Toshiba D-VR16SB Owner's Manual page 14

Introduction
Choosing a disc (cont'd)
Discs and purposes
The table shows main functions which are available on this recorder per disc category.
This will help you choose discs.
Characteristics on this
recorder
For the first use
Recording a TV programme
Erasing recorded contents
Recording additional content
on a recorded disc
Indexing recorded contents
Naming a title
Creating a thumbnail
Collecting favourite scenes
(Playlist Editing)
Making a new title from a
Playlist containing favourite
scenes
(Copy within the same disc)
Playing contents recorded on
this recorder, on other
devices
When a message appears
and the loaded disc cannot
be used
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DVD-RW disc Video mode
Suitable for saving data in
Video mode format to play on
compatible devices.
You can erase recorded
contents to use the disc
repeatedly.
Initialise the disc.
Yes
Yes
If the disc has been executed
Video mode finalising
process, first cancel the
process then delete contents.
Yes
If the disc has been executed
Video mode finalising
process, first cancel the
process then delete contents.
Yes
Yes
Yes
After you execute Video
mode finalising process on a
recorded disc, you cannot
name a title or create a
thumbnail.
No
No
Execute Video mode
finalising process on this
recorder. This process makes
the disc playable on other
compatible devices.
(Some models excepted.)
Initialise the disc.
DVD-RW disc VR mode
Suitable for saving data in
VR mode format to play on
compatible devices.
You can erase recorded
contents to use the disc
repeatedly.
Initialise the disc.
Yes
Yes
You can erase recorded
contents without canceling
the finalising process.
Yes
You can add contents without
canceling the finalising
process.
Yes
Yes
Yes
After you execute VR mode
finalising process on a
recorded disc, you can name
a title or create a thumbnail.
Yes
Yes
Execute VR mode finalising
process on this recorder. This
process makes the disc
playable on other compatible
devices.
(Some models excepted.)
Initialise the disc.
DVD-R disc Video mode
Suitable for saving data in
Video mode format to play on
compatible devices.
Once you execute Video
mode finalising process on a
recorded disc so that it can
be played on other players.
You cannot make additions,
corrections and deletions of
contents on the disc.
No preparatory steps
required.
Yes
Yes
Deleting contents cannot
restore the disc space.
After you execute Video
mode finalising process on a
recorded disc, you cannot
delete contents of the disc.
Yes
After you execute Video
mode finalising process on a
recorded disc, you cannot
add contents to the disc.
Yes
Yes
Yes
After you execute Video
mode finalising process on a
recorded disc, you cannot
name a title or create a
thumbnail.
No
No
Execute Video mode
finalising process on this
recorder. This process makes
the disc playable on other
compatible devices.
(Some models excepted.)
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