Getting Started
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Disc Storage
Be careful not to damage the disc because the data on
these discs are highly vulnerable to the environment.
• Do not keep under direct sunlight.
• Keep in a cool ventilated area.
• Store vertically.
• Keep in a clean protection jacket.
• If you move your DVD Recorder & VCR suddenly from a
cold place to a warm place, condensation may generate
on the operating parts, including the lens, and cause
abnormal disc playback. In this case, do not connect the
plug to the power outlet and wait for two hours. Then
insert the disc and try to play back again. It will work
properly when condensation has evaporated.
Disc Specifi cations

DVD-Video

• A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135-
minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32 subtitle
languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture
compression and Dolby 3D surround, allowing you
to enjoy vivid and clear theater quality images in the
comfort of your own home.
• When switching from the fi rst layer to the second layer
of a double-layered DVD Video disc, there may be
momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not
a malfunction of the unit.
• Once a DVD±R/DVD-RW(V) recorded is fi nalized, it is
playable in a standard DVD player.

Audio CD

• An audio disc on which 44.1kHz PCM Audio is recorded.
• Plays CD-DA format audio CD-R and CD-RW discs. This
unit may not be able to play some CD-R or CD-RW discs
due to the condition of the recording.

CD-R/-RW

MP3 CD-R/-RW
• Only CD-R discs with MP3 fi les recorded with ISO9660
or JOLIET format can be played back
• Only MP3 fi les with the "mp3" or "MP3" extension can be
used.
• For MP3 fi les recorded with a VBR(Variable Bit Rates),
from 80 Kbps to 320 Kbps, the sound may cut in and out.
• Playable bitrate range is from 56Kbps to 320Kbps.
• The unit can handle a maximum of 1000 fi les and
folders.
• DVD-RAM/±RW/±R discs that contain MP3 fi les can be
played back.
JPEG CD-R/-RW
• Only JPEG fi les with the ".jpg", ".JPG" extension can be
used.
• The unit can handle a maximum of 1000 fi les and
folders.
• Maximum size of progressive JPEG is 3M pixels.
• MOTION JPEG is not supported.
• DVD-RAM/±RW/±R discs that contain JPEG fi les can be
played back.
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Using MPEG4 disc
• Disc : CD-R/-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD±R/ DVD±RW,
• MPEG4 File with following extensions can be played. :
.avi, .divx, .AVI, .DIVX
• MPEG4 Codec format : DivX 3.11 DivX 4.x DivX 5.x
• Available Audio Format : “MP3”, “MPEG”, “PCM”,“AC3”,
“DTS”
• Supported subtitle fi le formats: .smi, .srt, .sub, .psb,.txt
Using CD-R/-RW
• Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-R/-RW disc. If possible,
do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the
disc may not play back.
• If the CD-R/-RW 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-R/-RW discs may not be playable with this
unit, depending on the device which was used to burn
them. For contents recorded on CD-R/-RW 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-R/-RW discs, playability may vary depending on the
contents and discs.

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 programming 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 excuted 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.
• Playback may be impossible in some cases due to the
condition of recording.
• This unit can play back DVD±R discs recorded and
fi nalized with a Samsung DVD video recorder. It may not
be able to play some DVD±R discs depending on the
disc and the condition of the recording.

DVD-RW Disc Playback and Recording

• Recording and playback can be performed on DVD-RW
discs in both Video and VR Modes.
• Once a DVD-RW is recorded in VR or Video mode and
fi nalized, you cannot perform additional recordings.
• Once a DVD-RW 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.
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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.
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