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g
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Note
:
•
If the cover of disc insertion block is open, the ACCESS/PC indicator will blink when an ima
g
e is displayed on the LCD
monitor screen: In this case, the DVD video camera/recorder will not turn off even if the power switch is set to “OFF”.
If the cover remains open after a while, the DVD video camera/recorder will automatically turn off.
•
Disc cannot be inserted or removed unless a char
g
ed battery or AC adapter/char
g
er is connected to the DVD
video camera/recorder.
•
If there is some delay before recordin
g
starts, refer to “Troubleshootin
g
” on pa
g
e 137.
•
Do not close the cover if a disc is not properly loaded on the turntable.
•
If a sin
g
le-sided disc is inserted into DVD video camera/recorder with the printed label facin
g
the inside, an error
messa
g
e will appear. Remove the disc and reinsert it with its recordin
g
side facin
g
the inside. See “Trouble
Messa
g
es” on pa
g
e 131.
•
Do not remove the battery or disconnect the AC adapter/char
g
er durin
g
removal of the disc or until power is
completely turned off: If you do, the disc cover will not open. If this happens, reattach the battery or AC adapter/
char
g
er, push down the DISC EJECT button once, and then release it.
•
Do not insert anythin
g
other than the 8 cm DVD-RAM/DVD-RW/DVD-R/+RW disc into the disc insertion block:
Doin
g
so could cause malfunctions.
•
When insertin
g
or removin
g
the disc, BE SURE NOT to look into the lens in laser pickup: Doin
g
so could dama
g
e
your eyesi
g
ht.
•
When the power switch is set to “
"
”, the disc cannot be removed: To remove the disc, set the power switch to
“OFF” or “
!
”.
• When using double-sided dis
c
Recordin
g
is possible on both sides of double-sided disc. However, when recordin
g
or playback on one side is
finished, recordin
g
or playback will not move automatically to the other side. Remove the disc once from the DVD
video camera/recorder, turn over the disc and insert it a
g
ain for continued use.
The recordin
g
surfaces of double-sided disc are likely to become dirtied or scratched: Always make sure that
there is no dirt or scratch on the recordin
g
surface facin
g
the pickup lens, and then use the disc takin
g
g
reat care
that it is not dirtied or scratched. Use the provided disc cleanin
g
cloth to wipe off any dirt on disc (see pa
g
e 9).
●
When using brand-new DVD-RW/+RW dis
c
When a disc is first loaded in the DVD video camera/recorder, the “Format Disc” screen will appear.
When re
c
ording on this DVD video
c
amera/re
c
order:
Choose “Yes” on the “Format Disc” screen, and
then press
.
When using DVD-RW, choose the recording
format (VR or VF mode), and then press the
button.
The disc will be formatted.
When re
c
ording data from PC:
While the “Format Disc” screen is displayed,
choose “No” and then press
, or press the
button.
However, if data from PC has not yet been
recorded, the disc can be made usable on this
DVD video camera/recorder. When inserting
the disc into this DVD video camera/recorder,
the same message will appear: If you wish to use
it on this DVD video camera/recorder, choose
“YES”.
(When usin
g
DVD-RW)
ENTER
D i s c F o r m a t .
S e l e c t r e c o r d f o r ma t .
F o r ma t D i s c
VR Mo d e
VF Mo d e
ENTER
F o r ma t D i s c
YES
NO
D i s c i s n o t f o r m a t t e d .
F o r m a t t h e d i s c n o w ?