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Disc Navigation Menu
Functions Available with Disc Navigation
Disc Navigation allows you to do the following:
Available functionDisc or card usedContentsReference 
page
Deletion of scenes
You can delete unnecessary scenes. 103
Editing of scenes

You can attach fade and skip to a scene, 
combine scenes, or divide one scene.105 - 110
Scene information 
display

You can display information on one scene 
or multiple scenes, such as image quality, 
recording time, etc.115
Setting of title

You can set desired titles to play lists and 
programs.117, 126
Creation of play list

You can create an original movie by 
changing the combination of scenes.119
Disc or Card initialization

You can initialize a DVD-RAM disc or card 
so that it can be used on this DVD 
Palmcorder.129
Copy from disc to card

You can copy photos recorded on DVD-
RAM disc to card.111
Disc finalization
You can use this DVD Palmcorder to 
finalize any DVD-R disc recorded on it so 
that the disc can be viewed on DVD 
player, etc.131
Repeat play

You can repeatedly play back programs 
and scenes.132
Slide show
You can play back stills continuously. 133
Remaining display 
(Capacity)

The remaining recordable movie time or 
number of recordable stills is displayed.128
Disc protection

You can protect the DVD-RAM disc to 
prevent deletion or editing by mistake.128
Scene lock
You can lock any scene so that it will not 
be deleted by mistake: Essential scenes 
are thereby protected, and recording 
another still is possible.112
DPOF setting
You can set the number of prints for each 
scene.113
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Understanding Flow of Disc Navigation Menu
Press the MENU button on the Disc Navigation screen: The menu screens for Disc Navigation and menu 
screens for disc and card will appear.
See pages 80-81 and 98 for how to interpret the screen.
Refer to pages indicated for details of settings.
●When using DVD-RAM disc
●When using DVD-R disc
●When using card
Delete (P.103)
Edit (P.105)
Copy (P.111)
Select (P.114)
Detail (P.115)Thumbnail (P.105)
Skip (P.106)
Fade (P.107)
Combine (P.109)
Divide (P.110)
Move (P.108)
Star t 
→ Current  (P.114)
Current → End  (P.114)
All (P.114)
Switch (P.116)
Play (P.117)
Title (P.117) Switch (P.120)
Play (P.121)
Create (P.119)
Edit (P.122 - 125)
Title (P.126)
Delete (P.126) Scene
Program
Play listTo p  ( P. 1 2 7 )
End (P.127)
Category (P.132)
Repeat Play  (P.132)Capacity (P.128)
Protect Disc (P.128)
Format Disc (P.129)
Update Control Info.  (P.130) Go To
Disc
OthersETC
Switch (P.116)
Play (P.117) Select (P.114)
Detail (P.115)
Program
Scene
To p  ( P. 1 2 7 )
End (P.127)Repeat Play  (P.132) Capacity (P.128)
Finalize Disc (P.131)
Go To
Disc
OthersETC
Star t → Current  (P.114)
Current → End  (P.114)
All (P.114)
Delete (P.103)
Lock (P.112)
DPOF (P.113)
Select (P.114)
Detail (P.115)Star t 
→ Current  (P.114)
Current → End  (P.114)
All (P.114) Scene
Top (P.127)
End (P.127) Go To
Capacity (P.128)
Format Card (P.129)All (P.133)
DPOF (P.133) Slide ShowCard
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Scene


Deleting Scenes (Delete)
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the scene to be 
deleted.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose “Delete” on the 
“Scene” menu screen, 
and then press the 
 
button.
5The “Delete Scene” 
screen will appear: If you 
are sure you want to delete the selected scene, 
press the 
 button.
If you want to change the scene to be deleted, 
you can change it on this screen.
6The screen for verifying 
deletion will appear: 
Choose “YES”, and then 
press the 
 button.
Choose “NO” to cancel 
deletion.
After Yes or No setting, the “Delete Scene” 
screen will be restored.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 to delete other scenes.
7Press the  button to quit.
Note:If you point the cursor at the scene to be deleted, and then 
press the DELETE button on remote controller, the 
screen in step 5 will appear.
If you delete all data on disc or card, initializing the disc 
or card will be recommended (See page 129).
If even one play list has been created, message “Same 
scenes on PlayList will be deleted. Delete scenes?” will 
appear before deleting scene(s). This message will 
appear even if the scene(s) to be deleted is not used in the 
corresponding play list. In this case, choose “YES” and 
then press the 

