Sony Handycam DCR-DVD406 Operating Manual page 13

Disc format features
Disc types and symbols
Symbols used in this manual
Both 16:9 (wide) and 4:3 movie can be recorded
on the same disc (36)
Deleting the most recent recording
Deleting or editing recordings on your camcorder
(48)
Using a disc repeatedly even if the disc becomes
2
full by formatting* (59)
Finalizing required to play on other devices
Creating the DVD menu when you finalize the disc
(47)
Making longer recordings on a side of a disc
1
* Refer to the instruction manual of your DVD device to see whether it supports the VR mode of DVD-RW.
2
* Formatting deletes all recordings and returns the recording medium to its original empty state (p.59). Even
when using a new disc, format it with your camcorder (p.26).
3
* Finalizing is required to play the disc in a DVD drive on a computer. A DVD+RW that is not finalized may
cause the computer to malfunction.
Figures in parentheses ( ) indicate page numbers.
DVD-RW
z
(49) z
–
z
(44) z
z
–
DVD+RW DVD-R
z – z
z z
z –
z z
*1 *1
1 3
z* –* z
– z z
– –
DVD+R DL
z
– –
– –
– –
z
z
– z
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