Recording

Information on DVD recording (cont’d)
Restrictions on recording

You cannot record copy-protected materials using this unit. Copy-protected material includes DVD- Video discs and some satellite broadcasts.

If copy-protected material is encountered during a recording, recording will be paused or stop automatically and an error message will be displayed on the screen.

Material that is “copy-once only” can only be recorded using a DVD-RW disc in VR mode with CPRM (see below).

When recording a TV broadcast or through an external input, you can display copy control information on the screen.

What is “CPRM”?

This is a format used to record copy-once programs. By recording coded data on the area of DVD discs that ordinary writing software cannot write, it prevents copy-once programs from being recorded repeatedly on different media.

This unit is CPRM compatible, which means that you can record copy-once broadcast programs, but then you cannot make a copy of those recordings. CPRM recordings can only be made on DVD-RW discs formatted in VR mode, and

CPRM recordings can only be played back on DVD players that are compatible with CPRM.

Making discs playable on other DVD player (Finalize)

After recording, you must finalize the disc in order to play on other units. (Refer to page 36.)

Finalizing*

Playable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Unit

 

 

 

 

DVD player

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not Playable

* You cannot finalize discs in other DVD recorders.

After finalizing:

Once DVD-RW/R (Video mode) is finalized, you cannot record additionally or edit.

DVD-RW disc recorded with VR mode can record additionally and edit contents even after you finalized the disc.

When DVD-RW/R (Video mode) is finalized, the Title menu will be created automatically.

Finalize discs recorded on this unit in order to play them back on other DVD players.

Information on copy control

Some satellite broadcasts include copy-protected information. For their recording, refer to the following.

Disc type / format

Copy

Copy

Copy-

-free

-once

prohibited

 

 

VR

ver.1.1,1.2

 

 

 

DVD-RW

ver.1.1,1.2 CPRM compatible

 

 

 

Video

ver.1.1,1.2

 

 

 

DVD-RW

ver.1.1,1.2 CPRM compatible

 

 

 

DVD-R

ver.2.0

 

 

 

Recordable

Not Recordable

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