Hitachi DV-DS81E, DV-DS161E About DVD recording, About HDD recording, Disc types, Recording modes

Recording

About DVD recording

Notes:

•This recorder cannot make recordings on CD-R or CD-RW discs.

•Our company takes no responsibility for recording failure due to power outages, defective discs, or damage to the Recorder.

•Fingerprints and small scratches on a disc can affect playback and/or recording performance. Please take proper care of your discs.

Disc types

This recorder can play five different kinds of DVD discs:

Pre-recorded DVD-Video discs, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW and DVD+R discs. The disc for- mat for DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW discs is always “Video format”–the same as pre-recorded DVD-Video discs. This means that once finalized, you can play a DVD-R, DVD+R, or DVD+RW in a regular DVD player. The DVD-RAM disc format is Video Recording (VR) format.

By default, the DVD-RW disc format is Video Recording (VR) format, though you can change this to Video format, if required. (Reinitializing the disc will erase the contents of the disc.)

Recording modes

If the disc format is Video Recording format, then the recording mode is VR mode; if the disc format is Video mode, then the recording mode is Video mode. Record settings can be changed as required for each recording and determine the picture quality and how much space the recording will take up on the disc.

About HDD recording

Recording to the internal hard disk drive (HDD) is basically similar to recording to a VR mode DVD-RAM disc. You have the full choice of recording quality options, including the manual mode, and of course you can record, erase and re-record as many times as you like. The capacity of the hard disk drive means that you can store many hours of video on it, even in the higher quality recording modes. To help you organize the contents, the HDD is divided into ten genre. You can name and use these genres as you like—for example, you might have a genre for movies, another for TV shows, and one for camcorder recordings.

Notes:

•The maximum number of titles that can be recorded on the HDD is 255.

•Using the HDD allows you to record a maximum of 12 hours continuously.

Notes for recording

•	-RWMake sure you change the recording for-
	mat(Video mode or VR mode) before you record
	anything on the disc, See page 26 (Disc Format) for
	how to do this.
•	+RW Overwrite recording is available.
•	+RW	+R The recorder will execute the Menu-
	making operation to update the new title and editing

when removing the disc from the recorder. Always set the recorder to the DVD mode before using the Z (OPEN/CLOSE) button to remove the disc.

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