Preparing Discs for Recording
Compatible Discs
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Recordable Disc Types
This unit can record to DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. Please see “Disc Types” below.
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Playable Disc and Media Types
DVD Video
Commercial “Hollywood” DVD movies.
SVCD
Super VCD. A format for video saved on CD. Usually used in Asia.
DVD+RW
DVD format that can be “burned” repeatedly by some recorders.
DVD+R
DVD format that can be “burned” only once.
DVD-RW
DVD format that can be “burned” repeatedly by some recorders.
DVD-R
DVD format that can be “burned” only once.
CD-R
Recordable CD format often used for music.
CD-RW
Re-recordable CD format, also used for music.
Audio CD
Commercial music CD.
MP3
Format for compressed digital music on CD.
JPEG
Format for compressed digital photographs on CD or DVD.
We cannot guarantee that your recorded discs will play on another DVD player. Please
check the manual for the other DVD player to make sure that it can play DVD+R and/or
DVD+RW discs.
Although your DVD recorder can play DVD-R, music CDs, and MP3s, you can not use it to
create these types of discs. You can only use it to record video - whether a TV broadcast
or a home movie - to DVD+R or DVD+RW.
Disc Types
DVD+RW discs can be erased and copied over again, although this may reduce the
quality of your recording. DVD+R discs cannot be copied over, and you cannot add new
data to a DVD+R disc once it has been finalized (see the section “Editing Discs” starting
on page 49).
You may not be able to record to a DVD+RW disc that already contains recordings from
another DVD recorder or PC. If you are able to add a new recording to a disc from
another DVD recorder, your recorder will rewrite the DVD menu. If the disc contains data
from a personal computer, this data will be erased by your DVD recorder.
Initialize a New Disc
Your DVD recorder will automatically initialize a new DVD+R or DVD+RW disc the first
time it is placed into the recorder. This takes about 1 minute, during which the TV
screen shows READING. After the procedure is complete, the TV screen shows a blank
title and indicates the recording capacity is 100%.
For more information on erasing discs or portions of discs, please see the section
“Editing Discs” starting on page 43.
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