Sony RDR-GXD310 - Manual (Page 8)

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Quick Guide to Disc Types
Usable disc versions (as of March 2005)
• 8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
• 6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2
with CPRM *1 )
• 16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1)
• 2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs
“DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” “DVD+R DL,”
and “DVD-R” are trademarks.
*1 CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2 This logo applies to 4x and 6x speed DVD-RW discs.
Recordable and playable discs
Type Disc Logo
Icon used in
this manual Formatting
(new discs) Compatibility with other DVD
players (finalising)
DVD+RW
Automatically
formatted in +VR
mode Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalised)
DVD-
RW
VR
mode Format in VR mode
(page 26)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalisation
unnecessary)
Video
mode Format in Video mode
(page 26)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 36)
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 36)
DVD+R DL
DVD-R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalisation necessary)
(page 36)
+ RW
*2
-RW VR
-RW
Video
+ R
- R