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Toshiba Satellite M40 (PSM40) User Manual

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User’s Manual

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Operating Basics

2. Before recording the video to DVD.

When you record to DVD disc, please use only discs recommended

by the Drive manufacturer.

Do not set the working drive to a slow device like a USB 1.1 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 TouchPad or closing/opening the LCD 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: PC Card, SD card/Multi Media Card/Memory Stick,

USB devices, 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.

A maximum of about 2 hours of video data can be written in DVD

Video format to DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW disc.

WinDVD Creator cannot export to DVD-Audio, VideoCD, miniDVD

format.

WinDVD Creator can write DVD-RAM/+RW in VR format, but the

disc may only play on your computer.

When writing to DVD disc, WinDVD Creator requires 2 GB or more

over disk space every one hour of video.

When you make a fully recorded DVD, the chapter sequence may

not play correctly.

3. About Disc Manager

WinDVD Creator can edit one play list on a disc.

WinDVD Creator might show a different a thumbnail than you

previously set in CE DVD-RAM recorder.

Using the Disc Manager, you can edit DVD-VR format on DVD-

RAM, DVD+VR format on DVD+RW, and DVD-Video format on

DVD-RW.

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/+RW/-RAM discs.

When playing your recorded disc on your computer, please use the

WinDVD software application.

If you use an over-used rewritable disc, the full formatting might be

locked. Please use a brand new disc.