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VQT1H64
With other products
Rotate the mode dial to select , connect this
unit to the DVD burner, insert a disc in the DVD
burner and then select [ ] (disc playback) tab
(l 86).
This is for initializing DVD-RAM and DVD-RW
discs.
Please be aware that if a disc is formatted,
then all the data recorded on the disc will be
erased. Store important data on a computer
etc.
1 Press the MENU button, then
select [DISC SETUP]
#
[FORMAT DISC] # [YES] and
press the cursor button.
2 When the confirmation message
appears, select [YES], then press
the cursor button.
≥ When formatting is complete, press the MENU
button to exit the message screen.
≥ Connect this unit and the DVD burner to format
discs. You may no longer be able to use the
discs if you format them on another device
such as a computer etc.
You can protect (write protect) a DVD-RAM or
DVD-RW disc when copying to it so that it is not
formatted by mistake when you insert it in
another device.
1 Press the MENU button, then
select [DISC SETUP]
#
[AUTO PROTECT] # [ON] and
press the cursor button.
≥ The default setting is [ON].
≥ We recommend setting [AUTO PROTECT] to
[ON] in order to prevent accidental deletion on
other devices.
If a disc that you copied to is inserted in
another device without protecting it, a message
may be displayed prompting you to format the
disc. If the disc is formatted, important data will
be erased and the process cannot be
reversed.
2 Copy to the disc. (l 85)
≥ The copied disc is write protected when it is
ejected if [AUTO PROTECT] is [ON].
ª To release the disc protection
≥ If you format a disc, the auto protection is
released. Please be aware that if a disc is
formatted, then all the data recorded on the
disc is erased and cannot be recovered.
≥ The disc will need to be re-formatted on the
device you will use.
Managing a disc inserted in the
DVD burner
Formatting discs
Auto protect
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