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Changing & Checking Title Menu Styles & Names (continued)

Finalizing Discs

1.
Select FINALIZE from the TITLE MENU EDIT screen and press the
SET button.
●A confirmation window will appear.
2.
Select YES and then press the SET button.
●The disc finalizing process will begin.
The state of progress during finalizing is displayed using a progress bar.
When the disc has been finalized, the progress bar will disappear and the E-E
screen will return.
FINALIZE
PRESET STYLE
TITLE MENU PREVIEW
EXIT
TITLE TEXT INPUT
TITLE MENU
YES NO
FINALIZE
TITLE MENU EDIT screen
Confirmation screen
Progress screen
1.
2.
FINALIZE
Notes
●A maximum of 20 minutes will be required to complete finalizing.
●When finalizing is carried out, all of the disc’s recorded video and audio are
stored in accordance with the DVD Video Standard; accordingly, this content
can then also be replayed as DVD video.
●Although a disc finalized using this DVD recorder may in principle be played
on other DVD players, there is no guarantee that all of its content will be
playable.
●The action to be taken by this DVD recorder when a finalized disc is inserted
or when playback of a title has ended is specified by DISC IN ACTION and
TITLE END respectively from the DVD MENU screen.
●Select EXIT from the TITLE MENU EDIT screen and then press the SET
button to return to the E-E screen without finalizing the disc.
Title & Chapter Menu Settings

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Playback

Playing Back a Disc

It is possible to playback a disc recorded on this DVD recorder.
Playback operation may vary according to whether finalization has been performed.
OPERATE
PHONES REV STOP PLAY FWD PAUSE REC
BUSY
OPEN/CLOSE
TOP
MENU MENU
OPTIONDV Y/C LINE
SET UP
AUDIO
CH1
CH2
TITLE
DOLBY DIGITAL
LPCMMPEG
CHAPTER
SET
Operation
1.
Insert the disc.
2.
Play the disc.
Press the PLAY button.
●The final title is played.
3.
Select still mode.
Press the PAUSE button.
●The machine enters still mode.
●If the PAUSE button is then pressed again in Still mode, the DVD
recorder will advance playback by a single frame.
4.
Restart the play.
Press the PLAY button.
Upon reaching a title end, it will automatically jump to the next title
and play back all titles.
When disc end is reached it will automatically enter stop mode.
Stop position may vary according to settings of the PLAYBACK&232C
TYPE item on the SYSTEM MENU (1/2) screen.
When set to DVD: Beginning of last title
When set to VTR: 3 seconds before end position
5.
To manually stop playback press the STOP button.
When the STOP button is pressed, the stop position will be registered
and the next playback will start from the same position. (Resume feature)
PLAY button
STOP button PAUSE button

Playing Back a Disc before Finalizing

Clearing Resume Data
●When the PLAYBACK&232C TYPE item on
the SYSTEM MENU (1/2) screen is set to
DVD, resume data will be cleared and the stop
position will return to the beginning of the last
title if the STOP button is pressed when in
the Stop mode.
●When the PLAYBACK&232C TYPE item is set
to VTR, resume data will not be cleared even
if the STOP button is pressed when in the
Stop mode.
●Resume data will be cleared upon ejecting
the disc.

Playing Back a Finalized Disc

When a disc is finalized, its title menu will be used to create the top menu.
The action taken by this DVD recorder when a disc it has finalized is inserted or when playback of a title has ended will depend on
the settings of DISC IN ACTION and TITLE END as set on the DVD MENU screen during recording.
*Playback may not proceed smoothly with discs recorded using different devices, regardless of whether or not they have been finalized.
1.
Insert a disc.
Depending upon the DISC IN ACTION item settings of the DVD MENU screen during recording, the operation will differ.
Operate in accordance with the table below.
STOP
Cursor buttons
PLAY button
PAUSE SET button
OPERATE
PHONES REV STOP PLAY FWD PAUSE REC
BUSY
OPEN/CLOSE
TOP
MENU MENU
OPTIONDV Y/C LINE
SET UP
AUDIO
CH1
CH2
TITLE
DOLBY DIGITAL
LPCMMPEG
CHAPTER
SET