Disc Or Card Management; Verifying Remaining Free Space On Disc Or Card (Capacity); Protecting Disc From Writing (Protect Disc) - Panasonic VDR-M53 Operating Instructions Manual

Disc or Card Management

Verifying Remaining Free Space on Disc or Card (Capacity)

You can find out how long you will be able to record on one side of disc or on card.
1
Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2
Press the MENU button.
3
Choose "Capacity" on the "Disc" or "Card" menu
screen, and then press the A button.
(When using disc)
Capacity
Approx.
VIDEO(XTRA) : 17min
*1 VIDEO(FINE) : 26min
VIDEO(STD) : 54min
*2
PHOTO : 996
Capacity : 90%
RETURN
*1 With DVD-R disc: The quality mode first used for
recording with disc will appear.
*2 With DVD-R disc: This will not be displayed.

Protecting Disc from Writing (Protect Disc)

You can protect a DVD-RAM disc in order to prevent recorded images from being erased or edited by
mistake. Further recording will not be possible on protected disc until the protection is released.
1
Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2
Press the MENU button.
3
Choose "Protect Disc" on
the "Disc" menu screen,
and then press the A
button.
4
The screen for verifying
protection will appear:
Choose "YES", and then
press the A button.
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(When using card)
Capacity
Approx.
PHOTO(FINE) : 462
PHOTO(NORM) : 924
PHOTO(ECO) : 1148
Capacity : 96%
RETURN
D i s c
Fo rma t D i s c
P r o t e c t D i sc
Ca pac i t y
Upd a t e Con t r o l I n f o .
ETC
ENTER RETURN RAM
Protect Disc
Write protect disc?
YES NO
ENTER
4
Press the g button to quit.
The Disc Navigation screen will be restored.
:
Note
With a write-protected (see "Terminology" on page 147)
disc or locked card, the remaining space will always be
displayed as "0".
Choose "NO" to cancel
protection.
After "YES" or "NO"
setting, the Disc
Navigation screen will
be restored.
:
Note
To release disc protection,
perform the same procedure as above: The screen for
verifying the release of protection will appear.
Choose "YES" to release the protection.
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All Programs 001/019
PLAY RAM
Disc protect icon