Seven Basic Operations

—Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder

1.Inserting a Disc

+RW -RWVR-RWVideo+R

-RVR

-RVideoDVD VCD CD DATADVD DATA CD

Z (open/

DVD

close)

1 Press DVD.

2 Press Z (open/close), and place a disc on the disc tray.

Recording/playing side facing down

3 Press Z (open/close) to close the disc tray.

Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the front panel display.

Unused DVDs are formatted automatically.

•For DVD-RW discs DVD-RWs are formatted in the recording format (VR mode or Video mode) set by “Format DVD-RW” of “Basic” in the “Disc Setup” setup (page 116).

•For DVD-R discs

DVD-Rs are automatically formatted in Video mode. To format an unused DVD-R in VR mode, format the disc in the “Format” setup (page 45) before you make a recording.

If the disc is recordable on this recorder, you can manually re-format the disc to make a blank disc (page 45).

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