Format; Top Menu; Auto-Play Select; Finalize - Panasonic DMR-E100H Operating Instructions Manual

∫ Advanced Operations

1 Format

[HDD]
All contents on the HDD will be erased.
[RAM]
Some DVD-RAM are unformatted. You must format these discs
before using them in this unit. Formatting also allows you to erase
the entire contents of a disc.
[5] Select "Yes"
with [2] and
Formatting the Disc will erase all contents.
press
This will take approximately 1 minute.
Start formatting the disc ?
[ENTER].
[6] Select
"Start" with
[2] and
press
[ENTER].
All contents of this disc will be
completely erased.
≥Formatting starts.
Start formatting the disc ?
The message
"Formatting is
complete" appears
when formatting is
finished.

1 Top Menu

[DVD-R]
After finalizing, the background (9 types) that will be displayed for the top
menu on DVD video equipment can be selected.
[5] Use [3, 4, 2, 1] to select a desired
background and press [ENTER].
Note
≥If DVD-R recorded by other Panasonic recorder is finalized by this unit,
the background may not be changed to the picture selected on "Top Menu".
≥You can change the picture displayed on the Top Menu. ("Change thumbnail", page 41)

1 Auto-Play Select

[DVD-R]
After finalizing, the screen that will be displayed for the beginning on DVD video equipment can be
selected.
[5] Use [3, 4] to select desired item and press [ENTER].
≥When "Title 1" is selected, the "Top Menu" screen is not displayed, and it play from the
beginning of the disk.

1 Finalize

[DVD-R]
You can play DVD-R on compatible DVD players by finalizing them on this unit, effectively making
them into DVD-Video.
The menu you create with this unit can also be used on the player.
[5] Select "Yes" with [2] and press [ENTER].
[6] Select "Start" with [2] and press [ENTER].
≥Finalizing starts.
The message "Finalizing is finished" appears when finalizing is finished.
Note
≥Do not turn the unit off or disconnect the AC mains lead while the message "Finalizing the Disc" is
on the TV. This can render the disc unusable.
≥You can only finalize DVD-R that were recorded on this unit.
≥You cannot record on DVD-R that have been finalized.
≥Finalizing takes up to about 15 minutes.
≥The programme is paused for a few seconds at the joint between the programmes.
≥Programmes directly recorded on DVD-R, or programmes dubbed for 5 minutes or more in the
mode except High Speed mode are divided as "Chapter" per about 5 minutes.
≥When dubbed in High Speed mode, markers and scene segments (play lists) are treated as
chapter cutoff points.
Format Disc
Yes No
Format Disc
Start Cancel
All recordings are irretrievably erased when a disc is formatted.
Ensure that there are no programmes to keep in the disc before
formatting.
Note
≥Do not turn the unit off or disconnect the AC mains lead
while the message "Formatting the disc" is on the TV.
This can render the disc unusable.
(This can take up to max. 1 minute (HDD)/max. 70 minutes
(DVD-RAM). If it takes more than 2 minutes, you can cancel
formatting by pressing [RETURN]. The disc must be reformatted
if you do this.)
≥All data on the disc/HDD is erased when it is formatted, including
recordings made with this unit and still pictures (JPEG).
However, the data written by a computer are not erased.
For your reference
≥DVD-R and CD-R/RW cannot be formatted.
[RAM]
≥The disc cannot be formatted if the write protect tab (page 69) is
switched to "PROTECT". Release the protection to continue.
≥The message "Unable to format" appears when trying to format
discs this unit cannot use.
DVD TOP MENU LIST
DISC
INFORMATION
1 2
No.
0 – 9
4 5
SELECT
ENTER
RETURN
7 8
38
DVD
Prog No 7 Free 0 : 42 (SP)
DISC
Used 0 : 58 Markers 10
INFORMATION
3
Enter Title
Top Menu
6 Auto-Play Select Top Menu
SELECT
Finalize
ENTER
RETURN
9
Auto-Play Select
Top Menu
Title 1
Finalize
This will take approximately ≤ minutes.
Start finalizing the disc ?
Yes No
Finalize
Finalize will make this disc playback only.
Start finalizing the disc?
Start Cancel
5