Selecting The Background Style-Top Menu Style; Selecting Whether To Show The Top Menu First-Playback Will Start With; Enabling Discs To Be Played On Other Equipment-Finalize; Creating Top Menu-Create Dvd Top Menu - Panasonic DMR-EH75VS Operating Instructions Manual

HDD, disc and card management
Refer to the control reference on page 70.
Selecting the background style—Top
Menu style
[-R] [-R[DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R[DL] [+RW]
You can select the background that will be displayed as the
DVD-Video top menu after finalizing.
After performing steps 1 to 3 (l 70)
[4] Press [3, 4] to select "Top Menu Style" and
then press [ENTER].
[5] Press [3, 4, 2, 1] to select the background
and then press [ENTER].
Top Menu Style
1
4
Display after finalizing
Thumbnail
7
(Still picture)
Title Name
≥You can change thumbnails displayed in the top menu. (l 52,
Change Thumbnail)
Selecting whether to show the Top Menu
first—Playback will start with:
[-R] [-R[DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R[DL] [+RW]
You can select whether to show the top menu after finalizing.
After performing steps 1 to 3 (l 70)
[4] Press [3, 4] to select "Playback will start
with:" and then press [ENTER].
[5] Press [3, 4] to select "DVD's Top Menu" or
"First Title on DVD" and then press [ENTER].
DVD's Top Menu: The top menu appears first.
First Title on DVD: The disc content is played without displaying
Enabling discs to be played on other
equipment—Finalize
[-R] [-R[DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R[DL]
Make selections from "Top Menu Style" and "Playback will start
with:" above before finalizing the disc.
After performing steps 1 to 3 (l 70)
[4] Press [3, 4] to select "Finalize" and then
press [ENTER].
Press [2, 1] to select "Yes" and then press
[5]
[ENTER].
[6] Press [2, 1] to select "Start" and then press
[ENTER].
A message appears when finalizing is finished.
Note
≥You cannot cancel finalizing.
≥Finalizing takes up to 15 minutes. (Finalizing may take up to
60 minutes with DVD-R DL and +R DL.)
≥Do not disconnect the AC power supply cord while
finalizing. This will render the disc unusable.
[7]
Press [ENTER].
Note
When finalizing a high-speed recording compatible disc, it may take
longer than displayed on the confirmation screen (approximately
four times).
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the top menu.
After finalizing
≥[-R] [-R[DL] [+R] [+R[DL] The disc becomes play-only and you can
no longer record or edit.
≥[-RW‹V›] You can record and edit the disc after formatting
(l 71) although it becomes play-only after finalizing.
≥When copying in high-speed, chapters will be replicated.
≥[-R] [-RW‹V›] [+R] Titles are divided into about 5-minute
¢
([+R] 8-minute) chapters, if
- the titles were directly recorded to the disc.
- the titles were copied using any mode other than the
high-speed mode.
¢ This time varies greatly depending on the condition and mode
of recording.
≥There is a pause of several seconds between titles and chapters
during play.
Note
Chapters on a finalized disc do not appear as thumbnails in the
disc's top menu.
Recording/Editing/Entering name
Play on other players
≥You cannot finalize discs recorded on other manufacturer's
equipment.
≥If you finalize discs recorded on Panasonic equipment other than
this unit, the background selected as "Top Menu Style" may not be
displayed.
≥Discs finalized on this unit may not be playable on other players
due to the condition of the recording.
≥Visit Panasonic's homepage for more information about DVDs.
http://www.panasonic.com
Creating Top Menu—Create DVD Top
Menu
[+RW]
+RW discs contain no Top Menu data. Top Menu is a convenient
function. We recommend you create the menu before playing a
+RW disc on other equipment.
After performing steps 1 to 3 (l 70)
[4] Press [3, 4] to select "Create DVD Top Menu"
and then press [ENTER].
[5] Press [2, 1] to select "Yes" and then press
[ENTER].
Press [2, 1] to select "Start" and then press
[6]
[ENTER].
Creating DVD Top Menu starts. You cannot cancel creating.
Creating DVD Top Menu can take a few minutes.
[7]
Press [ENTER].
≥Recording or editing on the disc may delete the menu. In that case,
create the menu again.
≥You cannot use the title menu for playing on this unit.
Before After
finalizing finalizing
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