Samsung DVD-R120/AFS manual Disc Storage, Disc Specifications, Using CD-R/RW, DVD-RW VR mode

Getting Started

Disc Storage

Be careful not to harm the disc because the data on these discs is highly vulnerable to the environment.

●Do not keep under direct sunlight.

●Keep in a cool ventilated area.

●Store vertically.

●Keep in a clean protection jacket.

●If you move your DVD recorder suddenly from a cold place to a warm place, condensation may generate on the operating parts and lens and cause abnormal disc playback. If this occurs, remove the disc and wait for one to two hours with the power on before atttempting playback.

Disc Specifications

DVD-Video

●A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135- minutes of images, 8-language audio and 32 subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby 3D surrounding, allowing you to enjoy vivid and clear theater quality images in the comfort of your own home.

●When switching from the first layer to the second layer of a double-layered DVD Video disc, there may be momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the unit.

●Once a DVD-R/RW recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video.

Audio CD

●An audio disc on which 44.1kHz PCM Audio is recorded

●Plays CD-DA format audio CD-R and CD-RW discs. The unit may not be able to play some CD-R or CD- RW discs due to the condition of the recording.

CD-R/RW

MP3 CD-R/RW

●Only CD-R discs with MP3 files recorded with ISO9660 or JOLIET format can be played back

●Only MP3 files with the ".mp3", ".MP3" extension can be used.

●For MP3 files recorded with a VBR(Variable Bit Rates), from 32 Kbps to 320 Kbps, the sound may cut in out.

●Playable bitrate range is from 56Kbps to 320Kbps.

●The unit can handle a maximum of 1000 files and folders.

JPEG CD-R/RW

●Only JPEG files with the ".jpg", ".JPG" extension can be used.

●The unit can handle a maximum of 1000 files and folders.

●Maximum size of progressive JPEG is 3M pixels.

●MOTION JPEG is not supported.

Using CD-R/RW

●Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-R/RW disc.

If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the disc may not play back.

●If the CD-R/RW disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience a delay in the early playback time, and all recorded files may not play.

●Some CD-R/RW discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which was used to burn them.

For contents recorded on CD-R/RW media from CDs for your personal use, playability may vary depending on contents and discs.

DVD-R Disc Playback and Recording

●Once a DVD-R recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video.

●You can record onto the available space on the disc and perform editing functions such as giving titles to discs and programs and erasing programs before finalizing.

●When programming is erased from a DVD-R, that space does not become available. Once an area on a DVD-R is recorded on, that area is no longer available for recording, whether the recording is erased or not.

●It takes about 30 seconds for the unit to complete recording management information after recording finishes.

●This product optimizes the DVD-R for each recording. Optimizing is carried out when you start recording after inserting the disc or turning on the unit. Recording onto the disc may become impossible if optimizing is carried out too many times.

●Playback may be impossible in some cases due to the condition of recording.

●This unit can play back DVD-R discs recorded and finalized with a Samsung DVD video recorder. It may not be able to play some DVD-R discs depending on the disc and the condition of the recording.

DVD-RW Disc Playback and Recording

●Recording and playback can be performed on DVD- RW discs in both the Video and VR Modes.

●Once a DVD-RW recorded in VR Mode or Video mode is finalized, you cannot perform addtional recording.

●Once a DVD-RW recorded in Video Mode is finalized, it becomes DVD-Video.

●In both modes, playback can be performed before and after finalization, but additional recording, deleting and editing can not be performed after finalization.

●If you want to record the disc in VR Mode and then record in V Mode, be sure to execute Format.

Be careful when executing Format because all the recorded data may be lost.

●A DVD-RW blank disc is initialized to VR Mode when first initialized.

●DVD-RW (VR mode)

-This is a format that is used for recording data on a DVD-RAM or DVD-RW disc. You can record multiple titles, edit, delete, partial delete, create a playlist, etc.

-A disc that is recorded in this mode may not be played by an existing DVD player.

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