Panasonic DMR-EA38V  to select Yes, then OK, When the format confirmation screen is displayed

When the format confirmation screen is displayed

Important:

Formatting permanently deletes all disc contents (including computer data), regardless of protection status of disc.

[RAM] [-RW‹V›] [+RW]

The following screen may appear when inserting a new disc, etc.

Only format the disc if you intend to use it for recording.

OK

Do not format if you intend to

view pre-recorded material from the disc.

to select “Yes”, then OK

Tips

Refer to “Formatting Discs or Cards” ( 48) for more details on formatting.

It will take several minutes to format the disc. (DVD-RAM may take up to a maximum of 70 minutes.)

When removing a recorded disc

[-R] [-R]DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R]DL]

After recording, if you		Finalize
press [ OPEN/CLOSE]	Finalizing is necessary to enable playback
	of the disc on compatible DVD players.
to eject the disc, the	Once finalized, recordings cannot be added to the disc.
	It will take approximately ￿ minutes. Start?
following screen may		Press “REC” to start finalizing.
appear.		Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to postpone
		finalizing. The disc can be played only on
		this unit. You can Finalize it later.

REC

to start fi nalizing. or

OPEN/CLOSE to eject the disc without fi nalizing.

Notes

You cannot stop fi nalizing once you have started it.

Tips

If you want to provide the disc with a name or set play menu

select, select “Disc Name” ( 47) or “Playback will start with:” ( 49) in “DVD Management” before fi nalizing.

Refer to “Finalizing” ( 49) for more details about fi nalizing.

It will take a few minutes to fi nalize the disc. (some discs may take up to a maximum of 60 minutes.)

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