preparing discs

Preparing Discs for Recording

Compatible Discs

•Recordable Disc Types

This unit can record to DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. Please see “Disc Types” below.

•Playable Disc and Media Types

DVD Video

Commercial “Hollywood” DVD movies.

SVCD

Super VCD. A format for video saved on CD. Usually used in Asia.

DVD+RW

DVD format that can be “burned” repeatedly by some recorders.

DVD+R

DVD format that can be “burned” only once.

DVD-RW

DVD format that can be “burned” repeatedly by some recorders.

DVD-R

DVD format that can be “burned” only once.

CD-R

Recordable CD format often used for music.

CD-RW

Re-recordable CD format, also used for music.

Audio CD

Commercial music CD.

MP3

Format for compressed digital music on CD.

JPEG

Format for compressed digital photographs on CD or DVD.

We cannot guarantee that your recorded discs will play on another DVD player. Please check the manual for the other DVD player to make sure that it can play DVD+R and/or DVD+RW discs.

Although your DVD recorder can play DVD-R, music CDs, and MP3s, you can not use it to create these types of discs. You can only use it to record video - whether a TV broadcast or a home movie - to DVD+R or DVD+RW.

Disc Types

DVD+RW discs can be erased and copied over again, although this may reduce the quality of your recording. DVD+R discs cannot be copied over, and you cannot add new data to a DVD+R disc once it has been finalized (see the section “Editing Discs” starting on page 49).

You may not be able to record to a DVD+RW disc that already contains recordings from another DVD recorder or PC. If you are able to add a new recording to a disc from another DVD recorder, your recorder will rewrite the DVD menu. If the disc contains data from a personal computer, this data will be erased by your DVD recorder.

Initialize a New Disc

Your DVD recorder will automatically initialize a new DVD+R or DVD+RW disc the first time it is placed into the recorder. This takes about 1 minute, during which the TV screen shows READING. After the procedure is complete, the TV screen shows a blank title and indicates the recording capacity is 100%.

For more information on erasing discs or portions of discs, please see the section “Editing Discs” starting on page 43.

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