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Setting the disc, Protect disc, Rename disc – Toshiba D-VR4XSU User Manual

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Various settings

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Select “Undo Finalize”, and the screen below will ap-
pear.

Undo Finalize

OK to proceed?

Yes

No

• When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, the can-

celling finalization will start. The screen below will
appear.

Unfinalizing...

Please wait.

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• When you select “No” and press ENTER, the DISC

screen will appear.

NOTES:
• When cancelling finalization is finished. “Undo final-

izing completed. Press ENTER.” will appear. Press
ENTER to return to the DISC screen.

• The cancelling finalization process may require a few

minutes to about 1 hour according to disc type or the
amount of free space on the disc.

• When the disc’s finalization cannot be cancelled, you

cannot select “Undo Finalize”.

Protect Disc

You can protect a disc to prevent the content recorded
on it from being erased, edited or re-recorded.
Only DVD-RAM and DVD-RW (in VR mode) can be pro-
tected.
Select “Protect Disc” and select “On” to protect the disc.
To cancel the disc protection, select “Off”.

Rename Disc

You can change a disc name.
See “Changing a disc name” on page 77.

DVD-RAM Physical Format

Physically formats a DVD-RAM disc. Whenever you use
a new disc for the first time, be sure to format it.

NOTE:
The physical format process may require about 1 hour
according to disc condition.

Setting the Disc

Finalize

To play a DVD disc recorded on this unit, you must final-
ize the disc to insure compatibility with other DVD play-
ers. In addition, if you are using a DVD-RW disc, you
must record in Video mode.
You can cancel the finalization of a finalized DVD-RW
(in VR mode).
You cannot cancel the finalization for discs other than
above. You can record or edit on a disc whose finaliza-
tion has been cancelled.
Select from the below.

Finalize:

Finalize the disc to compatibility
with other DVD player.

Undo Finalize: Cancel the finalization of a finalized

DVD-RW(in VR mode).

When “Finalize” is selected, the screen below will
appear.

Finalize

OK to proceed?

Yes

No

• When you select “Yes” and press ENTER, finalization

will start. The screen below will appear.

Finalizing...

Please wait.

3 %

• When you select “No” and press ENTER, the DISC

screen will appear.

NOTES:
• When the finalization finished, “Finalizing completed.

Press ENTER.” will appear. Press ENTER to return
to the DISC screen.

• The finalization process may require a few minutes to

about 1 hour according to disc type or the amount of
free space on the disc.

• You can record or edit a finalized DVD-RW (in VR

mode) by cancelling the finalizing, but you cannot do
these operations with a DVD-RW (Video mode), or
with a DVD-R.

• You cannot playback a disc recorded on VR mode on

a unit that does not support DVD-RW.

• Even if you finalize a disc in the Video mode, the disc

cannot be played back in some DVD players.

• A DVD-RW(Video mode) and DVD-R disc cannot be

named after it is finalized.

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