Recording

Information on DVD recording (cont’d)

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Restrictions on recording

You cannot record copy-protected discs or tapes using this unit. Copy-protected material includes DVD-Video discs and some satellite broadcasts.

If copy-protected material is encountered during a recording, recording will be paused or stop automatically and an error message will be displayed onscreen.

Material that is “copy-once only” can only be recorded using a DVD-RW disc in VR mode with

CPRM (see below).

When recording a TV broadcast or through an external input, you can display copy control information on screen.

What is “CPRM”?

This is a format used to record copy-once pro- grams. By recording coded data on the area of DVD discs that ordinary writing software cannot write, it prevents copy-once programs from being recorded repeatedly on different media. This unit is CPRM compatible, which means that you can record copy-once broadcast pro- grams, but then you cannot make a copy of those recordings. CPRM recordings can only be made on DVD-RW discs formatted in VR mode, and CPRM recordings can only be played back on DVD players that are compatible with CPRM.

Making discs playable on other DVD player (Finalize)

After recording, you must finalize the disc in order to play on other units. (Refer to page 40.)

Finalizing*

Playable

This Unit

DVD player

Not Playable

* You cannot finalize discs recorded in other DVD recorders.

After finalizing:

•After DVD-R discs are finalized :

-A title menu is created automatically.

-Undo finalizing is not possible.

-Additional recording or editing is not possible.

•After DVD-RW (Video mode) discs are finalized :

-A title menu is created automatically.

-Undo finalizing is possible. (Refer to page 40.)

-Additional recording or editing is possible if you undo finalize. (Refer to page 40.)

•After DVD-RW (VR mode) is finalized :

-A title menu is not created.

-Undo finalizing is possible. (Refer to page 40.)

-Additional recording or editing is possible even without undo finalizing.

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Information on copy control

Some satellite broadcasts include copy-protected information. For their recording, refer to the follow- ing.

Disc type / format

Copy

Copy

Copy-

-free

-once

prohibited

 

VR ver.1.1,1.2

DVD-RWver.1.1,1.2 CPRM compatible

Video ver.1.1,1.2

DVD-RWver.1.1,1.2 CPRM compatible

DVD-Rver.2.0

Recordable

Not Recordable

Playback

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