6 Select “Finalize,” and press ENTER.
The display asks for confirmation again.
Disc will be finalized.
Do you want to continue ?
OK Cancel
7 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.
The recorder starts finalizing the disc.
To turn off the display
Press SYSTEM MENU.
To unfinalize a
If you cannot record or edit on a
zHints
•You can check whether the disc has been finalized or not. If you cannot select “Finalize” in step 6 above, the disc has already been finalized.
•To check the disc information, select “Disc Information” in the “Disc Setting” display and press ENTER. See page 64 for details.
Notes
•Depending on the condition of the disc, the recording, or the DVD equipment, discs may not play even if the discs are finalized.
•The recorder may not be able to finalize a disc if it was recorded on another recorder.
If the recording exceeds 30 % of the disc capacity, the recorder automatically finalizes
–when you eject the disc by pressing Z OPEN/ CLOSE immediately after you stop recording by pressing x STOP.
–when all the timer recordings are finished.
–if the disc becomes full during recording.
To turn on this function, set “Auto Finalize” to “On” in the “Features” setup (page 103).
Notes
•It may take a few minutes for the recorder to finalize a disc.
•A disc once finalized cannot be recorded or edited.
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•For discs where erasing titles/chapters does not free up disc space (page 59), the Auto Finalize function activates if the total amount of recording before erasing exceeds 30 % of the disc capacity.
•The Auto Finalize function does not work for One- touch Timer Recording (page 50) or Synchro- Recording (page 54).
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