Disc Management; Verifying Remaining Free Space On Disc (Capacity); Initializing Dvd-Ram Disc - Hitachi DZ-MV270A Instruction Manual

Disc Management

Verifying Remaining Free Space on Disc (Capacity)

You can find out how long you will be able to record on one side of disc.
1
Press the MENU button.
The Disc Navigation menu screen will appear.
2
Use the joystick to choose "Capacity" on the
"Disc" menu screen, and then press the
button.
The screen for checking "Capacity" will appear.
*
**
(When using DVD-RAM disc)
* With DVD-R disc: The quality mode first used for re-
cording with disc will appear.
** With DVD-R disc: This will not be displayed.

Initializing DVD-RAM Disc

If you want to erase all data on a recorded disc and reuse it, you can initialize it rather than deleting the
data: Initialization is useful in this case since it takes less time than deleting all data.
1
Press the MENU button.
The Disc Navigation menu screen will appear.
2
Use the joystick to
choose "Format Disc"
on the "Disc" menu
screen, and then press
the button.
The screen for verifying "Format Disc" will ap-
pear.
3
If you are sure that you wish to format the disc,
use the joystick to choose "YES", and then press
the button.
When initializing one side of the disc is com-
plete, the DVD video camera/recorder will re-
turn to the recording pause status.
3
Press the button.
The Disc Navigation screen will be restored.
Note: With a write-protected disc, the remaining
space will always be displayed as "0".
Note: The displayed remaining free space is only
for the side being currently recorded.
Note: When initializing the other side of disc, turn
it over and start again from step 1.
Note: Choosing "NO" in step 3 will cancel initiali-
zation.
Note: Initializing a disc will delete all the r ecorded
contents on disc: Be careful not to delete data by
mistake.
Note: Be sure to use the AC adapter when initial-
izing disc so that the DVD video camera/recorder
is not turned off midway. If initialization is inter -
rupted by power off, the disc will not be initialized
correctly, or it may be damaged.
Note: It may not be possible to initialize a disc with
many scratches or dirt: Such a disc cannot be used.
Note: If you use a brand-new DVD-R disc, mes-
sage "Disc is not formatted" will appear: Initialize
the disc, following the subsequent messages (see
page 99).
Note: Pressing the
fication will restore the thumbnail display screen.
button on the screen for veri-
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