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Note:
•Disc cannot be inserted or removed unless the battery
pack or AC adaptor is connected to DVD Video Camera.
•If there is some delay before recording starts, refer to
“Check 4” on page149.
•The disc insertion orientation is specific. Forcibly
inserting a disc in the wrong orientation could damage
the DVD Video Camera or disc.
•If the disc is not correctly inserted, the cover will not close.
Never try to forcibly close the cover: this could cause
damage. Reinsert the disc properly.
•If a single-sided disc is inserted into DVD Video Camera
with the printed label facing the inside, an error message
will appear. Remove the disc and reinsert it with its
recording/playback side facing the inside. See “Error
Messages” on page152.
•Do not allow the recording/playback side to become dirty
or scratched.
•When using double-sided disc
Recording is possible on both sides of double-sided disc.
However, when recording or playback on one side is
finished, recording or playback will not move
automatically to the other side. Remove the disc once
from the DVD Video Camera, turn over the disc and insert
it again for continued use.
lWhen using brand-new DVD-R disc
Recognition of the disc will
start.
The messages on the right
will appear in sequence by
pressing the A button
between messages.

When recording on this

DVD Video Camera:

When the first message
“Format the disc now?”
appears, choose “YES” and
then press the A button.
The disc will be formatted.
When formatting is
complete, “DVD-R disc,
Video mode cannot be
changed” will appear (See
page 154): After confirming
the contents, press the A
button to erase the
message.
Once formatted, a DVD-R
disc can no longer be
recorded on by a PC, even if it has not been
recorded on by this DVD Video Camera.
Note:
See page 84 for movie quality mode.

When recording data from PC:

While the above messages are being displayed,
press the g button, or when message “Format the
disc now?” appears, choose “NO” and then press
the A button.
If data from PC has not yet been recorded, the disc
can be made usable on this DVD Video Camera.
When inserting the disc into this DVD Video
Camera, the same message will appear: If you wish
to use it on this DVD Video Camera, choose “YES”.
Note:
Do not initialize a disc on which you wish to record data
created using the application DVDfunSTUDIO on PC.
NEXT
This disc must be formatted
before it can be used by
this camera.
Format Disc
CANCEL
ENTER
Format the disc now?
Format Disc
YES NO
NEXT
Format Disc
CANCEL
Do not format this disc
if you want to record from
the PC connection terminal.
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