Quick Guide To Disc Types; Recordable And Playable Discs - Sony RMT-D254A Service Manual

Notes
• Do not connect more than one type of video cord between the recorder and your TV at the same time.
• Pictures containing copy protection signals that prohibit any copying cannot be recorded. You cannot dub from DVD
VIDEOs to this recorder.
• Do not connect the output jack of this recorder to another equipment's input jack with the other equipment's output
jack connected to the input jack of this recorder. Noise (feedback) may result.
• If you pass the recorder signals via the VCR, you may not receive a clear image on your TV screen.
DVD recorder VCR
Be sure to connect your VCR to the DVD recorder and your TV in the order shown below. To watch video tapes,
watch the tapes through a second line input on your TV.
VCR DVD recorder
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Recording Features Editing Features
Change Erase
Auto
Rewrite Title Title/
Chapter
(page 64) Name Chapter
(page 50)
(page 61) (page 58)
*3
Yes Yes Yes Yes/No
*4
Yes Yes Yes Yes/Yes
*3
Yes Yes Yes Yes/No
*5
No Yes Yes Yes/No
*5
No Yes Yes Yes/Yes
*5
No Yes Yes Yes/No
*1
CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2
Unused DVD-RWs are automatically formatted
according to the setting of "Format DVD-RW" in
"Features" setup (page 85).
*3
Erasing titles only frees up disc space if you erase the
last title.
*4
Erasing titles or chapters frees up disc space.
*5
Erasing titles or chapters does not free up disc space.
*6
When using DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs, see
the instructions supplied with the discs.
TV
Line input 1
TV
Line input 2
A-B Divide
Playlist
Erase Title
(page 62)
(page 59) (page 60)
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes
No No No
No No No
Yes Yes Yes
No No No
*7
For DVD-RWs (Video mode), DVD-Rs (Video
mode), and DVD+Rs, the Auto Finalize function is
available (page 67).

Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and Playable Discs

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Disc
Disc Type in this
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manual
DVD+RW
VR
mode
DVD-
RW
Video
mode
DVD+R
DVD+R DL
VR
mode
DVD-
R
Video
mode
Usable disc versions (as of December 2007)
• 8×-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 6×-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2
*1
with CPRM )
• 16×-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 16×-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1
with CPRM)
• 8×-speed or slower DVD+R DL (Double Layer)
*6
discs
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Playable Discs
Disc Type Disc Logo
DVD VIDEO
DVD-RAM —
VIDEO CD
CD
DATA CD
DATA DVD —
8 cm DVD+RW/
—
DVD-RW/DVD-R
"DVD VIDEO" and "CD" logos are trademarks.
*1
MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) is a standard format
defined by ISO/MPEG which compresses audio data.
*2
A logical format of files and folders on DATA-CDs,
defined by ISO (International Organization for
Standardization).
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1-6
Formatting Compatibility with other
(new discs) DVD players (finalizing)
Playable on DVD+RW
Automatically
compatible players
+ RW
formatted
(automatically finalized)
Playable only on VR mode
*2
Format in VR mode
compatible players (finalization
- RW
VR
(page 48)
unnecessary) (page 66)
Playable on most DVD players
Format in Video
(finalization necessary)
*2
- RW
mode (page 48)
Video
*7
(page 66)
Playable on DVD+R compatible
Automatically
players (finalization necessary)
+ R
formatted
*7
(page 66)
Format in VR mode Playable only on DVD-R VR
using the "Disc Setting" mode compatible players
- R
VR
display (page 64) (finalization necessary) (page 66)
Automatically Playable on most DVD players
formatted in Video (finalization necessary)
- R
Video
*7
mode (page 66)
Discs that cannot be recorded on
• 8 cm discs
• DVD-RAMs
"DVD+RW," "DVD-RW," "DVD+R," "DVD+R DL,"
and "DVD-R" logos are trademarks.
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Discs such as movies that can be purchased or
DVD
rented
DVD-RAMs recorded by another recording
device. 12 cm discs without cartridges, or
RAM
removable from their cartridges can be played.
VIDEO CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in VIDEO CD
VCD
format (with PBC function)
Music CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music CD
CD
format that can be purchased
CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs created on a PC or
similar device in music format, or MP3
DATA CD
JPEG format that conforms to ISO9660
1/Level 2
DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/
*1
DVD-Rs in MP3 or JPEG format conforming
DATA DVD
to Universal Disk Format (UDF)
8 cm DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs, and DVD-Rs
recorded with a DVD video camera (Still images
—
recorded with a DVD video camera cannot be
played.)
Discs that cannot be played
• CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are not
recorded in music CD or Video CD format, or do
not contain MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image
files.
• Data part of CD-Extras
• DVD-ROMs that are not recorded in DVD
Video format, or do not contain MP3 audio
tracks or JPEG image files.
• DVD Audio discs
• HD layer on Super Audio CDs
• DVD VIDEOs with a different region code
(see page 33)
• A disc recorded in a color system other than
NTSC, such as PAL or SECAM
• A disc recorded in AVCHD format
*1
or
*2
Level