Panasonic DMR-EH60 Enabling discs to be played on other equipment, Press 3, 4 to select Finalize

HDD, disc and card management

Refer to the control reference on page 50.

Enabling discs to be played on other equipment

(Top Menu Style, Playback will start with:, Finalize)

[-R] [-RW‹V›] [+R]

Preparation

Press [DVD] to select the DVD drive.

After performing steps 1–3 (➡ 50)

∫Top Menu Style

You can select the background that will be displayed as the DVD- Video top menu after finalizing.

4 Press [3, 4] to select “Top Menu

Style” and press [ENTER].

5 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the background and press [ENTER].

Top Menu Style

1 2 3

	5	6
Display after finalizing
Thumbnail	01
(Still picture)	Title Name

≥You can change thumbnails displayed in the top menu. (➡ 39, Change Thumbnail)

∫Playback will start with:

You can select whether to show the top menu after finalizing.

6 Press [3, 4] to select “Playback will start with:” and press [ENTER].

7 Press [3, 4] to select “Top Menu” or “First Title” and press [ENTER].

Top Menu:The top menu appears first.

First Title: The disc content is played without displaying the top menu.

Convenient functions	∫ Finalize
	Make selections from “Top Menu Style” and “Playback will start with:”
	above before finalizing the disc.
	8 Press [3, 4] to select “Finalize” and
	press [ENTER].
	9 Press [2, 1] to select “Yes” and
	press [ENTER].
	10 Press [2, 1] to select “Start” and
	press [ENTER].
	A message appears when finalizing is finished.
	[Note]
	≥You cannot cancel finalizing.
	≥Finalizing takes up to 15 minutes.
	≥Do not disconnect the AC power supply cord while

finalizing. This will render the disc unusable.

11 Press [ENTER].

[Note]

When finalizing a high-speed recording compatible disc, it may take longer than displayed on the confirmation screen (approximately four

RQT8307 times).

After finalizing

≥[-R] [+R] The disc becomes play-only and you can no longer record or edit.

≥[-RW‹V›]You can record and edit the disc after formatting (➡ 51) although it becomes play-only after finalizing.

≥When transferring (dubbing) in high speed, chapters will be replicated.

≥Titles are divided into about 5-minute§chapters, if –the titles were directly recorded to the disc.

–the titles were transferred (dubbed) using any mode other than the high speed mode.

§This time varies greatly depending on the condition and mode of recording.

≥There is a pause of several seconds between titles and chapters during play.

[Note]

Chapters on a finalized disc do not appear as thumbnails in the disc’s top menu.

	Before	After
	finalizing	finalizing
Disc display on this unit	DVD-R
	DVD-RW (V)	DVD-V
	+R
Recording/Editing/Entering name	Yes	No
Play on other players	No	Yes

≥You cannot finalize discs recorded on other manufacturer’s equipment.

≥If you finalize discs recorded on Panasonic equipment other than this unit, the background selected as “Top Menu Style” may not be displayed.

≥Discs finalized on this unit may not be playable on other players due to the condition of the recording.

≥Visit Panasonic’s homepage for more information about DVDs.

http://www.panasonic.ca

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

To exit the screen

Press [RETURN] several times.

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