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End of recording
Title & Chapter Menus
This DVD recorder can automatically create title and chapter menus in response to recording operations and can save these to the
disc being recorded.
When the disc is subsequently played, these title and chapter menus can be used to access specific sections of stored video and
audio.
●When recording is stopped using the STOP button or a similar action (i.e., disc closing), a title number and a thumbnail
(corresponding to the frame at the start of recording) will be created to form part of the disc’s title menu. A single disc cancontain
up to 99 different titles.
●Similarly, if a chapter mark is inserted during recording, a chapter number and a thumbnail (corresponding to the frame at the
chapter mark) will be created to form part of the title’s chapter menu. Chapter marks are used as targets for skipping during
playback. Each title can contain up to 99 chapters. Indexes are written together with chapter marks. (Please see page 57 for
details on indexes.)
Display Styles
A total of eight different display styles can be used with title and chapter menus. The DVD MENU screen can be used to select the
type of style to be used in the creation of title and chapter menus.
In addition, each of the display styles can be modified as required. (☞ Page 36)
Depending on the style used and the number of menu items, title and chapter menus may extend over more than one page.
Title menu
Chapter menus
Start of recording
Title 1
End of recordingStart of recording
Title 2
Chapter mark Chapter mark Chapter mark
Thumbnail Thumbnail
Thumbnail Thumbnail Thumbnail Thumbnail Thumbnail
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Recording Recording
Notes
●This DVD recorder can store a total of six different display patterns for title and chapter menus.
At the time of purchase, this DVD recorder will contain five different template files. Any of the stored display patterns can be
selected to change the styles applied to each of the title and chapter menus.
Modifying Chapter Menus
A chapter menu’s display style and thumbnails can be edited at the end of recording (i.e., during title closing); furthermore, titles
and comments for the chapter menu can also be input at this time. (EDIT MENU from the DVD MENU screen must be set to
ENABLE for this to be possible.) (☞ Page 44)
Modifying the Title Menu
The style used for the title menu and the text input for the title name may both be modified before finalizing is carried out. (EDIT
MENU from the DVD MENU screen must be set to ENABLE for this to be possible.) (☞ Page 50)
Notes
●Thumbnail of the title menu will be the top thumbnail of the chapter menu.
●Once a title is closed, it will no longer be possible to modify the chapter menu.
●No modifications whatsoever will be possible when the disc has been finalized.
●When a disc is finalized, its title menu will be used to create the top menu.
●Thumbnail creation method during wide-signal recording can be selected in THUMBNAIL FORM of the DVD MENU screen.
Settings & Controls for Recording
35Selecting Styles for Title & Chapter Menu
Each recorded DVD contains title and chapter menus that provide information relating to its titles and chapters.
Whenever recording is carried out, title numbers, chapter numbers, and thumbnails are automatically generated in order to create
the title and chapter menus.
Specifically, the frames from the start of individual recordings are used as thumbnails for the title menu.
In a similar way, the frames at which chapter marks have been inserted are used as thumbnails for chapter menus. (These thumbnails
may be modified later on.) The title menu will become the top thumbnail of the chapter menu.
The term “style” is used to refer to a combination of thumbnail characteristics for the title and chapter menus. This DVD recorder can
store eight different style types, and the DVD MENU screen is used to indicate which of these types is to be used.
1.
Press the SET UP button to display the Setup Menu.
2.

Select DVD MENU from the Setup Menu and then press the SET

button.
●The DVD MENU screen will appear. Within this screen, the STYLE parameter
indicates the style type currently selected for the title and chapter menus.
3.

Confirm the settings for the currently selected style.

Select STYLE and then press the SET button to display the corresponding
STYLE screen.
TITLE PATTERN : The display pattern currently selected for the title
menu. Each display pattern uses different numbers,
positions, and sizes for thumbnails, in addition to
different backgrounds.
CHAPTER PATTERN: The display pattern currently selected for chapter
menus. Each display pattern uses different numbers,
positions, and sizes for thumbnails, in addition to
different backgrounds.
4.

Use the cursor buttons (6,7,t, and 8) to select one of the

eight style types and display the corresponding STYLE screen.

5.

To use a specific style, select the corresponding type number

and then press the SET button.

This type number will then be stored by the DVD recorder.
Following this, the screen’s BACK button will be highlighted. The SET button
can now be pressed to return to the DVD MENU screen.

If BACK is used to exit the STYLE screen without the SET button

being pressed for the newly selected type, the style setting will

not be updated.

Making Settings in the DVD MENU screen

EXIT
DISC
INPUT SELECT
SYSTEM
DVD MENU
RECORDER
REMOTE
DISPLAY
CLOCK ADJUST
NETWORK
Setup Menu
DVD MENU screen
STYLE screen
Style types
Notes
●The STYLE settings for chapter menus can be freely modified until title closing
is carried out. (☞ Page 44)
●The STYLE settings for the title menu can be freely modified until the DVD is
finalized. (☞ Page 50)
●Each style can be freely modified and stored in the DVD recorder’s memory.
In addition, it is also possible to freely select and modify display patterns
(i.e., the number, position, and size of thumbnails in addition to the
background). For more details regarding modification of STYLE, refer to
page 36.
●In certain cases, the frames used for chapter menu thumbnails may differ
slightly from the exact frames at which the corresponding chapter marks
were inserted.
MENU
STYLE TYPE1
THUMNAIL FORM NORMAL
CAPTER PATERN 1
TITLE PATERN 1
DISC IN ACTION TITLE
TITLE END NEXT TITLE
DVD MENU TYPE TOP
EDIT MENU DISABLE
DVD MENU