Recording Formats; Recording Mode; Unrecordable Pictures - Samsung DVD-R100 Instruction Manual

Recording Formats

When you insert an unused disc, the following message
appears; Since available functions differ depending on
the disc type, select a disc that best fits your preferences.
DVD-RAM: Use after formatting the disc.
Unformatted Disc
Do you want to format this disc?
Yes
DVD-RW: When a blank disc is first inserted, the
message "Do you want to initialize this disc?" will
appear.
When YES is selected, the mode will be formatted
in VR Mode.
Uninitialized Disc
Do you want to initialize this disc?
Yes
If you want to format in either VR Mode or Video
Mode, refer to Formatting a Disc on page 82.
DVD-RW(VR)
Disc Name
Disc Protection
Disc Format
Delete All Title Lists
Choose the recording format fot DVD-RW.
Cartridge Protect Inf
DVD-VR
MOVE SELECT
DVD-R: Formatting DVD is unnecessary and only Video
Mode Recording is supported
When the disk is new and already
formatted, the message of "format" or
NOTE
"reset" may not appear.
DVD-RW( Video mode)/-R
This mode automatically creates chapters at specified
intervals during finalization.
Simple editing (erasing titles/changing title name)
DVD-RW(VR mode)/-RAM
This mode allows multiple editing functions (such as
deletion of the whole of a title, partial deletion of a
title, etc.)
Various editing options using a created Playlist
No
No
Disc Manager
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: Not protected
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DVD-V
RETURN EXIT

Recording Mode

Select one of four recording modes by pressing the REC
MODE button repeatedly while the unit is in Stop mode
for the desired recording time and picture quality.
In general, picture quality improves as the recording
time decreases.
In FR Mode, picture quality is adjusted automatically so
that all images for the scheduled time can be recorded
onto the free disc space.
Mode Characteristic
XP Select when the
(high quality mode) video quality is
important.
SP Select to record in
(standard quality mode) standard quality.
Select when a long
LP
recording time is
(long recording mode)
required.
Select when a longer
EP
recording time is
(extended mode)
required.
FR for timer recording only Approx. 1 to 6 hours
(Flexible Recording) see page 38.

Unrecordable pictures

Pictures with copy protection cannot be recorded on
this DVD Recorder.
When the DVD Recorder receives a copy guard signal
while recording, recording stops and the following
message appears on the screen.
You cannot record copy protected movie.
Concerning Copy Control Signals
Broadcasts that contain copy control signals may have
one of the following three signal types, COPY-Free,
Copy-Once and Copy-Never. If you want to record a
copy-once type program, use DVD-RW with CPRM in
VR Mode and DVD-RAM.
Signal type
Copy-Free
Media
DVD-RW(Ver.1.1) O
DVD-RW(Ver.1.1)
with CPRM
VR mode O
Video mode O
DVD-R O
DVD-RAM(Ver.2.0) O
Once "Copy Once" has been recorded, recording cannot
be done anymore.
Recording Times
Data Rates
Approx. 1 hour
about 8 Mbps
Approx. 2 hours
about 4 Mbps
Approx. 4 hours
about 2 Mbps
Approx. 6 hours
about 1.2 Mbps
about 1.2 to 8 Mbps
Copy-Once Copy-Never
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