Creating A Playlist - Sony RDR-GXD455 Service Manual

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Select an option, and press ENTER.

You can select from the following:

"Title Erase": Erases the selected title. Select

"OK" when asked for confirmation.

"Chapter Erase"

: Allows you to select a

chapter in the title and erase it (see below).

"Protect"

: Protects the title. Select "On"

when the Protection display appears. "

appears for the protected title. To cancel the

protection, select "Off." "

" changes to

"Title Name": Allows you to rename the title

(page 61).

"A-B Erase"

: Erases a section of the title

(see below).

"Divide Title"

: Divides a title into two

(page 60).

DVD-RWs (VR mode) and DVD-Rs (VR mode)

only

DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs (VR mode), and DVD-R

(VR mode) only

About freeing up disc space

Erasing titles, chapters, or scenes:

– frees up disc space on a DVD-RW (VR mode).

– frees up disc space on a DVD+RW/DVD-RW

(Video mode) only when you erase the last title

or chapter.

– cannot free up disc space on a DVD+R/DVD+R

DL/DVD-R.

z Hint

You can also rename a disc (page 68).

Notes

• When editing a DVD-RW (Video mode), DVD+R, or

DVD-R, finish all editing before finalizing the disc.

You cannot edit a finalized disc.

• You cannot erase protected titles or erase chapters from

a protected title.

• If you erase an original title used in a Playlist, that

Playlist is also erased.

Erasing a chapter (Chapter Erase)

- RW

- R

You can select a chapter within a title and erase it.

Note that erasing chapters from original titles

cannot be undone.

Press ENTER at the point where you want to

divide the title.

You can use H PLAY,

./>, x STOP, and X PAUSE to find

the point.

"Divide" is selected.

Divide Title (Original)

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Title No.01

Point

Divide

Start 00:00:00

00:00:10

Title No. 01

End 00:00:10

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Press ENTER.

The display asks for confirmation.

To reset the dividing point, select "No" and

press ENTER, then repeat from step 4.

Select "Yes," and press ENTER.

The display asks whether to rename the title.

To use the same name as before, select "No"

and press ENTER to finish.

Select "Yes," and press ENTER.

The "Title Name" display appears.

Follow steps 4 to 6 of "Changing the Name

of a Title" (page 61) to complete

renaming.

The divided title appears in the Title List with

the new name.

z Hints

• You can also divide a Playlist title (page 64).

• If the dividing point is set too close to the beginning of

the title, the title cannot be divided.

Press TITLE LIST.

Press ORIGINAL/PLAYLIST to switch to the

"Title List (Original)," if necessary.

Select a title, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

Select "Chapter Erase," and press ENTER.

The display for erasing chapters appears.

Chapter Erase (Original)

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Chapter No. 1 / 3

Title No.01

Check

Erase

Modify

00:00:34

00:00:10

00:04:20

Move

Add

Copy

Select the chapter you want to erase, and

press ENTER.

"Check" is selected. To preview the chapter,

press ENTER. When playback finishes or

when you press O RETURN, the display

returns to "Chapter Erase (Original)."

Select "Erase," and press ENTER.

The display asks for confirmation.

Select "OK," and press ENTER.

The selected chapter is erased from the title.

To erase other chapters, repeat from step 4.

z Hint

You can also erase chapters from a Playlist title

(page 64).

Note

If you erase an original title used in a Playlist, that Playlist

is also erased.

Erasing a section of a title

(A-B Erase)

- RW

- R

You can select a section (scene) within a title and

erase it. Note that erasing scenes from original

titles cannot be undone.

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Changing the Name of a

Title

- RW

- R

Video

You can enter a title name of up to 32 characters.

Since the displayed number of characters is

limited, their appearance in menus such as Title

List may be different. When the display for

entering characters appears, follow the steps

below.

ORIGINAL/

TITLE LIST

PLAYLIST

M/m/</,,

ENTER

O RETURN

Press TITLE LIST.

When editing a DVD-RW (VR mode) or

DVD-R (VR mode), press ORIGINAL/

PLAYLIST to switch to the "Title List

(Original)," if necessary.

Select a title, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

Select "Title Name," and press ENTER.

The "Title Name" display appears.

Cursor

Input row

Title Name

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K _

A B C D E

F G H

L M N O

m n

P Q R S

@ #

% ^

U V W X Y

(

)

Backspace

Space

Delete

Clear

Finish

Setting buttons

Character palette

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Press TITLE LIST.

When editing a DVD-RW (VR mode) or

DVD-R (VR mode), press ORIGINAL/

PLAYLIST to switch to the "Title List

(Original)," if necessary.

Select a title, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

Select "A-B Erase," and press ENTER.

The display for setting point A and B appears.

"Start" is selected.

A-B Erase

Title No.01

Start 00:00:00

00:00:07

Title No.01

End 00:00:00

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Press ENTER at the start point of the

section to be erased (point A).

You can use H PLAY,

./>, x STOP, and X PAUSE to find

the point. "End" is selected.

A-B Erase

Title No.01

Start 00:00:10

00:00:10

Title No.01

End 00:00:00

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Press ENTER at the end point of the section

(point B).

"Erase" is selected.

To reset the start or end point, select "Start" or

"End" and repeat from step 4 or 5.

Press ENTER.

The display asks for confirmation.

Select "OK," and press ENTER.

The scene is erased.

To continue, repeat from step 4.

To finish, select "Finish," and press ENTER.

Select the character you want to enter

using M/m/</,, and press ENTER.

The selected character appears in the input

row.

You can only enter characters and symbols

that are displayed.

• To change the cursor position, select the

input row using M, and press </,.

• To erase a character, select either of the

following setting buttons and press ENTER.

"Backspace": Erases the character to the left

of the cursor.

"Delete": Erases the character at the cursor

position.

"Clear": Erases all the characters in the input

row.

• To insert a space, move the cursor to the

desired position, select "Space," and press

ENTER.

• To insert a character, move the cursor to the

desired position, select the character, and

press ENTER.

Repeat step 4 to enter the remaining

characters.

To return to the Title List without renaming

the title, press O RETURN.

Select "Finish," and press ENTER.

z Hint

You can also rename a disc (page 68). Follow steps 4 to

6 above when the "Disc Name" display appears.

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z Hints

• A chapter mark is inserted after the scene was erased.

The chapter mark divides the title into separate chapters

on either side of the mark.

• You can also erase a section of a Playlist title (page 64).

Notes

• Images or sound may be momentarily interrupted at the

point where you erase a section of a title.

• Sections shorter than five seconds may not be erased.

• The start and end points of a title may be different from

what you have set.

• The total playing time of the title does not change even

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if a scene was erased.

• If you erase an original title used in a Playlist, that

Playlist is also erased.

Start

Dividing a title into two (Divide Title)

End

Erase

- RW

- R

Finish

You can divide a title into two. Note that dividing

original titles cannot be undone.

Press TITLE LIST.

When editing a DVD-RW (VR mode) or

DVD-R (VR mode), press ORIGINAL/

PLAYLIST to switch to the "Title List

10:10 AM

(Original)," if necessary.

Select a title, and press ENTER.

Start

The sub-menu appears.

End

Select "Divide Title," and press ENTER.

Erase

The display for setting the dividing point

appears.

Finish

"Point" is selected.

Divide Title (Original)

Title No.01

Start 00:00:00

00:00:07

Title No. 01

End 00:00:00

May/02/2007 08:00 PM