Editing: Disc Information Screen 53

You can change Disc settings for a DVD+RW/DVD+R from the Disc
Information Screen.
●Before you begin,make sure the Recorder is in DVD mode. Press DVD so
the DVD light appears on the front of the Recorder.
1When in the Index Picture Screen,press STOP Cto select
the first Title on the DVD+RW/DVD+R.
2Press Kto enter the Disc Information Screen.
3In the Disc Information Screen,press Bto enter the
Settings menu.
4Press Kor Lto select Disc name, Protection,Erase disc
(DVD+RW only),Make edits compatible (DVD+RW only),
or Finalize disc (DVD+R only).Proceed as follows, depend-
ing on which feature you want to adjust.
●
D
isc name (DVD+RW and DVD+R)
Press B.Press sor Bto choose the character position,
then press Kor Lto enter a character.Press SELECT to alter-
nate between capital and lower case characters.Press CLEAR to
erase a character (the space will remain).Repeat this process until
you enter the complete name.To save the name, press OK.
“Storing name” will appear briefly.
●
Protection
(DVD+RW and DVD+R)
Press B.Press Kor Lto select Protected or Unprotected,
then press OK. If you protect the Disc,y
ou cannot make any
fur-
ther changes to the Disc,including recording. “Disc locked” will
appear on the TV screen briefly if you attempt recording.Choosing
Protected also disables most editing features.
To edit or record again, select Unprotected.
Remember,protecting a DVD+R is not the same as finalizing it.
Finalization cannot be undone.
●
Erase disc
(DVD+RW only)
Press OK.
“This will erase all titles Press OK to confirm” will
appear.Press OK again to begin erasing. (If you decide not to
erase the Disc,press s.) “Erasing disc” appears until erasing is com-
plete.When the Disc is erased, the Index Picture Screen will reap-
pear,showing the free space on the Disc.
● Make edits compatible (DVD+RW only)
Press OK.“This will take XX” and “Press OK to confirm” will
appear to indicate how long the action will take.
Press OK again.“Working ..” and a progress percentage bar will
appear until the action is complete.The Index Picture Screen will
reappear when the process is complete.
● Finalize Disc (DVD+R only,if not finalized already)
Press OK.“Finalizing” will appear until finalization is complete. This
may take a few minutes.Then,the Index Picture Screen will reappear.
You cannot unfinalize a DVD+R, and you cannot record or
edit the DVD+R after you finalize it.
A DVD+R will play on other DVD Players only after the Disc is
finalized.
5If necessary,press swhen you are finished and want to return
to the Disc Information Screen.
•For information on the Index
Picture Screen,see page 34.
•Make edits compatible appears
when the current DVD+RW is
not compatible with other DVD
Players because you have added
Chapter Markers or made
Chapters invisible. See page 54.
•
If a DVD+R was recorded on a
different Recorder,the settings
may not be accessible.
•A disc name may contain a
maximum of 64 characters.
Helpful Hints
Settings for XXXXXX
sL01Disc name Bsample
Protection Unprotected
Erase disc
Make edits compatible
DVD+RW example
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