Top Menu List
Display after fi nalising
Thumbnail
(Still picture)
Title Name
y You can change thumbnails displayed in the top menu.
(➡ 47, Change Thumbnail)
Selecting whether to show the Top
Menu fi rst—Auto-Play Select
-R
-R DL
-RW(V)
+R
+R DL
+RW
You can select whether to show the top menu after fi nalising.
Preparation
Press [DRIVE SELECT] to select the DVD drive.
After performing steps 1–3 (➡ 68, Common procedures)
1 Press [
e
,
r
] to select “Auto-Play
Select” and press [OK].
2 Press [
e
,
r
] to select “Top Menu” or
“Title 1” and press [OK].
Top Menu: The top menu appears fi rst.
Title 1: The disc content is played without displaying
the top menu.
Enabling discs to be played on other
equipment—Finalise
-R
-R DL
-RW(V)
+R
+R DL
Make selections from “Top Menu” and “Auto-Play Select” (➡ above)
before fi nalising the disc.
Preparation
Press [DRIVE SELECT] to select the DVD drive.
After performing steps 1–3 (➡ 68, Common procedures)
1 Press [
e
,
r
] to select “Finalise” and
press [OK].
2 Press [
w
,
q
] to select “Yes” and press
[OK].
3 Press [
w
,
q
] to select “Start” and
press [OK].
A message appears when fi nalising is fi nished.
Note
y You cannot cancel fi nalising.
y Finalising takes up to 15 minutes.
(
-R DL
+R DL
Finalising takes up to 60 minutes.)
y Do not disconnect the AC mains lead while fi nalising.
This will render the disc unusable.
4 Press [OK].
Note
When fi nalising a high-speed recording compatible disc, it may take
longer than displayed on the confi rmation screen (approximately
four times).
After fi nalising
y
-R
-R DL
+R
+R DL
The disc becomes play-only and you can
no longer record or edit.
y
-RW(V)
You can record and edit the disc after formatting
(➡ 69) although it becomes play-only after fi nalising.
y When copying in high speed, chapters will be replicated.
y
-R
-RW(V)
Titles are divided into about 5-minute (
+R
8-minute)*
chapters, if
– the titles were directly recorded to the disc.
– the titles were copied using the normal speed mode (excluding
-R DL
+R DL
).
* This time varies greatly depending on the condition and mode
of recording.
y There is a pause of several seconds between titles and chapters
during play.
Before
fi nalising
After
fi nalising
Recording/Editing/Entering name
{
–
Play on other players –
{
y You cannot fi nalise discs recorded on other manufacturer’s
equipment.
y If you fi nalise discs recorded on Panasonic equipment other than
this unit, the background selected as “Top Menu” may not be
displayed.
y Discs fi nalised on this unit may not be playable on other players
due to the condition of the recording.
Visit Panasonic’s homepage for more information about DVDs.
http://www.panasonic-europe.com
Creating Top Menu—Create Top Menu
+RW
+RW discs contain no Top Menu data. Top Menu is a convenient
function. We recommend you create the menu before playing a
+RW disc on other equipment.
You cannot use the Top Menu for playing on this unit.
Make selections from “Top Menu” and “Auto-Play Select” (➡ left)
before creating top menu.
Preparation
Press [DRIVE SELECT] to select the DVD drive.
After performing steps 1–3 (➡ 68, Common procedures)
1 Press [
e
,
r
] to select “Create Top
Menu” and press [OK].
2 Press [
w
,
q
] to select “Yes” and press
[OK].
3 Press [
w
,
q
] to select “Start” and
press [OK].
Creating Top Menu starts. You cannot cancel creating.
Creating Top Menu can take a few minutes.
4 Press [OK].
Note
y You can record or edit discs after creating the Top Menu. But the
created menu is deleted when you record or edit disc. In such
cases, create the Top Menu again by using “Create Top Menu”.
To return to the previous screen
Press [RETURN].
To exit the screen
Press [EXIT].
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