Samsung DVD-R175 DVD-RW/-R Disc Playback and Recording, DVD+R Disc Playback and Recording

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❖Using CD-RW/-R

•Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-RW/-R disc. If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the disc may not play back.

•If the CD-RW/-R disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience a delay in the early play-back time, and all recorded fi les may not play.

•Some CD-RW/-R discs may not be playable with this unit, depending on the device which was used to burn them. For contents recorded on CD-RW/-R media from CDs for your personal use, playability may vary depending on contents and discs.

•When recording from CDs for your personal use to CD-RW/-R discs, playability may vary depending on the contents and discs.

❖Using DivX disc

•Disc : CD-RW/-R, DVD-RAM/±RW/±R

•Video File with following extensions can be played. : .avi, .divx, .AVI, .DIVX

•DivX Video (Codec) Format : DivX 3.11 DivX 4.x DivX 5.x (without QPEL and GMC)

•DivX Audio (Codec) Format : MP3, AC3, DTS

•Supported subtitle fi le formats: .smi, .srt, .sub, .txt, .ass

•Each folder can have up to 500 items including fi les and sub folders.

•You cannot play back the disc that is larger than a 720 x 576 pixel resolution.

DVD-RW/-R Disc Playback and Recording

•Recording and playback can be performed on DVD-R/-RW discs in both Video and VR Modes.

•Once a DVD-RW/-R is recorded in VR or Video mode and fi nalized, you cannot perform additional recordings.

•Once a DVD-RW/-R is recorded in Video Mode and fi nalized, it becomes a DVD-Video.

•In both modes, playback can be performed before and after fi nalization, but additional recording, deleting and editing can not be performed after fi nalization.

•If you want to record the disc in VR Mode and then record in V Mode, be sure to execute format. Be careful when executing Format because all the recorded data may be lost. You can change the disc mode only one times when the unused DVD-R disc is inserted.

•DVD-RW/-R (VR mode)

-You can record multiple titles, edit, delete, partial delete, create a playlist, etc.

-A disc that is recorded in this mode may not be played by existing DVD players.

•DVD-RW/-R (Video mode)

-The disc can be played by an existing DVD player once it has been fi nalized.

-If a disc that has been recorded in Video mode by a different manufacturer's recorder but has not been fi nalized it cannot be played or recorded by this recorder.

-When programing is erased from a DVD-R, that space does not become available. Once an area on a DVD-R is recorded on, that area is no longer available for recording, whether the recording is erased or not.

DVD+R Disc Playback and Recording

•Once a DVD+R is recorded and fi nalized, it is playable in a standard DVD player.

•You can record onto the available space on the disc and perform editing functions such as giving titles to discs and programs and erasing programs before fi nalizing.

•When programing is erased from a DVD+R, that space does not become available. Once an area on a DVD+R is recorded on, that area is no longer available for recording, whether the recording is erased or not.

•It takes about 30 seconds for the unit to update the recorded information after recording fi nishes.

•This product optimizes the DVD+R for each recording. Optimizing is executed when you start recording after inserting the disc or turning on the unit. Recording onto the disc may become impossible if optimizing is performed too many times.

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