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Disc Management
Verifying
Remaining
Free Space on Disc (Capacity)
Yon can find out how long yon will he able to record oil one side of disc.
1 Press the MENU button.
3 Press the [] button.
The
Disc Navigation
rrlerm
screen
will
appear.
The
Disc Navigation
screen
w'ill be restored.
_, Use tile joystick to choose "Capacity _ on tile
"Disc_' merm screen, and then press the 1_/11
hutton.
The screen %r checking"
Capacity"
will appear.
Note:
'4dth a write-protected
disc, tile
lemaining
space
will always
be displayed
as "0"
Note:
The displayed
remaining
flee space is only
for the side being
currently
recorded
(When
using
DVD-RAM
disc)
*
With DI/D
R disc:
The quality
mode
first used
tot re
cording
with
disc
will appear
With
DVD
R disc:
This will not
be displayed
Initializing
DVD-RAM Disc
If you
want
to erase
all data
on a recorded
disc
and
reuse
it, yon can initialize
it rather
than
deleting
the
data:
Initialization
is nseflfl
in this
case
since
it takes
less time
than
deleting
all data.
1 Press the MENU button.
The Disc Navigation merm screen will appear.
2Use
the joystick
to
choose "Format Disc"
on the " Disc" menu
screen, and then press
the I_/11 button.
The screen for verifying" Format Disc" will ap
peal'.
3 If you me sure that you wish to fbt'wJat the disc,
nse the joystick
to choose"
YES", and then press
the !_/1! button.
When initializing one side of the disc is corn
plete, the DVD video camera/recorder
will re
turn to the recording pause status.
Note:
When
initializing
the other
side of disc, turn
it over and s,art again
fiom step 1
Note:
Choosing
"NO"
in step 3 will cancel
initiali-
zation
Note:
Initializing
a disc will clele*e all the r ecolded
contents
on disc: Be caleful
not to delete
data
by
mistake
Note:
Be sure to use the AC adapter
when initial-
izing disc so that tile DVD video
camera/recorder
is not turned
off midway
If initialization
is inter-
rupted
by power
off, the disc will not be initialized
correctly,
or it may be damaged
Note:
It may not be possible to initialize a disc with
many scratches
or dirt: Such a disc ca nnot be used
Note:
If you use a brand-new
DVD-R disc, mes
sage "Disc is not format*ed"
will appear:
Initialize
the disc, following
the subsequent
messages
(see
page
99)
Note:
Pressing the [] button
on the screen for veri-
fication
will restore
the thumbnail
display
screen
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