Panasonic VDR-D220 Disc management, Finalizing a disc, Connect this unit to the AC adaptor

Disc and card management

Disc management

Finalizing a disc

It allows the discs to be played on other devices.

(-RW‹VR›) (-RW‹V›) (-R)

If you insert a DVD-RW or a DVD-R disc recorded in this unit (that has not been finalized) into another device such as DVD recorder, computer, etc., the disc may become unusable.

Be sure to finalize the disc on this unit before inserting it in other devices.

DVD-RAM:

≥It is not necessary to finalize DVD-RAM.

DVD-RW (VR format):

≥DVD-RW (VR format) after finalization can be recorded and edited in the same way as DVD-RW (VR format) before finalization.

≥After finalizing a DVD-RW (VR format) once, you cannot finalize it again. (Even if you

record on or edit a DVD-RW (VR format) after finalizing, it is not necessary to finalize it again.)

DVD-RW (Video format), DVD-R:

≥After finalizing, the disc becomes play-only and you can no longer record.

≥When you un-finalize a DVD-RW (Video format), the disc can be used for recording again. (l 75)

¬Rotate the mode dial to select .

1 Connect this unit to the AC adaptor.

≥Finalization cannot be executed when using a battery. If the power supply stops while finalizing, the finalization will fail and the data may be damaged. Use the AC adaptor.

2 Press the MENU button, then select [DISC SETUP] #

[FINALIZE] # [YES] and press the joystick.

MENU

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

When finalizing a DVD-RW (Video format) or DVD-R, a top menu containing thumbnails is created.

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

≥Do not finalize a disc recorded on this unit using any other device.

≥In the case of a double sided disc, finalize each side.

≥The top menu created when finalizing does not appear on this unit. Play back the disc on a DVD player.

Titles are displayed by recording date on the top menu. However, when [PLAY MODE] is set to [BY DATE] to view scenes by recording date, some scenes recorded on the same date may be separated. (l 61) These scenes will be displayed as separate titles on the top menu.

≥It may take time to finalize a disc.

≥If this unit becomes hot or is shaken strongly or impacted while finalizing, the finalization will fail and the disc may become unplayable on other devices.

≥If the power supply stops while finalizing, the finalization will fail and the disc may become unplayable on other devices even if disc repair is carried out.

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