Guide to Using the Discs
Disc Types Supported
Application Disc Type Disc Logo Information
Playback
DVD-Video
 
Preset DVD-Video discs (The region 
code is printed on the rear of recorder).
DVD+R/+RW
 
DVD+R/+RW discs written in DVD-
Video format and finalized, or with 
JPEG/WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 files files.
DVD-R/-RW
 
DVD-R/-RW discs written in DVD-
Video format and finalized, or with 
JPEG/WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 files.
DVD+R DL 
(Double Layer) 
DVD+R double-layer discs written in 
DVD-Video format and finalized, or 
with JPEG/WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 files. 
(Select models only)
Video CD (VCD)
CDs for video files recorded with CD 
sound, VHS quality, MPEG-1 compres
-
sion technology.
Super Video CD 
(SVCD)
CDs for video files recorded with 
CD sound, SVHS quality, MPEG-2 
compression technology.
Audio CD
CDs for music files recorded in digital 
signal, featuring better audio quality, 
less distortion and less deterioration of 
audio quality over time.
CD-R/-RW
 
Finalized CD-R/-RW discs recorded in 
Audio CD or Video CD formats, or with 
JPEG/WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 files files.
Recording /  
Timer Recording
DVD-R/-RW*
 
DVD-R/-RW discs in DVD+VR format
DVD+R/+RW
 
DVD+R/+RW discs in DVD+VR 
format
DVD+R DL 
(Double Layer)
DVD+R double-layer discs in 
DVD+VR format  
(Select models only)