Essential Information
What are "Recording Modes"?
This recorder offers two recording modes: VR mode
and Video mode. Recordings on DVD-R discs are
always in Video mode. Recordings on DVD-RW
discs can be in either VR or Video mode.
DVD-R and DVD-RW Discs
VR Mode Recording
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4 possible picture quality/recording time settings
(EQ, LQ, SQ, HQ), see page 24.
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Cannot be played on normal DVD players.
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Recordings can be comprehensively edited.
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Use of original lists and playlists (see page 48
and 49).
Video Mode Recording
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4 possible picture quality/recording time settings
(EQ, LQ, SQ, HQ), see page 24.
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Can be played on normal DVD players (after
fi nalization)
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Limited editing functions.
Note: The "Video mode" DVD-Video format is a
new format for recording on DVD-R/RW discs that
was approved by the DVD Forum in 2000. For this
reason you may experience problems playing writa-
ble DVD discs on some players. Symptoms include
video artifacts, audio and/or video dropout and
playback stopping suddenly. Our company cannot
take any responsibility for problems playing discs
recorded on this recorder on other players.
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Use of "Original" and "Playlist"
Throughout this manual you will often see the
words "Original" and "Playlist" used to describe
the actual content and the edited version.
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Original: Content refers to what is actually
recorded on the disc.
Playlist: Content refers to the edited version of
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the disc, i.e. how the original content should be
played.
DVD+R and DVD+RW Discs
Recording on DVD+RW Discs
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4 possible picture quality/recording time settings
(EQ, LQ, SQ, HQ), see page 24.
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Can be played on many DVD players that sup-
port the +RW format (where appropriate, only
after fi nalization).
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Titles/chapters of recordings can be edited.
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Edited content can only be played after fi naliza-
tion on some DVD players.
Recording on DVD+R Discs
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4 possible picture quality/recording time settings
(EQ, LQ, SQ, HQ), see page 24.
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Can be played on many DVD players that sup-
port the +R format (where appropriate, only
after fi nalization).
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Limited editing of titles/chapters.
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Edited content cannot be played on normal
DVD players. (Hide, combined chapters, added
chapter markers etc.).
DVD Recordings
Note: Fingerprints and scratches on the disc can
affect playback and/or recording. Take proper care
of your discs.
Disc Types and Recording Formats,
Modes and Settings
This recorder can play fi ve different types of DVD
disc:
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DVD-Video disc
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DVD-RW disc
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DVD-R- disc
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DVD+RW disc
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DVD+R- disc.
A DVD-R disc is always formatted in "Video For-
mat" - the same as prerecorded DVD-Video discs,
i.e. after fi nalization you can play a DVD-R disc on
a normal DVD player.
"Video Recording Format" (VR) is the default
format for a DVD-RW disc. If required, the disc can
be changed to Video format through subsequent
reformatting ("Disc -➜ Formatting" in the main
menu) (Caution! The contents of the disc will be
erased).
The recording quality is closely related to the
formatting.
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