Owner's Manual

24
Before
Operation
(Continued)
DV
Record Audio
You need to set this if
you
have a camcorder
using
32kHz/12-bit sound connected to the front
panel
DV IN
jack.
Some
digital
camcorders have two stereo tracks for
audio. One is recorded at the time of
shooting;
the other
is for
overdubbing
after
shooting.
On the Audio 1
setting,
the sound that was recorded
while
shooting
is used.
On the Audio 2
setting,
the overdubbed sound is used.
Auto
Chapter
When
recording, chapter
markers are
put
in
specified
setting.
You can
change
this interval to 5
minutes,
or
10 minutes. If
you
select
None,
switch off automatic
chapter marking altogether
with the No
Separation
set-
ting.
Disc
Settings
Initialize
If
you
load a
completely
blank
disc,
the recorder will ini-
tialize the disc.
DVD-R: The recorder initialize the disc to Video mode.
The
recording
mode will
always
be Video mode.
DVD-RW: The Initialize menu will
appears.
Select
"OK" then
press
ENTER. The recorder initialize the
disc to Video mode. If
you change
to VR
mode,
go
to
step
9.
DVD+R/+RW: The Initialize menu will
appears.
Select
"OK" then
press
ENTER.
Also,
you
can format the disc from the
Setup
menu as
below.
1
Press
HOME.
The Home menu
appears.
2
Use
b
/ B
to select the
Setup option.
3
While
the Start
option
is
selected,
press
ENTER.
4
Use
v /
V
to select the Disc
option.
5
Press
B
to
move
to the second
level.
6
Use
v /
V
to select the Initialize
option.
7
Press
B
to
move
to the third
level.
Start icon is
highlighted.
8
Press
ENTER.
Initialize menu
appears.
9
In
case
of
the initialized
DVD-RW,
use
b
/ B
to
select
a
desired Disc Format
Mode
(VR
Mode or
Video
Mode)
then
press
ENTER.
In
case
of
DVD+RW,
go
to
step
10.
10
Use
b
/ B
to select
"OK"
then
press
ENTER.
It takes
a few
moments to format the disc.
Caution
If
you
want to
change
the disc
format,
everything
recorded on
the disc
will be
erased.