Panasonic HDC-HS80, HDC-SD80, HDC-TM80 Managing the copied disc, ∫Auto protect, ∫Formatting discs, 1 Select the menu, 2 Copy to the disc. (l 94), ∫Displaying disc information

Managing the copied disc

≥Connect this unit to the DVD burner and then touch [PLAY DISC]. (l 93)∫Formatting discs

This is for initializing DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and +RW discs.

Please be aware that if a disc is formatted, then all the data recorded on the disc will be erased. Back up important data on a PC etc.

MENU : [DISC SETUP] # [FORMAT DISC]

≥When formatting is complete, touch [EXIT] to exit the message screen.

≥Connect this unit and the DVD burner to format discs.

You may no longer be able to use the discs if you format them on another device such as a PC etc.

∫Auto protect

You can protect (write protect) a DVD-RAM disc when copying motion pictures in high definition picture quality or DVD-RW disc when copying motion pictures or still pictures in high definition picture quality to the disc.

1 Select the menu.

MENU : [DISC SETUP] # [AUTO PROTECT] # [ON]

≥If a disc that you copied to is inserted in another device without protecting it, a message may be displayed prompting you to format the disc. We recommend setting [AUTO PROTECT] to [ON] in order to prevent accidental deletion.

2 Copy to the disc. (l 94)

≥After copying, the disc is write protected.

To release the disc protectionMENU : [DISC SETUP] # [CANCEL PROTECT]

≥Touch [EXIT] and close the message screen after the auto protection is released.

∫Displaying disc information

Information such as the type of recorded disc, the number of recorded scenes and whether or not the disc is finalised is displayed.

MENU : [DISC SETUP] # [DISC STATUS]

≥Touch [EXIT] to exit the information screen.

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