RCA DRC8300N manual Recording, Playback & Features, Editing DVD+R and DVD+RW discs

Chapter 3: Recording, Playback & Features

1- Disc name

Maggie’s Disc
Caroline’s Bday
Simon at soc-
Anniversary	Maggie’s Disc
Steve’s vacation	6 Title(s) on Disc
	0h 24min available
Steve & Maggie
	*1 Best
Rename Disc
Erase Disc
Lock Disc
Make Compatible
	Maggie’s Disc
	6 Title(s) on Disc
	0h 24min available
	*1 Best
Caroline’s Bday
Rename Title
Play Title
Play Full Title
	Maggie’s Disc
Delete Title	6 Title(s) on Disc
Clear Chapters	0h 24min available
	*1 Best

The Edit icon

Insert Chapter Marker

Delete Chapter Marker

Hide Chapter

New Title Frame

Split Title

The top menu bar is the name of the disc. With the disc name highlighted, press OK and the options described below appear:

Note: You cannot select the disc name for a finalized DVD+R disc.

Rename Disc: press OK, on-screen keyboard appears so you can change the name of the disc (1 on illustration above left).

Erase Disc: DVD+RW discs only. Erases a DVD+RW disc so you can record new programming onto it (not available for DVD+R disc).

Lock Disc: DVD+RW discs only. Protects contents of the DVD so nobody can record new programming onto it. If the disc has been locked, the menu option changes to Unlock Disc (not available for DVD+R discs).

Finalize Disc: DVD+R only. Enables a DVD+R disc to be played in other DVD players. Not available if the disc has already been finalized. After a disc is finalized, you can’t record more programs to the disc.

Make Compatible: DVD+RW discs only. If you have made edits to the disc (described in the next section), such as adding or deleting chapter markers or hiding chapters, this option enables the edited version of the disc to be compatible with other DVD players.

If you press OK when a title is highlighted, the following options appear:

Rename Title: Press OK when highlighted, and the on-screen keyboard appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to give the disc a different name. Highlight Done when you’re finished, and press OK.

Play Title: Press OK when highlighted to play the title.

Play Full Title: Press OK when highlighted to play a title which has been edited by hiding chapters if you want to play the title in its entirety (even the hidden chapters). Not available for DVD+R discs.

Delete Title: Press OK when highlighted to delete the title. Follow the on-screen instructions on the confirmation screen to delete the title. (Not available for finalized DVD+R discs.) If you delete a title from a non-finalized DVD+R disc, the information will still be on the disc but the title will be erased so there won’t be any way to access the title.

Clear Chapters: The DVD/VCR adds a chapter marker every 5 minutes of recording. You can also add chapters manually. When you highlight this option and press OK, all chapter markers are erased. (Not available for DVD+R discs).

Editing DVD+R and DVD+RW discs

While playing the disc, press the INFO button on the remote (the Info Display appears). Details about the different icons appear in Chapter 4: Playing Discs. However, the edit feature includes special options for DVD+RWdiscs.

1.While playing a disc, press the INFO button.

2.Press the right arrow button to highlight the Edit icon , and press OK. The following choices appear (use the up/down arrow buttons to highlight a choice and press OK to select).

•Insert Chapter Marker (DVD+RW discs only). When you’re recording to a disc, the DVD Recorder adds a chapter marker automatically every 5 minutes. Additionally, you can insert chapter markers manually to segment different parts of the title. To insert a chapter marker, simply highlight Insert Chapter Marker during playback at the point where you want the chapter to start.

•Delete Chapter Marker (DVD+RW discs only). Since the DVD/VCR automatically adds chapter markers every 5 minutes, you may want to make each chapter longer by deleting a chapter marker during playback.

•Hide Chapter (DVD+RW discs only). During playback you can hide a specific chapter so it is automatically skipped. For more information, go to page 34.

•New Title Frame You can change the thumbnail image that appears in the Player Menu (described in the next section). When the video appears that you want to use to visually represent the title, press OK (the next time you access the Player Menu a still image of this video will appear).

•Split Title (DVD+RW discs only). You can divide one recording into smaller segments so that each title appears separately in the Disc Title Menu. This is a helpful feature when you record a block of programming that contains several shows and/or when you copy camcorder videocassette tapes to a disc.

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