 button.If the time of deleted scenes (stills) is quite short, the 
remaining free space of disc may not increase in the disc 
or card remaining indicator.
The locked scenes on card cannot be deleted (See page 
112). 
All  Programs005/014
RAM
PLAY DESELECT  ALL
Scene to be deleted
Scene
RAM
ENTER RETURN
DeleteEd i tCopySe l ectDe t a i lETC
De l e t e Sc en e
Delete scene? SEP 30  2003  8 : 00:00AMScene No. 005
ENTER
YESNO
Delete Scene 005/013
RAM
ENTER E X I T
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●Editing using submenu
Press the MENU button before pressing the 
 button in step 5 (See page 103): The submenu will appear.
Pressing the  button will restore the screen in step 5.
Note:Although the submenu screen will appear for each setting, some menu items may not appear, depending on the setting.
Ed i t
RAM
ENTER RETURN
Ex i t
De l e t eSe l e c t
RAM
ENTER RETURN
Start– Current
Cu r r en t –  End
All
Go  To
RAM
ENTER RETURN
En d To p
Edit Exit .....................To restore the Disc Navigation screen
Delete ................To delete selected scenes
Select Start
→Current..To select scenes from the start to the one that the cursor is on at the 
moment
Current
→End...To select scenes from the scene the cursor is on to the end
All ......................To select all scenes
Go To Top .....................To move the cursor to the first scene
End.....................To move the cursor to the last scene
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Changing Images for Thumbnails (Edit - Thumbnail)
The thumbnail refers to a reduced image displayed on Disc Navigation to help distinguish recorded 
scenes. Normally, the first image of the recorded scene is displayed as a thumbnail: You can choose another 
image of the scene for thumbnail. If you set a vivid image to thumbnail, you can know what you recorded 
from a glance at the Disc Navigation screen.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the thumbnail of the scene to be changed.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Thumbnail”, and then 
press the 
 button.
5The “Change 
Thumbnail” screen will 
appear: If you are sure 
you want to change the 
thumbnail of the selected 
scene, press the 
 
button: The selected 
scene will be played back.
If you want to change the scene whose 
thumbnail is to be changed, you can change it on 
this screen.
6When the image you want to use as the 
thumbnail of the scene appears, press the 
SELECT button.
7The screen for verifying 
switching of thumbnail 
will appear: Choose 
“YES”, and then press the 

 button.
Choose “NO” to cancel 
switching of thumbnail.
After Yes or No setting, the “Change 
Thumbnail” screen will be restored.
Repeat steps 5-7 to change the other scenes.
8Press the  button to quit.
Note:If you press the MENU button before pressing the 
 
button in step 5, the submenu screen will appear. (See 
page 104)
A thumbnail of still cannot be changed.Since the scene to which skipping is set cannot be played 
back, you will not be able to change its thumbnail: 
Release the skip setting of the scene to change the 
thumbnail.
●    ●    ● ●    ●    ●
Original thumbnail You can use this image as thumbnail.
Scene
RAM
ENTER RETURN
DeleteEd i tCopySe l ectDe t a i l
Sk i pFadeComb i neDi v i de
Thumbna i l
Move
ETC
Select Thumbnail Point
ENTERCANCELSEL
ENTER
Cha ng e t h umbna i l ? Cha ng e Th u
mbna i l
YESNO
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Playing Back by Skipping Scenes (Edit - Skip)
You can specify “Skip” for scenes you do not want to play back: The selected scenes will be skipped.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the scene to be skipped.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Skip”, and then press the 

 button.
5The “Set Skip” screen will 
appear: If you are sure 
you want to skip the 
selected scene, press the 
 button.
If you want to change the scene to be skipped, 
you can change it on this screen.
After skip setting, the “Set Skip” screen will be 
restored.
Repeat step 5 to set skipping of other scenes.
6Press the  button to quit.
A skip mark “ ” will appear in the 
thumbnail of any scene for which skipping has 
been set.
●Releasing Skip
Select the scene set to be skipped, and perform the 
same procedure as setting skip: The skip mark will 
disappear and skipping of the scene will be 
released.
Note:Multiple scenes can be selected for skipping (P.100).If you press the MENU button before pressing the 
 
button in step 5, the submenu screen will appear (P.104).
Scene
RAM
ENTER RETURN
DeleteEd i tCopySe l ectDe t a i l
Sk i pFadeComb i neDi v i de
Thumbna i l
Move
ETC
001/ 013 All Programs
PLAY
RAM
Skip mark
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Adding Special Effects (Edit - Fade)
You can add fading to the beginning and/or end of scene.
There are three types of special effects:
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the scene for adding special effects.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose, “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Fade” and then press the 

