Settings and Adjustments

Disc Settings (Disc Setup)

The “Disc Setup” setup allows you to adjust DVD related settings.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is in stop mode.

2 Select “Disc Setup,” and press

ENTER.

The “Disc Setup” setup appears with the following options. The default settings are underlined.

Basic

Input Disc Name

You can label a disc.

For details, see page 43.

Protect Disc

You can protect a disc against erasure. For details, see page 44.

Format DVD-RW (DVD-RW only)

The recorder automatically starts formatting in VR mode or Video mode, whichever is selected below, when a new, unformatted DVD-RW is inserted.

VR Mode

Automatically formats the disc

 

in VR mode.

 

 

Video

Automatically formats the disc

Mode

in Video mode.

 

 

Format

You can manually re-format a DVD+RW, DVD-RW, or DVD-R disc to make a blank disc.

For details, see page 47.

Finalise

Finalises a disc to play it on other DVD equipment.

For details, see page 45.

Optimise HDD

As you record, erase and edit recordings repeatedly, the HDD file system gradually becomes fragmented. To ‘clean up’ all the fragmented files, optimise the HDD periodically. When the HDD needs optimising, a message recommending optimisation will appear automatically.

1Select “Optimise HDD” in “Disc Setup,” and press ENTER.

2Select “Start,” and press ENTER. A progress bar appears and the optimisation starts.

To cancel optimisation, press ENTER. The HDD will be partly optimised.

bNotes

•It will take about eight hours to optimise the HDD. During optimisation, other operations, such as recording or playback, cannot be performed.

•You cannot optimise the HDD when the HDD disc space is insufficient for optimising. Erase titles to open up disc space (page 92).

Format HDD.

You can format the HDD and resolve the problem when the hard disk error occurred. “Format HDD.” can be selected only when the hard disk needs formatting. Note that all of the recorded content on the HDD will be erased.

1Select “Format HDD.” in “Disc Setup,” and press ENTER.

2Select “Start,” and press ENTER.

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