The sub-menu appears.

4 Select an option, and press ENTER.

You can select from the following:

“Title Erase”: Erases the selected title. Select “OK” when asked for confirmation. “Chapter Erase”*1: Allows you to select a chapter in the title and erase it (see below). “Protect”*2: Protects the title. Select “On” when the Protection display appears. “ ” appears for the protected title. To cancel the protection, select “Off.” “ ” changes to

“ .”

“Title Name”: Allows you to rename the title (page 61).

“A-B Erase”*2: Erases a section of the title (see below).

“Divide Title”*2: Divides a title into two (page 60).

*1 DVD-RWs (VR mode) and DVD-Rs (VR mode) only

*2 DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs (VR mode), and DVD-R (VR mode) only

About freeing up disc space

Erasing titles, chapters, or scenes:

–frees up disc space on a DVD-RW (VR mode).

–frees up disc space on a DVD+RW/DVD-RW (Video mode) only when you erase the last title or chapter.

–cannot free up disc space on a DVD+R/DVD+R DL/DVD-R.

zHint

You can also rename a disc (page 68).

Notes

•When editing a DVD-RW (Video mode), DVD+R, or DVD-R, finish all editing before finalizing the disc. You cannot edit a finalized disc.

•You cannot erase protected titles or erase chapters from a protected title.

•If you erase an original title used in a Playlist, that Playlist is also erased.

Erasing a chapter (Chapter Erase)

-RWVR-RVR

You can select a chapter within a title and erase it. Note that erasing chapters from original titles cannot be undone.

1 Press TITLE LIST.

Press ORIGINAL/PLAYLIST to switch to the “Title List (Original),” if necessary.

2 Select a title, and press ENTER.

3 Select “Chapter Erase,” and press ENTER.

The display for erasing chapters appears.

 

Chapter Erase (Original)

 

 

10:10 AM

Chapter No. 1 / 3

 

 

 

 

Title No.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erase

01

00:00:34

02

00:00:10

03

00:04:20

Modify

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy

4

Select the chapter you want to erase, and

DVD

Editing

 

press ENTER.

 

“Check” is selected. To preview the chapter,

 

press ENTER. When playback finishes or

 

 

when you press O RETURN, the display

 

5

returns to “Chapter Erase (Original).”

 

Select “Erase,” and press ENTER.

 

6

The display asks for confirmation.

 

Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

 

The selected chapter is erased from the title. To erase other chapters, repeat from step 4.

zHint

You can also erase chapters from a Playlist title (page 64).

Note

If you erase an original title used in a Playlist, that Playlist is also erased.

Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase)

+RW -RWVR-RVR

You can select a section (scene) within a title and erase it. Note that erasing scenes from original titles cannot be undone.

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