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Disc setup and operation
You can format, protect or finalize the disc.
Preparation:
Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.
Select DISC SETUP from SYSTEM SETUP. For
the procedure, see steps 1 to 3 in Using the SETUP
MENU.
REFORMAT
You can format a recorded DVD-RW.
Check the content of the disc before format. If you for-
mat the disc, the recorded content of the disc will be
erased.
To format a DVD in the video mode, select REFOR-
MAT AS DVD VIDEO, and to format it in the VR mode,
select REFORMAT AS DVD VR.
The screen below will appear.
When you select Format and press ENTER, format
will start.
When you select Cancel and press ENTER, the DISC
SETUP screen will appear.
If you want to name the disc, select Edit label and
press ENTER. The disc name input screen will ap-
pear.
For disc name input, see page**.
NOTES:
You cannot format Ver. 1.0 DVD-RW and DVD-R.
You cannot format a protected disc.
You cannot watch video screen images during for-
mat.
NEW DISC FORMAT
If you insert a blank DVD-RW, the disc is automatically
format.
Select NEW DISC FORMAT and select the mode to
be used for automatic format from the list below.
VR: format the DVD in the VR mode.
Video: format the DVD in the video mode.
NOTE:
The automatic format is effective only for Ver. 1.1 or
later DVD-RW.
FINALIZE
When you finalize the disc recorded or edited by this
unit, you can playback the disc on other DVD players.
When FINALIZE is selected, the screen below will ap-
pear.
NOTES:
The finalization time is between a few minutes and
about an hour. The required time varies according to
disc type or the amount of free space on the disc.
You can record or edit a DVD-RW (in VR mode) final-
ized by this unit in the usual fashion, but you cannot
do these operations with a DVD-RW (in video mode)
or DVD-R.
For a DVD-RW (in VR mode) which was finalized by
another unit, you can record or edit on this unit by
canceling the finalization.
You cannot playback a disk recorded on VR mode on
a unit that does not support DVD-RW.
Even if you finalize a disc in the video mode, the disc
cannot be played back in some DVD players.
You cannot watch video screen images during final-
ization.
TIMER REC SET
SYSTEM SETUP
AV SETUP
REC SETUP
CH SETUP
OTHER
DISC SETUP
REFORMAT DVD VIDEO
REFORMAT DVD VR
BLANK FORMAT
FINALIZE
PROTECT DISC
UNDO FINALIZE
PROCEED
VR
PROCEED
PROCEED
PROCEED
PROCEED
SETUP MENU
ENTER/
SELECT
RETURN SETUPENTER BACK END
SELECT
Edit labe CancelFormat
default name
Format
Label
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