Setup menu
Disc menu
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Finalising
When the disc is finalised, the recordings are "fixed"
so that the disc can be played on normal DVD players
or computers with a DVD-ROM drive.
When a disc is finalised, a screen menu is generated
so that you can play the disc. Press the MENU/PBC
or TITLE buttons to access the menu.
Important!
•
You can no longer edit or record more
data onto DVD-R or DVD+R discs that
have already been finalised.
•
To continue editing or recording on a
DVD-RW disc that has already been fi-
nalised, select the option [Unfinalize].
•
You can also edit or record onto
DVD+RW discs that have been final-
ised.
1. Select [Finalize] and press ENTER.
2. A confirmation message appears.
3. Press
W
/
X
to select [OK] and then press ENTER.
The recorder starts finalising the disc. The system
returns to the Setup menu when finalising is com-
plete.
Note
•
The duration of the finalisation process
depends on the disc type, how much
data was recorded onto the disc and the
number of titles.
•
Finalising a DVD+R DL disc may take
up to 30 minutes.
Note
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To unfinalise a DVD-RW disc, insert in
the recorder and select "Unfinalize"
from the disc menu. You can now edit
and record on the disc again.
•
You cannot unfinalise DVD-R and
DVD+R discs.
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Finalising is not possible when the op-
tion [Protect] is set to [On]. Set the op-
tion [Protect] to [Off] in order to enable
finalising.
Disc protection
When recording from DVD-RW discs in DVD+RW/+R
or VR mode, set the option [Protect] to [On] to prevent
the inserted disc from being recorded over, modified
or deleted accidentally. Select [Off] to remove protec-
tion.
Disc label
Enter a name for the disc here. This name appears
when the disc is inserted and when disc information is
displayed on the screen.
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A maximum of 13 characters of the disc name are
shown.
•
The recorder only displays a limited number of
characters from discs formatted on other record-
ers.
1. Select [Disc Label] and press ENTER.
2. The keypad menu for entering characters opens
(see page 49).
Disc info
Disc info displays disc information on the screen.
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Label (disc name)
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Title number (number of titles)
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Media (disc type e.g. DVD-RW)
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Status (e.g. recordable, blank, full)
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Space (occupied/available memory)
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Remainder (capacity available on the disc for the
quality setting selected, e.g. SP: 120 minutes)
and progress bar
