• When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, unfinalizing
will start. The screen below will appear.
Processing...
Please wait.
• When you select “No” and press ENTER, unfinalizing.
NOTES:
• The unfinalizing process may require a few minutes
to about 1 hour according to disc type or the amount
of free space on the disc.
• When the disc’s finalization cannot be canceled, you
cannot select “Unfinalize”.
• When unfinalized disc inserted, this menu will change
to “Finalize”. See “Finalize”.
Make compatible
To play a DVD+RW disc recorded on this unit, the disc
needs this procedure to insure compatibility with other
DVD players.
When “Make compatible” is selected, the screen below
will appear.
• When making disc compatible is finished, the title
menu of the disc will appear on the screen then after
the disc will be ejected automatically.
• If you do not need to make disc compatible, press
OPEN/CLOSE to eject the disc.
NOTES:
•Even if you make a disc compatible, the disc cannot
be played back in some DVD players.
• When you eject DVD+R disc, "Make compatible"
screen also will appear. If you select "Yes" and press
ENTER, making the disc compatible will start on the
DVD+R disc. But you cannot record or edit DVD+R
disc after making disc compatible.
Setting the disc (continued)
New Disc Format
If you insert an unused DVD-RW disc, the disc is auto-
matically formatted.
If you use DVD-RW (Ver.1.1/1.2), you can select the
mode to be used for automatic format.
Select “New Disc Format” and select the mode from the
list below.
Video:Format the disc in the Video mode.
VR: Format the disc in the VR mode.
When you insert an unused disc, the following message
screen will appear.
Disc Erase Notification
Yes No
Disc is not recognized or it is new disc.
Do you want to erase and prepare the disc
for recording?
Warning: all information on disc will
be lost.
• When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, format will
start. The screen below will appear.
Formatting
45%
• When you select “No” and press ENTER, format will
be canceled.
NOTE:
If a recorded disc has scratches or contamination on it,
the “New Disc Format” screen may appear.
If this happens, select “No” and press ENTER.
Finalize
To play a DVD-RW/R or DVD+R disc recorded on this
unit, you must finalize the disc to insure compatibility
with other DVD players.
When “Finalize” is selected, the screen below will appear.
Do you want to finalize this disc?
Disc Finalize Notification
Yes No
• When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, finalization
will start. The screen below will appear.
Processing...
Please wait.
• When you select “No” and press ENTER, finalize will
be canceled.
NOTES:
• The finalization process may require a few minutes to
about 1 hour according to disc type or the amount of
free space on the disc.
•You can record or edit a finalized DVD-RW (in VR
mode) by cancelling the finalizing, but you cannot do
these operations with a DVD-RW (Video mode), or
with a DVD-R or with a DVD+R.
•Even if you finalize a disc in the Video mode, the disc
cannot be played back in some DVD players.
•A DVD-R or DVD+R disc cannot be named after it is
finalized.
• When finalized disc inserted, this menu will change
to “Unfinalize”. See “Unfinalize”.
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