Finalizing The Discs - Sharp DV-RW550U Operation Manual

You will need to finalize the discs
recorded in Video mode to play
them back on other DVD players.
Finalizing may take several minutes
up to an hour. (It can take up to
15 minutes for a disc recorded in
Video mode and 60 minutes for a
disc recorded in VR mode.)
A shorter recording period on the
disc will require a longer time
period for finalization. Do not
unplug the power cord during
finalization.
Details are on pages 26-27.
1
Press SETUP.
Easy Setting Menu or Advanced
Setting Menu will appear.
2
Select "Disc" using
Cursor K / L, then press
ENTER.
Disc menu will appear.
Disc
Playlist
Original
Format
Finalize
Disc Protect OFF ON
3
Select "Finalize" using Cursor
K / L, then press ENTER.
Confirmation window will appear.
Finalize
Yes
No
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Recording

Finalizing the discs

4
Select "Yes" using
Cursor K / L, then press
ENTER.
Finalizing will start.
Finalizing
To cancel finalizing...
(DVD-RW only)
• To cancel finalizing at STEP 4,
press STOP C, select "YES",
then press ENTER. Finalizing
is canceled and the unit will
be in stop mode.
Do you want to cancel ?
Yes No
Finalizing
• If appear when pressing
STOP C, you cannot cancel
finalizing because the finalizing
has progressed to a certain
point.
• When selecting "No" and press
ENTER or RETURN
finalizing will be continued.
• You cannot cancel finalizing the
DVD-R disc once it has started.
This operation may take a
while to be completed.
5
Finalizing is complete.
Finalizing
4
90%
2
3
4
VCR/DVD RECORDER
Note
5%
• Finalizing discs in Video mode
automatically creates title
menus.
• Once you have finalized a disc
recorded in Video mode, you
can not edit or record any-
thing else on that disc.
,
Discs recorded in VR mode
can still be recorded and edit-
ed on this unit even after
finalization.
• When you insert a DVD-RW
disc finalized with this unit,
"Undo Finalize" will appear
instead of "Finalize".
Disc
Playlist
Original
Format
Undo Finalize
Disc Protect OFF
To reverse the finalization of
the disc, select "Undo
Finalize" at STEP 3.
* DO NOT power off during
100% finalization.This will result in
malfunction.
1
COMBINATION
ON