Sony DVD850 Camcorder User Manual


 
Media for your camcorder
With your camcorder, you can record images on either the internal memory (DCR-DVD850),
an 8crn DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD+R DL disc, or "Memory Stick PRO Duo"
media. See page 7 for the types of "Memory Stick" media you can use in your camcorder.
When you use a DVD-RW, you can choose the recording format from VIDEO mode o1"VR
mode.
Ill this manual, VIDEO mode is indicated as _ and VR mode as _.
A recording format that is compatible with most DVD devices, especially after
finalizing.
In VIDEO mode, only the most recent movie can be deleted.
A recording format that enables editing with your camcorder (deleting and rearranging
the order of images).
A finalized disc can be played back in DVD devices that support VR mode.
Refer to the instruction manual of your DVD device to see whether it supports the VR
mode of DVD-RW.
VIDEO mode and VR mode (_ Glossary {p. 135)
Figures in parentheses ( ) indicate reference pages.
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Formatting deletes all images and returns the recording media to its original empty state (p. 73). Even
when using a new disc, format it with your camcorder (p. 30).
** Finalizing is required to play the disc in a DVD drive on a computer. A DVD+RW that is not finalized
may cause the computer to malflmctiou.
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