Panasonic HDC-DX1 Un-finalizing a DVD-RW, Creating a top menu, Deleting the top menu

Disc and card management

Un-finalizing a DVD-RW

This is for un-finalizing a DVD-RW so that it can be used for recording.

(-RW)

¬Rotate the mode dial to select and then select the [ ] (motion picture playback) tab.

1Press the MENU button, then select [SETUP] # [UN-FINALIZE]

# [YES] and press the cursor button.

MENU

2When the confirmation message appears, select [YES], then press

the cursor button.

≥When un-finalizing is complete, press the MENU button to exit the message screen.

≥Discs other than DVD-RW cannot be un-finalized. If there is no space remaining on the DVD-RW, the disc may not be un-finalized.

≥When you un-finalize the disc, use a battery with sufficient battery power or the AC adaptor.

Creating a top menu

A top menu is displayed when a DVD-RAM is played back on other devices that support the AVCHD.

(RAM)

¬Rotate the mode dial to select and then select the [ ] (motion picture playback) tab.

1Connect this unit to the AC

adaptor.

≥Creating a top menu cannot be executed when using a battery.

≥If the power supply stops while creating a top menu, the creating a top menu will fail and the data may be damaged.

2Press the MENU button, then select [SETUP] # [CREATE TOP MENU] # [YES] and press the cursor button.

MENU

3When the confirmation message appears, select [YES], then press the cursor button.

≥After creating the top menu, press the MENU button to exit the message screen.

≥If a top menu is created, the disc becomes play-only and you can no longer record.

≥The top menu that was created is not displayed on this unit. It is displayed when the disc is played back on other devices that support the

AVCHD.

≥Except for DVD-RAM, the top menu is created during finalizing.

ªDeleting the top menu

If you insert a DVD-RAM which a top menu was created on, the confirmation message appears when you set a recording mode. If you select [YES] to erase the top menu, the DVD-RAM can be recorded and edited in the same way as before the top menu was created.

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