Panasonic DIGA DMR-EA38V - Manual (Page 23)

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Important:
Formatting permanently deletes all disc contents
(including computer data), regardless of protection status
of disc.
[RAM] [-RW‹V›] [+RW]
OK
The following screen may
appear when inserting a new
disc, etc.
Only format the disc if you
intend to use it for recording.
Do not format if you intend to
view pre-recorded material from the disc.
 to select “Yes”, then
OK
[-R] [-R]DL] [-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R]DL]
Finalize
Finalizing is necessary to enable playback
of the disc on compatible DVD players.
Once finalized, recordings cannot be added to the disc.
It will take approximately
n minutes. Start?
this unit. You can Finalize it later.
Press “REC” to start finalizing.
Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to postpone
finalizing. The disc can be played only on
After recording, if you
press [
 OPEN/CLOSE]
to eject the disc, the
following screen may
appear.
REC
to start fi nalizing.
or
OPEN/CLOSE to eject the disc without
fi nalizing.
When the format confi rmation screen is
displayed
When removing a recorded disc
Notes
You cannot stop fi nalizing once you have started it.
Tips
 If you want to provide the disc with a name or set play menu
select, select “Disc Name” ( 47) or “Playback will start with:”
( 49) in “DVD Management” before fi nalizing.
 Refer to “Finalizing” ( 49) for more details about fi nalizing.
 It will take a few minutes to fi nalize the disc. (some discs may take
up to a maximum of 60 minutes.)
Tips
 Refer to “Formatting Discs or Cards” ( 48) for more details on
formatting.
 It will take several minutes to format the disc. (DVD-RAM may take
up to a maximum of 70 minutes.)
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