Samsung DVD-VR320 Recording Formats, Recording Mode, Unrecordable video, DVD-RWVideo mode/-R

Recording Formats

When you insert an unused disc, the following message appears. Since available functions differ depending on the disc type, select a disc that best fits your prefer- ences.

DVD-RAM: Use after formatting the disc.

Unformatted Disc

Do you want to format this disc?

Yes No

DVD-RW: When an unused DVD-RW disc is first insert- ed, the message "Do you want to intialize this disc" will be displayed. If you select Yes, the disc will be formatted in VR mode.

Uninitialized Disc

Do you want to initialize this disc?

Yes No

If you want to change the mode, refer to

Formatting a Disc on page 78.

	DVD-RW(VR)		Disc Manager
	Setup
ecordingR		Disc Name	:		√
	Timer	Disc Protection	: Not Protected		√
	Copy	Disc Format			√
	Choose the recording format fot DVD-RW.
	Title List	Delete All Title Lists			√
	Playlist	DVD-VRProtectDVD-V			√
	Disc Manager
	MOVE	SELECT	RETURN	EXIT

DVD-R: Formatting DVD is unnecessary and only Video Mode Recording is supported.

DVD-RW(Video mode)/-R

•Chapters will be created automatically when you final- ize recording on DVD-R/DVD-RW discs in Video mode with the Chapter Creator has been set to On.

•Simple editing (erasing titles/changing title name).

DVD-RW(VR mode)/-RW

•This mode involves multiple editing functions (such as deletion of the whole title, partial deletion of a title, etc.).

•Various editing options using a created Playlist.

Recording Mode

Select one of four recording modes by pressing the REC SPEED button repeatedly while the unit is in Stop mode for the desired recording time and picture quality. In general, picture quality improves as the recording time decreases.

In AUTO Mode, picture quality is adjusted automatically so that all images for the scheduled time can be recorded onto the free disc space.

	Mode	Characteristic	Recording Times
			Data Rates
	XP	Select when the	Approx. 1 hours
	(high quality mode)	video quality is
			about 8 Mbps
		important.
	SP	Select to record in	Approx. 2 hours
(standard quality mode)		standard quality.	about 4 Mbps
	LP	Select when a long	Approx. 4 hours
		recording time is
(long recording mode)			about 2 Mbps
		required.
	EP	Select when a long	Approx. 6 hours/
		recording time is	about 1.2 Mbps
	(extended mode)
		required.	Approx. 8 hours/
			about 0.8 Mbps
	AUTO	for timer recording only	Approx 60 to 480 Min
		see page 56.	approx 0.8 to 8Mbps

Unrecordable video

Pictures with copy protection cannot be recorded on this DVD Recorder & VCR.

When the DVD Recorder & VCR receives a copy guard signal while recording, recording stops and the following message appears on the screen.

You cannot record copy protected movie.

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