Samsung DVD-VR357 instruction manual Disc Storage, Disc Specifications

Getting Started

▌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 Specifications

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 first 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 finalized, 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 files recorded with ISO9660 or JOLIET format can be played back

•Only MP3 files with the "mp3" or "MP3" extension can be used.

•For MP3 files 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 files and folders.

•DVD-RAM/±RW/±R discs that contain MP3 files can be played back.

JPEG CD-R/-RW

•Only JPEG files with the ".jpg", ".JPG" extension can be used.

•The unit can handle a maximum of 1000 files and folders.

•Maximum size of progressive JPEG is 3M pixels.

•MOTION JPEG is not supported.

•DVD-RAM/±RW/±R discs that contain JPEG files can be played back.

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 file 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 files 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 finalized, 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 finalizing.

•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 finishes.

•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

finalized 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 finalized, you cannot perform additional recordings.

•Once a DVD-RW is recorded in Video Mode and finalized, it becomes a DVD-Video.

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

•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.

•When inserting an unused disc, a message will appear asking whether to initialize the disc or not. If you select "YES", the disc will be formatted in VR mode.

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