Enjoying with your DVD Handycam

Choosing a disc

What kinds of disc can I use?

The kinds of disc that you can use in your DVD Handycam are as follows.

When you use a DVD-RW, you can choose the recording format from VIDEO mode or VR mode.

Disc type and the recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

format

 

8cm DVD-R

 

8cm DVD-RW

8cm DVD+RW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO mode

VR mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marks used in this manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This kind

 

This kind of disc can be overwritten repeatedly,

Features

 

of disc can

 

even when the disc is full, if you format* it.

 

be recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

only once

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use Sony discs or discs with a

 

 

mark. Depending on the place you bought, the disc

 

 

has a

mark.

 

 

 

 

Handycam DVD your with Enjoying

Differences in the recording format on DVD-RWs

has wide compatibility with other players.

(Video Recording mode) enables you to edit, such as deleting or dividing scenes, the material you have recorded on your DVD Handycam. Once you finalize the disc, you can play back the disc with a DVD player that supports VR mode.

Refer to the specifications of your playback equipment for additional compatibility information.

Examples of incompatible discs

12cm DVD-R

CD

12cm DVD-RW

CD-R

12cm DVD+RW

CD-ROM

DVD+R

CD-RW

DVD-RAM

 

DVD-ROM

 

*Formatting makes a disc ready for recording. Also, formatting removes all images data from a previously recorded disc, allowing you to recover the full capacity of that disc. Therefore, you can use the disc

repeatedly (p.51).

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