Recording Formats

When you insert an unused disc, the following message appears. Since available functions differ depending on the disc type, select a disc that best fits your prefer- ences.

DVD-RAM: Use after formatting the disc.

Unformatted Disc

Do you want to format this disc?

Yes No

DVD-RW: When an unused DVD-RW disc is first insert- ed, the message "Do you want to intialize this disc" will be displayed. If you select Yes, the disc will be formatted in VR mode.

Uninitialized Disc

Do you want to initialize this disc?

Yes No

If you want to change the mode, refer to

Formatting a Disc on page 78.

 

DVD-RW(VR)

 

Disc Manager

 

Setup

 

 

 

 

ecordingR

 

Disc Name

:

 

Timer

Disc Protection

: Not Protected

 

 

 

 

Copy

Disc Format

 

 

 

Choose the recording format fot DVD-RW.

 

 

Title List

Delete All Title Lists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playlist

DVD-VRProtectDVD-V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc Manager

 

 

 

 

 

MOVE

SELECT

RETURN

EXIT

DVD-R: Formatting DVD is unnecessary and only Video Mode Recording is supported.

DVD-RW(Video mode)/-R

Chapters will be created automatically when you final- ize recording on DVD-R/DVD-RW discs in Video mode with the Chapter Creator has been set to On.

Simple editing (erasing titles/changing title name).

DVD-RW(VR mode)/-RW

This mode involves multiple editing functions (such as deletion of the whole title, partial deletion of a title, etc.).

Various editing options using a created Playlist.

Recording Mode

Select one of four recording modes by pressing the REC SPEED button repeatedly while the unit is in Stop mode for the desired recording time and picture quality. In general, picture quality improves as the recording time decreases.

In AUTO Mode, picture quality is adjusted automatically so that all images for the scheduled time can be recorded onto the free disc space.

 

Mode

Characteristic

Recording Times

 

 

 

 

Data Rates

 

 

XP

Select when the

Approx. 1 hours

 

 

(high quality mode)

video quality is

 

 

about 8 Mbps

 

 

 

important.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SP

Select to record in

Approx. 2 hours

 

(standard quality mode)

standard quality.

about 4 Mbps

 

 

LP

Select when a long

Approx. 4 hours

 

 

recording time is

 

(long recording mode)

about 2 Mbps

 

required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EP

Select when a long

Approx. 6 hours/

 

 

recording time is

about 1.2 Mbps

 

 

(extended mode)

 

 

required.

Approx. 8 hours/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

about 0.8 Mbps

 

 

AUTO

for timer recording only

Approx 60 to 480 Min

 

 

 

see page 56.

approx 0.8 to 8Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrecordable video

Pictures with copy protection cannot be recorded on this DVD Recorder & VCR.

When the DVD Recorder & VCR receives a copy guard signal while recording, recording stops and the following message appears on the screen.

You cannot record copy protected movie.

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