Philips DMR-EH60 Enabling discs to be played on other equipment, Press 3, 4 to select Auto-Play

Press [3, 4] to select “Finalize” and press [ENTER].

Press [2, 1] to select “Yes” and press [ENTER].

HDD, disc and card management

Refer to the control reference on page 50.

Enabling discs to be played on other equipment

(Top Menu, Auto-Play Select, Finalize)

[-R] [-RW‹V›] [+R]

Preparation

Press [DVD] to select the DVD drive.

After performing steps 1–3 (➡ 50)

∫Top Menu

You can select the background that will be displayed as the DVD- Video top menu after finalizing.

4 Press [3, 4] to select “Top Menu” and press [ENTER].

5 Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the background and press [ENTER].

TOP MENU LIST

1 2 3

Display after finalizing

Thumbnail	01
(Still picture)

Title Name

≥You can change thumbnails displayed in the top menu. (➡ 39, Change Thumbnail)

management	∫ Auto-Play Select
	You can select whether to show the top menu after finalizing.

	6 Press [3, 4] to select “Auto-Play
card	Select” and press [ENTER].
	7 Press [3, 4] to select “Top Menu” or
and
	“Title 1” and press [ENTER].
disc	Top Menu: The top menu appears first.
	Title 1: The disc content is played without displaying the
HDD,	top menu.
	∫ Finalize

Make selections from “Top Menu” and “Auto-Play Select” (➡ above) before finalizing the disc.

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10 Press [2, 1] to select “Start” and press [ENTER].

A message appears when finalizing is finished.

[Note]

≥You cannot cancel finalizing.

≥Finalizing takes up to 15 minutes.

≥Do not disconnect the AC mains lead while finalizing.

This will render the disc unusable.

11 Press [ENTER].

[Note]

When finalizing a high-speed recording compatible disc, it may take

RQT8203 longer than displayed on the confirmation screen (approximately four times).

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After finalizing

≥[-R] [+R] The disc becomes play-only and you can no longer record or edit.

≥[-RW‹V›]You can record and edit the disc after formatting (➡ 51) although it becomes play-only after finalizing.

≥When transferring (dubbing) in high speed, chapters will be replicated.

≥Titles are divided into about 5-minute§chapters, if –the titles were directly recorded to the disc.

–the titles were transferred (dubbed) using any mode other than the high speed mode.

§This time varies greatly depending on the condition and mode of recording.

≥There is a pause of several seconds between titles and chapters during play.

	Before	After
	finalizing	finalizing
Disc display on this unit	DVD-R
	DVD-RW(V)	DVD-V
	+R
Recording/Editing/Entering name	Y	t
Play on other players	t	Y

≥You cannot finalize discs recorded on other manufacturer’s equipment.

≥If you finalize discs recorded on Panasonic equipment other than this unit, the background selected as “Top Menu” may not be displayed.

≥Discs finalized on this unit may not be playable on other players due to the condition of the recording.

≥Visit Panasonic’s homepage for more information about DVDs.

http://www.panasonic-europe.com

To return to the previous screen

Press [RETURN].

To exit the screen

Press [RETURN] several times.

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