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Select “Undo Finalize”, and the screen below will ap-
pear.
Undo Finalize
OK to proceed?
Yes No
• When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, the can-
celling finalization will start. The screen below will
appear.
Unfinalizing...
Please wait.
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• When you select “No” and press ENTER, the DISC
screen will appear.
NOTES:
• When cancelling finalization is finished. “Undo final-
izing completed. Press ENTER.” will appear. Press
ENTER to return to the DISC screen.
• The cancelling finalization process may require a few
minutes to about 1 hour according to disc type or the
amount of free space on the disc.
• When the disc’s finalization cannot be cancelled, you
cannot select “Undo Finalize”.
Protect Disc
You can protect a disc to prevent the content recorded
on it from being erased, edited or re-recorded.
Only DVD-RAM and DVD-RW (in VR mode) can be pro-
tected.
Select “Protect Disc” and select “On” to protect the disc.
To cancel the disc protection, select “Off”.
Rename Disc
You can change a disc name.
See “Changing a disc name” on page 77.
DVD-RAM Physical Format
Physically formats a DVD-RAM disc. Whenever you use
a new disc for the first time, be sure to format it.
NOTE:
The physical format process may require about 1 hour
according to disc condition.
Setting the Disc
Finalize
To play a DVD disc recorded on this unit, you must final-
ize the disc to insure compatibility with other DVD play-
ers. In addition, if you are using a DVD-RW disc, you
must record in Video mode.
You can cancel the finalization of a finalized DVD-RW
(in VR mode).
You cannot cancel the finalization for discs other than
above. You can record or edit on a disc whose finaliza-
tion has been cancelled.
Select from the below.
Finalize: Finalize the disc to compatibility
with other DVD player.
Undo Finalize: Cancel the finalization of a finalized
DVD-RW(in VR mode).
When “Finalize” is selected, the screen below will
appear.
Finalize
OK to proceed?
Yes No
• When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, finalization
will start. The screen below will appear.
Finalizing...
Please wait.
3 %
• When you select “No” and press ENTER, the DISC
screen will appear.
NOTES:
• When the finalization finished, “Finalizing completed.
Press ENTER.” will appear. Press ENTER to return
to the DISC screen.
• The finalization process may require a few minutes to
about 1 hour according to disc type or the amount of
free space on the disc.
•You can record or edit a finalized DVD-RW (in VR
mode) by cancelling the finalizing, but you cannot do
these operations with a DVD-RW (Video mode), or
with a DVD-R.
•You cannot playback a disc recorded on VR mode on
a unit that does not support DVD-RW.
•Even if you finalize a disc in the Video mode, the disc
cannot be played back in some DVD players.
•A DVD-RW(Video mode) and DVD-R disc cannot be
named after it is finalized.
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