Various settings
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Setting the disc / Other
(SYSTEM SETUP)
UNDO FINALIZE
You can cancel the finalization of a finalized DVD-RW
(in VR mode).
You cannot cancel the finalization for discs other than
above. You can record or edit on a disc whose finaliza-
tion has been cancelled.
Select “UNDO FINALIZE”, and the screen below will
appear.
• When you select “START” and press
ENTER
, the
cancelling finalization will start. The screen below will
appear.
• When you select “CANCEL” and press
ENTER
, the
DISC SETUP screen will appear.
NOTES:
• During the cancelling finalization the cursor will move
repeatedly.
• The cancelling finalization 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 cancelled, you
cannot select “UNDO FINALIZE”.
DVD-RAM Physical Format
Physically formats a DVD-RAM disc. Whenever you use
a new disc for the first time, be sure to format it.
NOTE:
The physical format process may require about 1 hour
according to disc condition.
This section describes the other setting in SYSTEM
SETUP
Preparation:
• Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.
• Select “
OTHER
” from “
SYSTEM SETUP
”. For the pro-
cedure, see steps
1
to
3
in “Using the SETUP MENU”
on page 23.
DIMMER (Brightness of the display
window)
You may adjust the brightness or turn off the display on
the front panel of the unit. Select “DIMMER” and select
the display window status from the below.
AUTOMATIC
: When the power is on, the display win-
dow appears bright. When the power
is off, it appears dark.
DIM
:
The window display always appears
dark.
OFF
:
When the power is on, the display win-
dow appears dark. When the power
is off, it is turned off.
DISPLAY/CALL (Turning the screen
display “ON” or “OFF”)
You can turn off the screen display that is output to the
TV screen by this unit. Select “DISPLAY/CALL”, and
select “ON” or “OFF”.
ON
: The screen display appears.
OFF
: Nothing but the SETUP MENU and error mes-
sages appear.
TIMER REC SET
SYSTEM SETUP
AV SETUP
REC SETUP
CH SETUP
OTHER
LANGUAGE
PARENTAL
CLOCK
DISC SETUP
OTHER
SETUP MENU
RETURN
SETUP
ENTER
BACK
END
SELECT
OTHER
DIMMER
DISPLAY/CALL
AUTOMATIC
ON
ENTER
UNFINALIZING
PLEASE WAIT
NOTES:
• During the finalization the cursor will move repeatedly.
When the finalization finished, “DISC FINALIZED” will
appear.
• 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.
• You cannot playback a disc recorded on VR mode on
a unit that does not support DVD-RW.
• Even if you finalize a disc in the Video mode, the disc
cannot be played back in some DVD players.
• A DVD-R disc cannot be named after it is finalized.
PROTECT DISC
You can protect a disc to prevent the content recorded
on it from being erased, edited or re-recorded.
Only DVD-RAM and DVD-RW (in VR mode) can be
protected.
Select “PROTECT DISC” and select “ON” to protect the
disc.
To cancel the disc protection, select “OFF”.
UNDO FINALIZE
START
CANCEL
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