98Disc FinalizationPreparing your Disc for Playing on aDVD PlayerIn order to play the disc you recorded on a DVD player, a computer’s DVD drive or otherdigital device, you need to finalize it first. Refer also to the instruction manual of the DVDplayer/recorder or the computer’s DVD drive. When finalizing a disc, always power the camcorder directly from a poweroutlet. The finalization process cannot be started if the camcorder is poweredonly with the battery pack. Do not disconnect the power adapter while the disc finalization is in progress.Doing so can interrupt the process and result in lost data. Depending on the type of disc and the disc specification, after finalizing the discyou may not be able to initialize the disc, edit your recordings or add newrecordings to the disc. Do not finalize with the camcorder discs that were not recorded using thiscamcorder. A finalized DVD-RW in VIDEO mode can be unfinalized to allow recordingadditional scenes and other limited editing options ( 101). Once finalized, you cannot add recordings to a DVD-R disc. The time required to complete the disc finalization will vary depending on thescene recording conditions and the amount of free space remaining on the disc.Restrictions after Disc FinalizationChanging the Disc TitleBefore you finalize your disc, you can give it a title. The disc title will not be displayed onthe camcorder but will be displayed on the index screen when playing the finalized disc inmost DVD players or a computer’s DVD drive (depending on the DVD playing software).1. Set the camcorder to play movies or view still images recorded on thedisc ( or / ).2. Press the MENU button.3. Use the omni selector ( , ) to select the [DISC OPERATIONS]menu and then select the [DISC TITLE] option.AdditionalRecordings Edit Recordings Initializing the DiscDVD-Rin VIDEO modeDVD-RWin VIDEO modeDVD-RWin VR modeMENU( 79) DISC OPERATIONS DISC TITLE
