Philips DMR-XS350EB Selecting the background style-Top Menu, Finalising, Create Top Menu

Disc and Card Management

Selecting the background style—Top Menu

-R -R DL -RW(V) +R +R DL +RW

The background selected here will be displayed as the DVD- Video top menu after finalising or Create Top Menu ( +RW ).

Perform preparation steps − of “Accessing the Management Menus” (➔ 92).

Press [e, r] to select “Top Menu”, then press [OK].

Press [e, r, w, q] to select the background, then press [OK].

Top Menu List
1	2	3
Display after finalising
Thumbnail	01
(Still picture)
	Title Name

•You can change thumbnails displayed in the top menu. (➔ 52, Change Thumbnail)

Selecting Whether to Show the Top Menu First—Auto-Play Select

-R -R DL -RW(V) +R +R DL +RW

Before finalising a disc or creating top menu, select whether the top menu shows after finalising or creating top menu.

Perform preparation steps − of “Accessing the Management Menus” (➔ 92).

Press [e, r] to select “Auto-Play Select”, then press [OK].

Press [e, r] to select “Top Menu” or “Title 1”, then press [OK].

•Top Menu:

The Top Menu appears first.

•Title 1:

The disc content is played without displaying the Top Menu.

Finalising

-R -R DL -RW(V) +R +R DL

You can play these discs on compatible DVD players by finalising it on the unit, effectively making it into DVD-Video that complies with DVD-Video standards. Before finalising, select the background on the “Top Menu” (➔ above). The menu you create with the unit can also be used on most DVD players.

Perform preparation steps − of “Accessing the Management Menus” (➔ 92).

Press [e, r] to select “Finalise”, then press [OK]. Press [w] to select “Yes”, then press [OK].

Press [w] to select “Start”, then press [OK].

–Finalising starts and cannot be cancelled. (may take up to 15 minutes) ( -R DL +R DL up to 60 minutes)

–A message appears when finalising is finished.

8Press [OK] to complete.

Notes

•Do not disconnect the AC mains lead while finalising. This can render the disc unusable.

•When finalising a high-speed recording compatible disc, it may take longer than displayed on the confirmation screen (approximately 4 times longer).

•After finalising

–-R-R DL +R +R DL The disc becomes play-only and you can no longer record or edit it.

–-RW(V)You can record and edit the disc after formatting although it becomes play-only after finalising.

–When copying in high speed, chapters will be replicated.

–The disc finalised on the unit may not be playable on other players depending on the condition of the recording.

–There is a pause of several seconds between titles and chapters during playback.

–-R-RW(V)Titles are divided into about 5-minute (+R 8-minute) chapters, if

–the titles were directly recorded to the disc.

–the titles were copied using the normal speed mode (excluding -R DL +R DL ).

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

Tips

After you have finished recording and try to eject the disc, a screen asking if you want to finalise the disc appears (➔ 117).

Create Top Menu

+RW

+RW discs contain no Top Menu data. Top Menu is a convenient function. We recommend you create the menu before playing a +RW disc on other equipment.

Perform preparation steps − of “Accessing the Management Menus” (➔ 92).

Press [e, r] to select “Create Top Menu”, then press [OK].

Press [w] to select “Yes”, then press [OK]. Press [w] to select “Start”, then press [OK].

–“Create Top Menu” cannot be cancelled once started.

–“Create Top Menu” takes a few minutes.

–A message appears when “Create Top Menu” is finished.

8Press [OK] to complete.

Notes

•Recording or editing on the disc may delete the top menu. In that case, create the top menu again.

•You cannot use the top menu for playing on this unit.

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