Panasonic vdr-m53 Mode D'Emploi

The following message is displayed on the camera monitor: “This disc must be formatted before it can be 
used by this camera”.

Follow these steps when authoring DVD-R discs with DVDfunSTUDIO. 

Press the 

g button to cancel formatting. 

Formatting discs at this time prevents you from 
using them with DVDfunSTUDIO. (However, 
formatted discs can be used for recording 
movies and shots and with the camera.) 

Start DVDfunSTUDIO. 

Choose Preference from the Tool menu. In DVD 
drive, choose the DVD Video Camera. 

You must follow the steps to stop the drive before disconnecting the USB cable from the computer or 
toggling between Disc Mode and Card Mode with the power switch while the USB cable is connected. 

lStopping the Drive

Close the application. In Windows, click the 

 

icon in the task tray (in the lower-right corner). 

Choose “Safely remove USB Mass Storage 
Device” (for Windows XP). 

A message will inform you that hardware may be 
disconnected. 
Close the application and make sure the camera 
access indicator is green before disconnecting 
the USB cable. 

lToggling the Power Switch

Disconnect the USB cable following the 
instructions in “Stopping the Drive” (see above).

You may now toggle the power switch.

Reconnect the DVD Video Camera to the 
computer with the USB cable.

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