Toshiba SATELLITE A500 - Manual (Page 114)

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Satellite A500/A500D
2. Before recording the video to DVD:
■ When you record DVD disc, please use only discs recommended by
the Drive manufacturer.
■ Do not set the working drive to a slow device like a USB1.1 hard
disk drive or it will fail to write DVD.
■ Do not perform any of the following actions:
■ Operate the computer for any other function, including using a
mouse or Touch Pad, or closing/opening the display panel.
■ Bump or cause vibration to the computer.
■ Use the Mode control button and Audio/Video control button to
reproduce music or voice.
■ Open the DVD drive.
■ Install, remove or connect external devices, including the
following: SD/SDHC memory card, USB device, external display,
i.LINK devices, optical digital devices.
■ Please verify your disc after recording important data.
■ DVD-R/+R/+RW disc cannot be written in VR format.
■ There is no support to output VCD and SVCD formats.
3. About Straight to Disc:
■ There is no support to record on DVD-R/+R disc
■ There is no support to record DVD+VR format by HDV
■ HDV support is limited to burn DVD-Video only
■ DVD-VR format is not supported to add Menu
4. About recorded DVDs:
■ Some DVD-ROM drives for personal computers or other DVD
players may not be able to read DVD-R/+R/-RW/-RAM discs.
■ If you use an over-used rewritable disc, the full formatting might be
locked. Please use a brand new disc.
TOSHIBA DVD Player
Please be aware of the following limitations when you use the TOSHIBA
DVD PLAYER:
Notes on use
■ Frame dropping, audio skipping or out of sync audio and video may
occur during playback of some DVD Video titles.
■ Close all other applications when using the “TOSHIBA DVD PLAYER”.
Do not open any other applications or carry out any other operations
during DVD Video playback. Playback may stop or not function properly
in some situations.
■ Unfinalized DVDs created on home DVD recorders may not be playable
on the computer.
■ Use DVD-Video discs with a region code which is either “the same as
the factory default setting” or “ALL”.