Making the disc compatible with playback on other devices (Finalizing) (Continued)

Finalizing a disc

 

5 Touch [YES] t [YES].

b Notes

 

Finalizing starts.

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.

1 Place your camcorder in a stable place, and connect the AC Adaptor to the DC IN jack on your camcorder.

2 Turn on your camcorder.

3 Insert the disc to be finalized.

4 Touch (HOME) t

(MANAGE MEDIA) t

[FINALIZE].

To select a DVD menu style, touch (OPTION) t [DVD MENU]

(p. 70).

Go to step 5 if you want to finalize the disc using [STYLE1] (the default setting).

6 When finalizing is completed, touch .

bNotes

When you finalize a double-sided disc, you must finalize each side of the disc individually.

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.

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, “ ” is attached

at the bottom of the disc indicator, such as

” in the case of DVD-RW (VIDEO mode).

To select a DVD menu style

1In step 4, touch (OPTION) t [DVD MENU].

2Select the desired style from 4 types of

pattern with / .

Select [NO MENU] if you do not create a DVD menu.

3Touch .

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Sony DCR-DVD650, DCR-DVD850 manual Finalizing a disc, To select a DVD menu style, Touch YES t YES, Finalize

DCR-DVD650, DCR-DVD850 specifications

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