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Recording, Finalizing the discs – Sharp DV-RW550U User Manual

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To cancel finalizing...
(DVD-RW only)

• To cancel finalizing at STEP 4,

press STOP C, select “YES”,
then press ENTER. Finalizing
is canceled and the unit will
be in stop mode.

• If appear when pressing

STOP C, you cannot cancel
finalizing because the finalizing
has progressed to a certain
point.

• When selecting “No” and press

ENTER or RETURN

,

finalizing will be continued.

• You cannot cancel finalizing the

DVD-R disc once it has started.

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Recording

Finalizing the discs

Note

• Finalizing discs in Video mode

automatically creates title
menus.

• Once you have finalized a disc

recorded in Video mode, you
can not edit or record any-
thing else on that disc.
Discs recorded in VR mode
can still be recorded and edit-
ed on this unit even after
finalization.

• When you insert a DVD-RW

disc finalized with this unit,
“Undo Finalize” will appear
instead of “Finalize”.

To reverse the finalization of
the disc, select “Undo
Finalize” at STEP 3.
* DO NOT power off during
finalization.This will result in

malfunction.

Disc

Original

Format

Undo Finalize

Disc Protect OFF ON

Playlist

You will need to finalize the discs
recorded in Video mode to play
them back on other DVD players.
Finalizing may take several minutes
up to an hour. (It can take up to

15 minutes for a disc recorded in
Video mode and 60 minutes for a
disc recorded in VR mode.)
A shorter recording period on the
disc will require a longer time
period for finalization. Do not
unplug the power cord during
finalization.
Details are on pages 26-27.

1

Press SETUP.
Easy Setting Menu or Advanced
Setting Menu will appear.

2

Select “Disc” using
Cursor
K / L, then press
ENTER.
Disc menu will appear.

3

Select “Finalize” using Cursor
K

/ L, then press ENTER.

Confirmation window will appear.

4

Select “Yes” using
Cursor
K / L, then press
ENTER.
Finalizing will start.

5

Finalizing is complete.

Finalizing

100%

Finalizing

90%

Finalize

No

Yes

Disc

Original

Format

Finalize

Disc Protect OFF ON

Playlist

VCR/DVD RECORDER

COMBINATION

2

4

3

1

4

Finalizing

5%

Do you want to cancel ?

Yes No

This operation may take a
while to be completed.

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