Overview (Continued)
About Recordable discs
How are recordable discs different?
The essential difference among DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R and DVD+RW is that DVD-R and DVD+R are a
record-once medium, while DVD-RW and DVD+RW are
a re-recordable/erasable medium. You can re-record/
erase a DVD-RW and DVD+RW disc approximately
1,000 times.
Can I play my recordable discs in a regular DVD
player?
Generally, DVD-R, DVD+R discs and DVD-RW discs
recorded in Video mode are playable in a regular DVD
player, but they must be ‘finalized’first. This process
fixes the contents of the disc to make them readable to
other DVD players as DVD-Video discs.
DVD-RW discs recorded in VR (Video Recording) mode
are playable in some players.
Unfinalized DVD+RW discs are playable in a regular
DVD player.
This indicates a product feature that is
capable of playing DVD-RW discs recorded
with Video Recording (VR) format.

What are “Recording modes”?

There are various recording modes available using this
recorder. When recording to a DVD-R, DVD+R or
DVD+RW disc, recordings are always in Video mode.
DVD-RW discs can be formatted for VR mode recording
or Video mode recording.
VR mode recording
•4 different picture quality/recording time settings avail-
able (SP, LP, EP, XP)
•Not playable on regular DVD players
•Recordings can be extensively edited
Video mode recording
•4 different picture quality/recording time settings avail-
able (SP, LP, EP, XP)
•Playable on regular DVD players (after finalizing)
•Limited editing features
DVD+RW mode recording
•4 different picture quality/recording time settings avail-
able (SP, LP, EP, XP)
•Playable on regular DVD players
•The edited contents is playable on regular DVD play-
ers only after finalizing
•Recordings can be edited the title/chapter
DVD+R mode recording
•4 different picture quality/recording time settings avail-
able (SP, LP, EP, XP)
•Playable on regular DVD players (after finalization)
•Any edited contents are not be compatible on regular
DVD players. (Hide, chapter combine, added chapter
mark, etc.)
•Limited title/chapter editing features
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DVD-Video Format (Video mode) is a new format for
recording on DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs that
was approved by the DVD Forum in 2000. You may
therefore experience problems playing recordable DVD
discs in some players. Symptoms include video arti-
facts, audio and/or video dropouts and playback sud-
denly stopping.
Our company cannot take responsibility for problems
playing discs recorded on this VCR/DVD Recorder in
other players.

Is editing a DVD like editing a video tape?

No. When you edit a video tape you need one video
deck to play the original tape and another to record the
edits. With DVD, you edit by making a ‘Playlist’of what
to play and when to play it. On playback, the VCR/DVD
Recorder plays the disc according to the Playlist.

About word ‘Original’ and ‘Playlist’

Throughout this manual, you will often see the words
Original and Playlist to refer to the actual content and
the edited version.
•Original: content refers to what’s actually recorded
on the disc.
•Playlist: content refers to the edited version of the
disc — how the Original content is to be played.
+R
+RW
Video
VR
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Disc type Disc format Recording mode Functions
DVD-Video Video format n/a Playback only
DVD-RW Video Recording VR mode Playback, Recording, Original/Playlist Editing
format (default)
Video format Video mode Playback, limited Recording, limited Editing
DVD-R Video format Video mode Playback, limited Recording, limited Editing
DVD+RW +RW Video format DVD+RW Playback, limited Recording, Title/Chapter Editing
DVD+R +R Video format DVD+R
Playback, limited Recording, limited Title/Chapter Editing