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Making the disc compatible with playback on other devices or DVD drives
(Finalizing) (Continued)
To play back a disc on another device after adding a recording (p. 58)
b Notes
• It takes from a minute to a maximum of several
hours to finalize a disc. The shorter the amount
of material recorded on the disc, the longer it
takes for finalizing.
• Use the AC Adaptor as the power source to
prevent your camcorder from running out of
power during finalizing.
• When you finalize a double-sided disc, you
must finalize each side of the disc individually.
1 Place your camcorder in a stable
position, and connect the AC
Adaptor to the DC IN jack on your
camcorder.
2 Turn on the power by sliding the
POWER switch.
3 Insert the disc to be finalized.
4 On the (HOME MENU), touch
(MANAGE DISC/MEMORY) t
[FINALIZE].
To select a disc menu style, touch
(OPTION) t [DISC MENU]
(p. 59).
Go to step 5 if you want to finalize the
disc using [STYLE1] (default setting).
5 Touch [YES] t [YES].
Finalizing starts.
6 When [Completed.] appears,
touch .
Playback on
other device
AVCHD-compatible
device
Computer
Make a desired disc
menu.
Finalize
Finalizing a disc