Learning About Available Discs And Their Features - Samsung SC-DC171 Owner's Instruction Book

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Getting to Know Your DVD Camcorder

Learning about available Discs and Their Features

This DVD Camcorder can record or play back by using 3 1/2 inch (8cm) DVD-R/+R DL/-RW/+RW discs (not supplied) only.
Please check whether your disc is proper for use.
Which discs can be used in the DVD Camcorder?
DVD-R
DVD+ReWritable
DVD+R DL
DVD+ReWritable
DVD+R DL
You can make only one
recording on a disc.
You cannot delete or edit the
recordings.
After finalizing the disc, you
can play it back in most
DVD players/recorders/drives.
You cannot use
the following
discs.
10
DVD-RW
DVD+ReWritable
DVD+R DL
You can record and edit repeatedly.
(You can delete recorded image files or format the disc and
reuse it again.)
Format the disc in the mode you want according to
your needs.
Video mode:
will play in most DVD players/recorders/drives.
VR (Video Record) mode:
recordings on your DVD Camcorder, but you can play the
disc only on a DVD Recorder that supports VR mode.
 You may not use 5 inch (12cm) CD/DVD discs.
 Unusable 3 1/2inch (8cm) discs.
CD/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-ROM/DVD+R (Single Layer)/DVD-RAM/DVD-R (Dual Layer)
 Floppy Disk, MO, MD, iD, LD
DVD+R DL
Once finalized, the recordings on the disc
You can easily edit the
DVD+RW
DVD+ReWritable
DVD+R DL
You can record on the disc
repeatedly.
You can delete and format, but
you cannot edit recordings.
You can play back a
DVD+RW disc on other DVD
players/recorders/drives
without finalizing it.