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Dear Customer

May we take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing this Panasonic DVD-RAM/R drive. We strongly recommend that you carefully read the Operating Instructions before attempting to install and operate the drive and that you note the listed precautions.

DEUTSCH

Sehr geehrter Kunde

Wir danken Ihnen für den Kauf dieses DVD-RAM/ R-Laufwerks von Panasonic. Bitte machen Sie sich vor der Inbetriebnahme des Laufwerks g r ü n d l i c h m i t d e m I n h a l t d i e s e r Bedienungsanleitung vertraut; beachten Sie i n s b e s o n d e r e a l l e S i c h e r h e i t s - u n d Vorsichtshinweise.

FRANÇAIS

Chers clients

Nous vous remercions d’avoir acheté ce lecteur D V D - R A M / R P a n a s o n i c . N o u s v o u s recommandons fortement d’étudier attentivement ce mode d’emploi avant d’utiliser cet appareil et d’observer les précautions à prendre.

LF-D321U: for U.S.A. and Canada für USA und Kanada pour les E-U. et le Canada

LF-D321E: for U.K. and Germany für Großbritannien und Deutschland

pour le R-U et l’allemagne

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VQT9473

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Table of Contents

 

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE

4

SAFETY LABEL

7

LASER PRODUCT

8

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

10

DISC DISPOSAL

11

OPERATING PRECAUTIONS

11

Getting Started:

 

Kit Contents

14

Features

15

Parts and Functions

21

Settings and connections

24

Changing the jumper pin setting

24

Connecting the DVD-RAM/R drive to a computer

26

Connecting the cables and sound boards

28

Operation:

 

Inserting DVD-RAM, DVD-R and

 

other discs

30

If the DVD-RAM/R drive is installed horizontally

30

If the DVD-RAM/R drive is installed vertically

32

Before installing the software

34

Driver software installation

40

Checks after installation

46

Using DVD-RAM discs

50

Formatting

50

Recommended formats

52

Parts of the window

54

Accessing DVD-RAM discs recorded on

a DVD Video Recorder

63

When using MS prompts or applications

in MS-DOS or Windows 3.1

66

Accessing discs

70

DVD-RAM discs

70

DVD-R discs

70

Other discs

70

Using DVDRgn

 

(region number setting utility)

74

Before using non-cartridge discs

76

Using RAMDiscTool

79

Using FileSafe (backup software)

86

Using MediaSafe (disc copying software) ....

90

Using DVD Agent (utility)

92

Using DVD-MovieAlbumSE

 

(LF-D321U only)

96

Using WinDVD 3.0

102

Using DVDit!LE

110

Using MotionDV STUDIO 3.0LE

116

Q&A file

124

Support utilities

124

Uninstalling the software

126

For Your Reference:

 

When the Operation Indicator

 

Lamp Blinks

128

Troubleshooting

130

Handling Discs

133

Specifications

148

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