Panasonic DMR-EH75V Selecting the background style-Top Menu style, HDD, disc and card management

HDD, disc and card management

Refer to the control reference on page 70.

Selecting the background style—Top Menu style

[-R] [-R[DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R[DL] [+RW]

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

After performing steps 1 to 3 (l 70)

[4]Press [3, 4] to select “Top Menu Style” and then press [ENTER].

[5]Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the background and then 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. (l 52, Change Thumbnail)

Selecting whether to show the Top Menu first—Playback will start with:

[-R] [-R[DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R[DL] [+RW]

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

After performing steps 1 to 3 (l 70)

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

[5]Press [3, 4] to select “DVD’s Top Menu” or

“First Title on DVD” and then press [ENTER].

DVD’s Top Menu: The top menu appears first.

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

Enabling discs to be played on other equipment—Finalize

[-R] [-R[DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R[DL]

Make selections from “Top Menu Style” and “Playback will start with:” above before finalizing the disc.

After performing steps 1 to 3 (l 70)

[4]Press [3, 4] to select “Finalize” and then press [ENTER].

[5]Press [2, 1] to select “Yes” and then press [ENTER].

[6]Press [2, 1] to select “Start” and then press

[ENTER].

A message appears when finalizing is finished.

Note

≥You cannot cancel finalizing.

≥Finalizing takes up to 15 minutes. (Finalizing may take up to 60 minutes with DVD-R DL and +R DL.)

≥Do not disconnect the AC power supply cord while

finalizing. This will render the disc unusable.

After finalizing

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

≥[-RW‹V›]You can record and edit the disc after formatting

(l 71) although it becomes play-only after finalizing.

≥When copying in high-speed, chapters will be replicated.

≥[-R][-RW‹V›] [+R] Titles are divided into about 5-minute ([+R] 8-minute)¢chapters, if

-the titles were directly recorded to the disc.

-the titles were copied 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
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.com

Creating Top Menu—Create DVD Top Menu

[+RW]

+RW discs contain no Top Menu data. Top Menu is a convenient function. We recommend you create the menu before playing a +RW disc on other equipment.

After performing steps 1 to 3 (l 70)

[4]Press [3, 4] to select “Create DVD Top Menu” and then press [ENTER].

[5]Press [2, 1] to select “Yes” and then press [ENTER].

[6]Press [2, 1] to select “Start” and then press

[ENTER].

Creating DVD Top Menu starts. You cannot cancel creating. Creating DVD Top Menu can take a few minutes.

[7]Press [ENTER].

≥Recording or editing on the disc may delete the menu. In that case, create the menu again.

≥You cannot use the title menu for playing on this unit.

[7]Press [ENTER].

Note

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

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