Technical data

DVD-RECORDER 80032 29
PREPARING DISCS FOR RECORDING
Compatible Discs
Recordable Disc Types
This unit can record to DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. Please see “Disc Types”
below.
Playable Disc and Media Types
DVD Video Commercial “Hollywood” DVD movies.
SVCD Super VCD. A format for video saved on CD. Usually used in
Asia.
DVD+RW DVD format that can be “burned” repeatedly by some recor-
ders.
DVD+R DVD format that can be “burned” only once.
DVD-RW DVD format that can be “burned” repeatedly by some recor-
ders.
DVD-R DVD format that can be “burned” only once.
CD-R Recordable CD format often used for music.
CD-RW Re-recordable CD format, also used for music.
Audio CD Commercial music CD.
MP3 Format for compressed digital music on CD.
JPEG Format for compressed digital photographs on CD or DVD.
We cannot guarantee that your recorded discs will play on another DVD
player. Please check the manual for the other DVD player to make sure that it
can play DVD+R and/or DVD+RW discs.
Although your DVD recorder can play DVD-R, music CDs, and MP3s, you can
not use it to create these types of discs. You can only use it to record video -
whether a TV broadcast or a home movie - to DVD+R or DVD+RW.
Disc Types
DVD+RW discs can be erased and copied over again, although this may re-
duce the quality of your recording. DVD+R discs cannot be copied over, and
you cannot add new data to a DVD+R disc once it has been finalized (see
"Editing Discs", p. 34).
You may not be able to record to a DVD+RW disc that already contains re-
cordings from another DVD recorder or PC. If you are able to add a new re-
cording to a disc from another DVD recorder, your recorder will rewrite the
DVD menu. If the disc contains data from a personal computer, this data will
be erased by your DVD recorder.
Initialize a New Disc
Your DVD recorder will automatically initialize a new DVD+R or DVD+RW
disc the first time it is placed into the recorder. This takes about 1 minute, du-