Sony RDR-GX310 User Manual

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Quick Guide to Disc Types
“DVD+RW” (digital video disc-rewritable, plus RW), “DVD-RW” (digital video disc-rewritable, minus RW),
“DVD+R” (digital video disc-recordable, plus R), “DVD+R DL” (digital video disc-recordable, plus R, double layer),
and “DVD-R” (digital video disc-recordable, minus R) are trademarks.
Recordable and playable discs
Type Disc Logo
Icon used in
this manual
Formatting
(new discs)
Compatibility with other DVD
(digital video disc) players
(finalizing)
DVD+RW (digital
video disc-
rewritable,
plus RW)
Automatically
formatted in +VR
(Video Recording)
mode
Playable on DVD+RW (digital
video disc-rewritable, plus RW)
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
DVD-
RW
(digital
video
disc-re-
writa-
ble,
minus
RW)
VR (Video
Recording)
mode
Format in VR (Video
Recording) mode
(page 31)
Playable only on VR (Video
Recording) mode compatible
players (finalization unnecessary)
Video
mode
Format in Video mode
(page 31)
Playable on most DVD (digital
video disc) players (finalization
necessary) (page 41)
DVD+R (digital
video disc-
recordable,
plus R)
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD (digital
video disc) players (finalization
necessary) (page 41)
DVD+R DL (digital
video disc-
recordabl e, plus R,
double layer)
DVD-R (digital
video disc-
recordable,
minus R)
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD (digital
video disc) players (finalization
necessary) (page 41)
+
RW
*1
-
RWVR
-
RW Video
+
R
-
R

Sony RDR-GX310 Specifications

General

Brand	Sony
Model	RDR-GX310
Category	DVD Recorder
Language	English