Panasonic VDR-D220 Un-finalizing a DVD-RW, Protecting a disc, Formatting discs

Disc and card management

Un-finalizing a DVD-RW

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

(-RW‹V›)

¬Rotate the mode dial to select .

1 Press the MENU button, then select [DISC SETUP] # [UN-FINALIZE] # [YES] and press the joystick.

MENU

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

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

≥DVD-RW (VR format) cannot be un-finalized. DVD-RW (VR format) after finalization can be recorded and edited in the same way as DVD- RW (VR format) before finalization.

≥DVD-R cannot be un-finalized.

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

Protecting a disc

(RAM) (-RW‹VR›)

This is for preventing recorded contents from being deleted or edited by mistake.

Further recording and editing is not possible on protected discs until the protection is released.

¬Rotate the mode dial to select .

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

[DISC PROTECT] and press the joystick.

MENU

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

To release disc protection

1)Press the MENU button, then select [DISC SETUP] # [DISC PROTECT] and press the joystick.

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

≥If the disc has been protected on another device, it may not be possible to release the protection on this unit. In this case, release the protection on the device that you used to protect it.

Formatting discs

This is for initializing discs.

(RAM) (-RW‹VR›) (-RW‹V›)

Please be aware that if a disc is formatted, then all the data recorded on the disc will be erased.

¬Rotate the mode dial to select or

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1 Press the MENU button, then select [DISC SETUP] # [FORMAT DISC] # [YES] and press the joystick.

MENU

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