Various settings
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Select “Undo Finalize”, and the screen below will ap-
pear.
Undo Finalize
OK to proceed?
Yes No
•When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, the can-
celling finalization will start. The screen below will
appear.
Unfinalizing...
Please wait.
3 %
• When you select “No” and press ENTER, the DISC
screen will appear.
NOTES:
•When cancelling finalization is finished. “Undo final-
izing completed. Press ENTER.” will appear. Press
ENTER to return to the DISC screen.
•The cancelling finalization process may require a few
minutes to about 1 hour according to disc type or the
amount of free space on the disc.
•When the disc’s finalization cannot be cancelled, you
cannot select “Undo Finalize”.

Protect Disc

You can protect a disc to prevent the content recorded
on it from being erased, edited or re-recorded.
Only DVD-RAM and DVD-RW (in VR mode) can be pro-
tected.
Select “Protect Disc” and select “On” to protect the disc.
To cancel the disc protection, select “Off”.

Rename Disc

You can change a disc name.
See “Changing a disc name” on page 77.

DVD-RAM Physical Format

Physically formats a DVD-RAM disc. Whenever you use
a new disc for the first time, be sure to format it.
NOTE:
The physical format process may require about 1 hour
according to disc condition.
Setting the Disc

Finalize

To play a DVD disc recorded on this unit, you must final-
ize the disc to insure compatibility with other DVD play-
ers. In addition, if you are using a DVD-RW disc, you
must record in Video mode.
You can cancel the finalization of a finalized DVD-RW
(in VR mode).
You cannot cancel the finalization for discs other than
above. You can record or edit on a disc whose finaliza-
tion has been cancelled.
Select from the below.
Finalize: Finalize the disc to compatibility
with other DVD player.
Undo Finalize: Cancel the finalization of a finalized
DVD-RW(in VR mode).
When “Finalize” is selected, the screen below will
appear.
Finalize
OK to proceed?
Yes No
•When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, finalization
will start. The screen below will appear.
Finalizing...
Please wait.
3 %
•When you select “No” and press ENTER, the DISC
screen will appear.
NOTES:
•When the finalization finished, “Finalizing completed.
Press ENTER.” will appear. Press ENTER to return
to the DISC screen.
•The finalization process may require a few minutes to
about 1 hour according to disc type or the amount of
free space on the disc.
•You can record or edit a finalized DVD-RW (in VR
mode) by cancelling the finalizing, but you cannot do
these operations with a DVD-RW (Video mode), or
with a DVD-R.
•You cannot playback a disc recorded on VR mode on
a unit that does not support DVD-RW.
•Even if you finalize a disc in the Video mode, the disc
cannot be played back in some DVD players.
•A DVD-RW(Video mode) and DVD-R disc cannot be
named after it is finalized.
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