Format - Panasonic DMR-HS2 Operating Instructions Manual

Format

[HDD]
All contents on the HDD will be erased.
[RAM]
Some DVD-RAM are unformatted. You must format these discs
before you can use them in this unit. Formatting also allows you to
erase the entire contents of a disc.
Preparation
≥Switch [DVD, TV] (15) to "DVD".
≥Insert the disc you want to format.
Press [HDD] or [DVD] (6) to select the drive.
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(page 18)
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While stopped
Press [FUNCTIONS] (11).
Use [3, 4, 2, 1] (10) to select "DISC
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INFORMATION" and press [ENTER] (10).
DISC INFORMATION
Use [3, 4] (10) to select "Format" and press
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[ENTER] (10).
Screen displayed when using DVD-RAM (example):
DVD
Prog No 7 Free 0 : 42 (SP)
DISC
INFORMATION Used 0 : 58 Markers 10
Enter Title
Disc Protection Off
Erase all programmes
SELECT
Format
ENTER
RETURN
Use [2] (10) to select "Yes" and press [ENTER]
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(10).
Format Disc
Formatting the Disc will erase all contents.
This will take approximately 1 minute.
Start formatting the disc ?
Yes No
Use [2] (10) to select "Start" and press [ENTER]
6
(10).
Format Disc
All contents of this disc will be
completely erased.
Start formatting the disc ?
Start Cancel
≥Formatting starts.
The message "Formatting is complete" appears when
formatting is finished.
All recordings are irretrievably erased when a disc is formatted.
Check the disc carefully before formatting to ensure it doesn't
contain any programmes you want to keep.
ªTo stop formatting
Select "No" in step 5 or "Cancel" in step 6 and press [ENTER]
(10).
Or
Press [RETURN] (23).
Note
≥Do not turn the unit off or disconnect the AC power supply
cord while the message "Formatting the disc" is on the
television.
This can render the disc unusable.
(This can take up to max. 1 minute (HDD)/max. 70 minutes
(DVD-RAM). If it takes more than 2 minutes, you can cancel
formatting by pressing [RETURN] (23). The disc must be
reformatted if you do this.)
≥All data on the disc/HDD is erased when it is formatted, including
recordings made with this unit and still pictures (JPEG). Data
written to the disc by a computer is also erased.
For your reference
≥Formatting cannot be performed on DVD-R or CD-R/RW.
≥If you have used the direct navigator to protect a programme
(page 45), the message "Contents on the disc have been
protected. Start formatting the disc?" appears in step 6.
Select "Start" if you want to format the disc. The contents will be
erased even if they have been protected.
[RAM]
≥The disc cannot be formatted if the write protect tab (page 87) is
switched to "PROTECT". Release the protection to continue.
≥The message "Unable to format" appears when you try to
format discs this unit cannot use.
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DISC INFORMATION (continued)