Recording Formats

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

DVD-RW: When an unused DVD-RW disc is first inserted, the message “Uninitialized Disc Do you want to initialize 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?

YesNO

If you want to change the mode, refer to

Disc format on page 82.

DVD-Recorder

 

 

Disc Manager

DVD-RW(VR)

 

 

Title List

Disc Name : Disc

 

√

Playlist

 

 

√

 

 

 

Disc Manager

 

 

√

Choose the recording format for DVD-RW

√

Progrc.

 

 

√

Setup

DVD-VR

DVD-V

 

 

 

 

Copy

 

 

 

MOVE

OK

RETURN

EXIT

DVD-R: Formatting a disc is unnecessary and only V mode Recording is supported.

DVD-RW(V mode)/-R

•Chapters will be created automatically when you finalise recording on DVD-RW/-R discs in V mode.

•Simple editing (erasing titles/changing title name).

DVD-RW(VR mode)

•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, the most suitable record mode is adjusted automatically, according to remaining time on the disc and length of the timer recording.

This function selects one mode from XP, SP, LP and EP mode and is used in timer recording mode only.

Mode

Characteristic

Recording Times

Data Rates

 

 

XP

Select when the

Approx. 1 hours

video quality is

(high quality mode)

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.

 

 

 

Select when a long

Approx. 6 hours/

EP

about 1.2 Mbps

recording time is

(extended mode)

Approx. 8 hours/

required.

 

about 0.8 Mbps

 

 

AUTO

for timer recording only

Approx 60 to 480 Min

see page 61.

Approx 0.8 to 8Mbps

 

 

 

 

Unrecordable video

Pictures with copy protection cannot be recorded on this R ecording

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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