Making the disc compatible with playback on other devices or DVD drives (Finalizing) (Continued)
bNotes
•It takes from a minute to a maximum of several hours to finalize a disc. The shorter the amount of material recorded on the disc, the longer it takes for finalizing.
•Use the AC Adaptor as the power source to prevent your camcorder from running out of power during finalizing.
•When you finalize a
1 Place your camcorder in a stable position, and connect the AC Adaptor to the DC IN jack on your camcorder.
2 Turn on the power by turning the POWER switch.
3 Insert the disc that you want to finalize.
4 Touch (MANAGE DISC/ MEMORY) of the (HOME) menu t [FINALIZE].
To select a DVD menu style, touch (OPTION) t [DVD MENU]
(p. 45).
5 Touch [YES] t [YES].
Finalizing starts.
6 When [Completed.] appears, touch .
bNotes
•Do not apply shock or vibration to your camcorder, and do not disconnect the AC Adaptor during finalizing.
When you need to disconnect the AC Adaptor, make sure that the power of your camcorder is
set to off and disconnect the AC Adaptor after
the |
| (Movie) or | (Still) lamp goes off. |
Finalizing restarts when you connect the AC Adaptor and turn on your camcorder again. You cannot remove the disc until the finalizing operation is completed.
•When using the discs other than
zTips
•When you set to create a DVD menu and finalize the disc, the DVD menu appears for a few seconds while finalizing the disc.
•After the disc is finalized, the disc type/ recording format indicator changes as shown below:
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL
Go to step 5 if you want to finalize the disc using [STYLE1] (default setting).
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