Makingthe disc compatiblewith playbackon
other devices(Finalizing)
Finalizing makes tile recorded disc compatible for playback with other devices and DVD
drives of computers.
Before finalizing, you can select the style of the DVD menu which displays the movie list
(p. 69).
Finalizing is required depending on the type of disc.
• DVD-RW/DVD_R/DVD+R
DL: Finalizing is required.
• DVD+RW: Finalizing is not required, except
in the following cases:
(_) To create a DVD menu
@ To play back on a computer DVD drive
(_) If the disc has a short total recording time (less than 5 rain. in HQ mode, 8 rain. in SP mode,
or 15 min. in LP mode)
O Notes
• Playb_ck comp_aibilitywith all devices is not gu_u'antced.
• No DVD menu is crcamd for DVD-RW (VR mode).
_To
play backa disc in other devicesfor the first time (p.69)
i
Continued._
67