Panasonic DMR-E20 Use the joystick 3, 4 to select Format and press Enter, To stop formatting

Disc setting

	TV	VOL
POWER	CH
TV/AV
POWER	OPEN/CLOSE

Format

[RAM]

TOP !?

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C R

DISPLAY

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2·3·4·5

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PROG / CHECK

ENTER

RETURN

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TOP WINDOW

STATUS

RETURN

FRAME

SKIP

SLOW/SEARCH

STOP

PAUSE

PLAY

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VCR Plus+

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DVD

REC REC MODE CANCEL

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TIME SLIP

INPUT

CM SKIP SELECT

ADD/DLT

V.S.S.

LAST

AUDIO

MARKER

DVD

TV

ACTION

MARKER

DVD, TV

WRITE

operations

1

Advanced

TOP WINDOW

2

ENTERENTER

3

ENTER ENTER

4·5

ENTER ENTER

RQT6035

Some DVD-RAM are unformatted. You must format these discs be- fore you can use them in this unit. Formatting also allows you to erase the entire contents of a disc.

All recordings are irretrievably erased when a disc is format- ted. Check the disc carefully before formatting to ensure it doesn’t contain any programs you want to keep.

Preparation

³Switch [DVD, TV] to “DVD”.

³Insert the disc you want to format.

1 While stopped

Press [TOP WINDOW].

2 Use the joystick [3, 4, 2, 1] to select “DISC SETTING” and press [ENTER].

DISC SETTING

3 Use the joystick [3, 4] to select “Format” and press [ENTER].

DISC SETTING	Prog #	7	Free	0 : 42 (SP)
	Used	0 : 58	Total Mark	10
		Enter Title
	Disc Protection			Off
SELECT		Format
ENTER
RETURN

4 Use the joystick [2, 1] to select “Yes” and press [ENTER].

DISC SETTING Prog #	7	Free	0 : 42 (SP)
Used	0 : 58	Total Mark	10
		Format Disc
Formatting the Disc will erase all contents.
This will take approximately 1 minute.
Is it OK to start formatting the disc?
SELECT	Yes		No

ENTER

RETURN

5 Use the joystick [2, 1] to select “Start” and press [ENTER].

DISC SETTING Prog #	7	Free	0 : 42 (SP)
Used	0 : 58	Total Mark	10
		Format Disc
All contents of this disc will be
completely erased.
Is it OK to start formatting the disc?
SELECT	Start	Cancel

ENTER

RETURN

Formatting starts.

The message “Formatting is completed” appears when for- matting is finished.

ºTo stop formatting

Press [RETURN] in steps 4 and 5, or select “No” in step 4, “Cancel” in step 5 and press [ENTER].

Note

³Do not turn the unit off or disconnect the AC power supply cord while the message “Formatting the disc” is on the television. This can render the disc unusable.

(Formatting takes up to 70 minutes. You can cancel formatting if it takes more than 2 minutes by pressing [RETURN]. The disc must be reformatted if you do this.)

³All data on the disc is erased when it is formatted, including recordings made with this unit. Data written to the disc by a computer is also erased.