How to prepare and use your DVD HandycamPreparing

Prepare a new disc.

• You can start recording promptly with a DVD-R.

• You need to format a DVD-RW before recording.

Formatting is also required when using a once recorded DVD-RW again.

Select a recording format (either VIDEO mode or VR mode) when using DVD-RW.

Shooting

Both movies and still images can be recorded on a single disc.

Because your movies and still images are recorded in free areas on the disc automatically, important recordings are not overwritten.

If you finalize the recorded disc after shooting, you can play it back immediately on DVD players, etc..

Playing back

Select a scene to play back from the Visual

Index display.

If you finalize the recorded disc after shooting, you can play it back on DVD players, etc..

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