Overview (Continued)
About DVD recording
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•This recorder cannot make recordings on CD-R or
CD-RW discs.
•Our company takes no responsibility for recording fail-
ure due to power cuts, defective discs, or damage to
the recorder.
•Fingerprints and small scratches on a disc can affect
playback and/or recording performance.Please take
proper care of your discs.

Disc types and recording formats, modes,

and settings

This recorder can play various kinds of DVD discs:pre-
recorded DVD-Video discs, DVD-RW, DVD-R,
DVD+RW and DVD+R discs.The disc format for DVD-R
discs is always “Video format”—the same as pre-record-
ed DVD-Video discs.This means that once finalized,
you can play a DVD-R in a regular DVD player.
By default, the DVD-RW disc format is Video format,
though you can change this to Video Recording format,
if required. (Reinitializing the disc will erase the contents
of the disc.)
The recording mode is closely related to the disc format.
If the disc format is Video Recording format, then the
recording mode is VR mode;if the disc format is Video
mode, then the recording mode is Video mode (except
for DVD-Video, which is not recordable, and so does not
have a recording mode).
Within the recording modes (which are fixed for the
whole disc) are the record settings.These can be
changed as required for each recording and determine
the picture quality and how much space the recording
will take up on the disc.

Notes for recording

•The recording times shown are not exact because the
recorder uses variable bit-rate video compression.
This means that the exact recording time will depend
on the material being recorded.
•When recording a TV broadcast, if the reception is
poor or the picture contains interference, the record-
ing times may be shorter.
•If you record still pictures or audio only, the recording
time may be longer.
•The displayed times for recording and time remaining
may not always add up to exactly the length of the
disc.
•The recording time available may decrease if you
heavily edit a disc.
•If using a DVD-RW disc, make sure you change the
recording format (Video mode or VR mode) before
you record anything on the disc.See page 25
(Initialize) for how to do this.
•When using a DVD-R disc, you can keep recording
until the disc is full, or until you finalize the disc.
Before you start a recording session, check the
amount of recording time left on the disc.
•When using a DVD-RW disc in Video mode, recording
time available will only increase if you erase the last
title recorded on the disc.
•The Erase Title option in the Title List-Original menu
only hides the title, it does not actually erase the title
from the disc and increase the recording time avail-
able (except for the last recorded title on a DVD-RW
disc in Video mode).
•The overwrite recording is available with DVD+RW
disc.
•Even though the recordable time of MLP mode with
DVD+R DL discs is about 11 hours which is similar to
single layer discs, it is because the resolution of
DVD+R DL disc is higher than that of single layer
discs.
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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
Video format Video mode Playback, limited recording, limited editing
(default)
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(DL) +R Video format DVD+R Playback, limited recording, limited Title/Chapter editing
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