Panasonic vdr-m53 User Guide

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Disc or Card Management
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Verifying Remaining Free Space on Disc or Card (Capacity)
You can find out how long you will be able to record on one side of disc or on card.
1
Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2
Press the MENU button.
3
Choose “Capacity” on the “Disc” or “Card” menu 
screen, and then press the A button.
*1 With DVD-R disc: The quality mode first used for 
recording with disc will appear.
*2 With DVD-R disc: This will not be displayed.
4
Press the 
g button to quit.
The Disc Navigation screen will be restored.
Note
:
With a write-protected (see “Terminology” on page 147) 
disc or locked card, the remaining space will always be 
displayed as “0”.
1
Protecting Disc from Writing (Protect Disc)
You can protect a DVD-RAM disc in order to prevent recorded images from being erased or edited by 
mistake. Further recording will not be possible on protected disc until the protection is released.
1
Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2
Press the MENU button.
3
Choose “Protect Disc” on 
the “Disc” menu screen, 
and then press the A 
button.
4
The screen for verifying 
protection will appear:
Choose “YES”, and then 
press the A button.
Choose “NO” to cancel 
protection.
After “YES” or “NO” 
setting, the Disc 
Navigation screen will 
be restored.
Note
:
To release disc protection, 
perform the same procedure as above: The screen for 
verifying the release of protection will appear.
Choose “YES” to release the protection.
Capacity
Capacity : 
90%
Approx.
VIDEO(XTRA) :  17min
VIDEO(FINE) :  26min
VIDEO(STD) : 54min
PHOTO : 
996
RETURN
Capacity
Capacity : 
96%
Approx.
PHOTO(FINE) : 462
PHOTO(NORM) :  924
PHOTO(ECO) : 1148
RETURN
(When using disc)
*1
*2
(When using card)
D i s c
RAM
ENTER
RETURN
P r o t e c t   D i sc
F o r ma t   D i s c
Upd a t e   Con t r o l   I n f o .
ETC
Ca pac i t y
ENTER
Protect Disc
YES
NO
Write protect disc?
001/019
All Programs
PLAY
RAM
Disc protect icon
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