally,
DVD-R,
DVD+R 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.
Unfinalized DVD+RW discs are
playable
in a
regular
DVD
player.This indicates a
product
feature that is
capable
of
playing
DVD-RW discs recorded
with Video
Recording
format.
What are
'recording
modes'?
There are various
recording
modes available
using
this
Recorder. When
recording
to a
DVD-R,
DVD+R or
DVD+RW
disc,
recordings
are
always
in Video mode.
DVD-RW discs can be formatted for VR mode
recording
or Video mode
recording.
VR mode
recording
?4different
picture quality/recording
time
settings
avail-
able
(HQ,
SQ, LQ,
EQ)
?
Not
playable
on
regular
DVD
players
?
Recordings
can be
extensively
edited
Video mode
recording
?4different
picture quality/recording
time
settings
avail-
able
(HQ,
SQ, LQ,
EQ)
?
Playable
on
regular
DVD
players (after finalization)
?
Limited
editing
features
DVD+RW mode
recording
?4different
picture quality/recording
time
settings
avail-
able
(HQ,
SQ, LQ,
EQ)
?
Playable
on
regular
DVD
players
?
The edited contents is
playable
on
regular
DVD
play-
ers
only
after
finalizing
?
Recordings
can be edited the
title/chapter
DVD+R mode
recording
?4different
picture quality/recording
time
settings
avail-
able
(HQ,
SQ, LQ,
EQ)
?
Playable
on
regular
DVD
players (after finalization)
?A
ny
edited contents are not be
compatible
on
regular
DVD
players. (Hide, chapter
combine,
added
chapter
mark,
etc.)
?
Limited
title/chapter editing
features.
Note :
DVD-Video Format
(Video mode)
is a new format for
recording
on DVD-R/RW and 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.
'Original'
and
'Playlist' Explained
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.
+R
+RW
Video
VR
Disc
type
Disc
format
Recording
mode
Functions
DVD-Video Video format n/a
Playback only
DVD-RW Video
Recording
VR mode
Playback, Recording, Original/Playlist Editing
for mat
(default)
Video format Video mode
Playback,
limited
Recording,
limited
Editing
DVD-R Video format Video mode
Playback,
limited
Recording,
limited
Editing
DVD+RW +RW Video format DVD+RW
Playback,
limited
Recording, Title/Chapter Editing
DVD+R +R Video format DVD+R
Playback,
limited
Recording,
limited
Title/Chapter Editing