Sony RDR VX500 Operating Instructions - Page 10

Quick Guide to DVD Disc Types, Recordable and playable discs - code

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Quick Guide to DVD Disc Types Recordable and playable discs Type Disc Logo Icon used in this manual Formatting (new discs) Compatibility with other DVD players (finalizing) DVD+RW DVDRW VR mode Video mode DVD+R DVD-R +RW -RWVR -RWVideo +R -R Automatically formatted Playable on DVD+RW compatible players (automatically finalized) Format in VR mode*2 (page 43) Playable only on VR mode compatible players (finalization unnecessary) (page 44) Format in Video mode*2 (page 43) Playable on most DVD players (finalization necessary) (page 44) Automatically formatted Playable on DVD+R compatible players (finalization necessary) (page 44) Automatically formatted Playable on most DVD players (finalization necessary) (page 44) Usable disc versions (as of June 2004) • 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs • 2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1 with CPRM*1) • 4x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.2, Ver.1.2 with CPRM) • 8x-speed or slower DVD+Rs • 8x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0) "DVD+RW," "DVD-RW," "DVD+R," and "DVD-R," are trademarks. *1 CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is a coding technology that protects copyrights for images. *2 Unused DVD-RWs are formatted in VR mode automatically. *3 Erasing titles only frees up disc space if you erase the last title. *4 Erasing titles does not free up disc space. 10

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Quick Guide to DVD Disc Types
Recordable and playable discs
Usable disc versions (as of June 2004)
• 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs
2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.1
with CPRM
*1
)
4x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.2, Ver.1.2
with CPRM)
• 8x-speed or slower DVD+Rs
• 8x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0)
“DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” and “DVD-R,”
are trademarks.
*1
CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is
a coding technology that protects copyrights for
images.
*2
Unused DVD-RWs are formatted in VR mode
automatically.
*3
Erasing titles only frees up disc space if you erase the
last title.
*4
Erasing titles does not free up disc space.
Type
Disc
Logo
Icon used
in this
manual
Formatting
(new discs)
Compatibility with other
DVD players (finalizing)
DVD+RW
Automatically
formatted
Playable on DVD+RW
compatible players
(automatically finalized)
DVD-
RW
VR
mode
Format in VR mode
*2
(page 43)
Playable only on VR mode
compatible players (finalization
unnecessary) (page 44)
Video
mode
Format in Video
mode
*2
(page 43)
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 44)
DVD+R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on DVD+R compatible
players (finalization necessary)
(page 44)
DVD-R
Automatically
formatted
Playable on most DVD players
(finalization necessary)
(page 44)
+
RW
-
RW
VR
-
RW
Video
+
R
-
R