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Setup
Specify the time interval at which chapters
are created automatically on a disc.
Auto Chapter is available when you use the
DV IN connector or VIDEO IN connector
to connect your video device.
OFF
No chapters are inserted.
c 5 minutes
Inserts chapters at approximately 5-minute
intervals.
10 minutes
Inserts chapters at approximately 10-
minute intervals.
15 minutes
Inserts chapters at approximately 15-
minute intervals.
Specify whether or not to finalize the disc
automatically when recording is completed.
This allows immediate playback on DVD
players. This setting is applicable when
recording to a DVD.
c ON
The disc will be finalized automatically
when recording is completed. You can
play back the finalized disc on other
playback devices.
OFF
The disc will not be finalized when
recording is completed. You can add
videos and/or photos onto the same disc
later.
For details on finalizing a disc, refer to
[Finalize disc] (page 57).
b Notes
• When copying all contents requires more than
one disc, the recorded discs will be finalized
once full, regardless of the Auto Finalize
setting. Only the last disc will remain
unfinalized.
• The disc is not finalized when copying with
VIDEO IN, the Manual copy mode of DV IN, or
some models in DV camcorders, even though
[Auto Finalizing] is set to [ON].
Select a background image to apply to the
Disc Menu screen for discs created with
this unit.
Select from four images.
c Blue
Marble
Checkered
Pink
If you eject a disc without finalizing, you
can finalize it later.
This setting is applicable when recording to
a DVD.
z Hints
• To finalize a disc means to make the disc
playable on other DVD devices. If you do not
finalize the disc with this unit, the disc cannot be
played on other DVD devices.
• You cannot add videos or photos to a finalized
disc.
1 Insert a disc to finalize, press V or v
to select [Finalize disc], and press the
ENTER button.
2 Press V or v to select [Yes] and press
the ENTER button.
Auto Chapter
Auto Finalizing
DVD
Disc Menu
Finalize disc
DVD
BD
DVD