Quick Guide To Disc Types - Sony RDR-HX1010 Service Manual

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs
Icon used in
Type Disc Logo
this manual
Hard disk drive
HDD
(internal)
DVD+RW
+ RW
VR
- RW
VR
mode
DVD-
*2
RW
Video
- RW
mode
Video
DVD+R
+
R
DVD+R DL
DVD-R
- R
Usable disc versions (as of March 2005)
• 8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2
*1
with CPRM )
• 16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1)
• 2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs
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Playable discs
Icon used
Type Disc Logo in this
manual
DVD VIDEO
DVD
VIDEO CD
VCD
CD CD
DATA DVD
—
DATA DVD
DATA CD
— DATA CD
8 cm DVD+RW/
— —
DVD-RW/DVD-R
"DVD VIDEO" and "CD" are trademarks.
Discs that cannot be played
• PHOTO CDs
• CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are not
recorded in music CD or Video CD format, or do
not contain MP3 or JPEG files
• Data part of CD-Extras
• DVD-ROMs that do not contain JPEG files or
are not in DVD Video format
• DVD Audio discs
• DVD-RAMs
• HD layer on Super Audio CDs
• DVD VIDEOs with a different region code
(page 11)
• DVD-Rs recorded in VR mode (Video
Recording format)
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Formatting Compatibility with other DVD
(new discs) players (finalising)
(Formatting Dub HDD contents to a DVD to
unnecessary) play on other DVD players
Automatically Playable on DVD+RW
formatted in +VR compatible players
mode (automatically finalised)
Playable only on VR mode
Format in VR mode
compatible players (finalisation
(page 29)
unnecessary)
Playable on most DVD players
Format in Video mode
(finalisation necessary)
(page 29)
(page 39)
Playable on most DVD players
Automatically
(finalisation necessary)
formatted
(page 39)
Playable on most DVD players
Automatically
(finalisation necessary)
formatted
(page 39)
"DVD+RW," "DVD-RW," "DVD+R," "DVD+R DL,"
and "DVD-R" are trademarks.
*1
CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2
This logo applies to 4x and 6x speed DVD-RW discs.
Characteristics
Discs such as movies that can be purchased or
rented
VIDEO CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in VIDEO
CD/Super VIDEO CD format
Music CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music CD
format that can be purchased
DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/
DVD-ROMs containing JPEG image files
CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs containing MP3
audio tracks or JPEG image files
8 cm DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and DVD-R
recorded with a DVD video camera.
(Still images recorded with a DVD video
camera cannot be played.)
Recording Features
Auto Manual
Rewrite
Chapter Chapter
(page 41)
(page 92) (page 69)
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No
No Yes No
No Yes No
Discs that cannot be recorded on
• 8 cm discs
• DVD-Rs in VR mode (Video Recording format)
Maximum recordable number of titles
Disc Number of titles*
HDD 300
DVD-RW/DVD-R 99
DVD+RW/DVD+R 49
DVD+R DL 49
* The maximum length for each title is eight hours.
Note on playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/
VIDEO CDs
Some playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/
VIDEO CDs may be intentionally set by software
producers. Since this recorder plays DVD
VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs according to the disc
contents the software producers designed, some
playback features may not be available. Also, see
the instructions supplied with the DVD VIDEOs/
VIDEO CDs.
Region code (DVD VIDEO only)
Your recorder has a region code printed on the rear
of the unit and will only play DVD VIDEOs
(playback only) labelled with identical region
codes. This system is used to protect copyrights.
DVD VIDEOs labelled will also play on this
ALL
recorder.
If you try to play any other DVD VIDEO, the
message "Playback prohibited by region code."
will appear on the TV screen. Depending on the
DVD VIDEO, no region code indication may be
labelled even though playing the DVD VIDEO is
prohibited by area restrictions.
Region code
X
RDR–XXXX
00V 00Hz
00W NO.
0-000-000-00
1-2
Editing Features
Record Change Delete
A-B Erase
16:9 sizes title name title
(page 67)
(page 47) (page 66) (page 68)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
*3
Yes Yes Yes No
*4
No Yes Yes No
*3 *4
Yes Yes Yes No
*3
Only if the recording mode is LSP, SP, HSP, or HQ,
and "DVD Rec. Picture Size" is set to "16:9."
*4
Erasing titles does not free up disc space.
Music discs encoded with copyright protection
technologies
This product is designed to play back discs that
conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard.
Recently, various music discs encoded with
copyright protection technologies are being
marketed by some record companies. Please be
aware that among those discs, there are some that
do not conform to the CD standard and may not be
playable by this product.
Note on DualDiscs
A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which
mates DVD recorded material on one side with
digital audio material on the other side.
However, since the audio material side does not
conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard,
playback on this product is not guaranteed.
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Notes
• Some DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs, DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs, or
CD-RWs/CD-Rs cannot be played on this recorder due
to the recording quality or physical condition of the
disc, or the characteristics of the recording device and
authoring software. The disc will not play if it has not
been correctly finalised. For more information, see the
operating instructions for the recording device.
• You cannot mix VR mode and Video mode on the same
DVD-RW. To change the disc's format, reformat the
disc (page 29). Note that the disc's contents will be
erased after reformatting.
• You cannot shorten the time required for recording
even with high-speed discs.
• It is recommended that you use discs with "For Video"
printed on their packaging.
• You cannot add new recordings to DVD+Rs, DVD-Rs,
or DVD-RWs (Video mode) that contain recordings
made on other DVD equipment.
• In some cases, you may not be able to add new
recordings to DVD+RWs that contain recordings made
on other DVD equipment. If you do add a new
recording, note that this recorder will rewrite the DVD
menu.
• You cannot edit recordings on DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs
(Video mode), DVD+Rs, or DVD-Rs that are made on
other DVD equipment.
• If the disc contains PC data unrecognizable by this
recorder, the data may be erased.
• You may not be able to record on some recordable
discs, depending on the disc.
Playlist
(page 70)
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
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