Toshiba PTA42 user manual Media care

Writing CD/DVDs on DVD Super Multi drive supporting DVD+R DL

•Open the DVD drive.

•Install, remove or connect external devices, including the following: PC card, SD card/Multi Media Card/Memory Stick, USB devices, external display, i.LINK devices, optical digital devices.

❑Please verify your disc after recording important data.

❑DVD-R/+R/-RW disc cannot be written in VR format.

❑A maximum of about 2 hours of video data can be written in DVD Video format to DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW disc.

❑WinDVD Creator cannot export to DVD-Audio, VideoCD, miniDVD for- mat.

❑WinDVD Creator can write DVD-RAM/+RW in VR format, but the disc may only play on your computer.

❑When writing to DVD disc, WinDVD Creator requires 2 GB or more over disk space every one hour of video.

❑When you make a fully recorded DVD, the chapter sequence may not play correctly.

3.About Disc Manager

❑WinDVD Creator can edit one play list on a disc.

❑WinDVD Creator might show a different a thumbnail than you previously set in CE DVD-RAM recorder.

❑Using the Disc Manager, you can edit DVD-VR format on DVD-RAM, DVD+VR format on DVD+RW, and DVD-Video format on DVD-RW.

4.About recorded DVDs

❑Some DVD-ROM drives for personal computers or other DVD players may not be able to read DVD-R/-R DL/+R/+R DL/-RW/+RW/-RAM discs.

❑When playing your recorded disc on your computer, please use the WinDVD software application.

❑If you use an over-used rewritable disc, the full formatting might be locked. Please use a brand new disc.

Media care

This section provides tips on protecting data stored on your CD/DVDs and dis- kettes.

Handle your media with care. The following simple precautions will increase the lifetime of your media and protect the data stored on them:

OPERATING BASICS

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