3 Move the cursor down the TOOLS menu until “Disc Info” is selected, and press

ENTER.

Example: When a DVD-RW (VR mode) is inserted.

 

 

 

 

Disc Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DiscName

Movie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

DVD-RW

 

 

 

Format

VR

 

 

 

Protect Disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title no.

Original 3 / Playlist 2

 

 

 

 

 

Finalize

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

13.10.2005 ~ 28.10.2005

 

 

Off

 

 

Erase All

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HQ : 0H30M

 

 

 

HSP : 0H45M

SP : 1H00M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remainder

LSP : 1H15M

 

 

 

LP : 1H30M

EP : 2H00M

 

 

Format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLP : 3H00M

 

 

 

SEP : 4H00M

2. 3 / 4. 7GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1“Disc Name” (DVD only)

2“Media”: Disc type

3“Format”: Recording format type (DVD- RW only)

4 “On”/“Off”: Indicates whether protection is set (DVD-RW in VR mode only)

5“Title no.”: Total number of titles

6“Date”: Dates of when the oldest and the most recent titles were recorded (DVD only)

7“Continuous Rem. Time”/“Remainder” (approximate)

The remaining recording time in each of the recording modes

Disc space bar

Remaining disc space/total disc space

8Disc setting buttons

“Disc Name” (page 38) “Protect Disc” (page 38) “Finalize”/“Unfinalize” (page 39) “Erase All” (page 69)

“Format”

Available settings differ depending on the disc type.

4 Select “Format,” and press ENTER.5 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

For DVD-RWs, select “VR” or “Video,” and press ENTER.

All contents on the disc are erased.

zHints

By reformatting, you can change the recording format on DVD-RWs, or record again on DVD-RWs that have been finalized.

For DVD+RWs and DVD-RWs (Video mode), you can check free space and title location on the disc using the Disc Map display (page 69).

bNote

On this model, 1 GB (read “gigabyte”) is equivalent to 1 billion bytes. The larger the number, the larger the disc space.

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