 button.
5The “Fade Set” screen will 
appear: If you are sure 
you want to add the fade 
effect to the scene, press the 
 button.
If you want to change the scene to which fade is 
added, you can change it on this screen.
6Select the special effects 
for “IN” and/or “OUT”, 
choose “Enter”, and then 
press the 
 button.
To cancel setting, choose 
“Cancel”.
After setting, the “Fade Set” screen will be 
restored.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 to add fade to other scenes.
7Press the  button to quit.
The “
” and/or “” mark(s) will appear in the 
scenes for which special effects have been set.
Fade Out Fade Out Fade Out
Fade In Fade In Fade In
Black:
Fades in from black screen
Fades out to black screenWipe:
Fades in from black screen to 
ver tical direction of screen
Fades out from vertical 
direction of screen to black 
screenB/W:
Fades in from Black and White 
screen to color screen
Fades out from color screen to 
Black and White screen
Scene
RAM
ENTER RETURN
DeleteEd i tCopySe l ectDe t a i l
Thumbna i lSk i pFadeCombineDivideMoveETC
Fade
IN
OUT
En t er None
Black Wipe B/W 
ENTER None
Black Wipe B/W 
Canc e l
005/ 013 All Programs
PLAY
RAM
“In” effect “Out” effect
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Note:Setting fade will interlock with sound.Fading can also be set to either “IN” or “OUT”.Any registered fade can be changed at any time using the same procedure as above.Fade can also be added to on-screen information displayed during playback.Adding fade to multiple scenes is also possible.If the playback time of scene is short, fade will cut off midway.If you set fade-in and fade-out to a still image or a movie with recording time of no more than 3 seconds, only fade-in 
will be valid.
No fade effect will operate if you start playback in the recording pause status.If you locate the start of a scene by skipping, the image at the start of the scene will appear for a moment, and then fade 
will operate.
The fade effect will not function during frame advance, frame back, slow playback or search playback.


Arranging Order of Scenes (Edit - Move)
Yo u  c a n  a r r a n g e  s c e n e s  w i t h i n  a  p l a y  l i s t  b y  m o v i n g  t h e m  t o  d e s i r e d  p o s i t i o n s .  C r e a t e  a  p l a y  l i s t  f i r s t ,  a n d  
then arrange the scenes [“Creating New Play List (Create)”, P.119].
When playing back
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Combining Multiple Scenes (Edit - Combine)
You can combine multiple scenes into one.
If you have recorded numerous short scenes, combining them will be facilitated by the use of Disc 
Navigation.
Be sure to select consecutive multiple scenes. Combining scenes is possible only when “Category: All” is 
specified.  Stills cannot be combined.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the consecutive multiple scenes to be 
combined.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose, “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Combine” and then 
press the 
 button.
5The “Combine Scenes” 
screen will appear: If you 
are sure you want to 
combine the selected scenes, press the 
 
button.
If you want to change the scenes to be combined, 
you can change them on this screen.
6The screen for verifying 
combination will appear: 
Choose “YES”, and then 
press the 
 button.
The two images 
appearing on the 
verification screen are those of the first and last 
scenes to be combined.
Choose “NO” to cancel combination.
After Yes or No setting, the “Combine Scenes” 
screen will be restored.
The thumbnail of the first scene will appear in 
the combined scene.Repeat steps 5 and 6 to combine other scenes.
7Press the  button to quit.
Note:If you press the MENU button before pressing the 
 
button in step 5, the submenu screen will appear. (P.104)
With special effects, the “IN” effect of the first scene in the 
selected range and the “OUT” effect of the last scene will 
be chosen.
If you combine scenes from different programs (different 
recording dates), a message that prompts you to update 
the control information will appear when power is turned 
on and Disc Navigation is first started (P.130). Note that 
if you choose “YES” for this message, the combined 
scenes will be split into separate scenes.
If you choose “NO” for this message, the scenes will be 
combined, but the same message will appear each time 
Disc Navigation is started. To prevent this, when 
combining scenes from different programs, create a new 
play list and combine the scenes on it.
Scene
RAM
ENTER RETURN
DeleteEd i tCopySe l ectDe t a i l
Thumbna i lSk i pFadeCombineDivideMoveETC
Comb i ne Scenes
ENTER
Comb i ne scenes?YESNO
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Dividing Movies (Edit - Divide)
You can divide a scene into two parts.
To delete unnecessary portion of scene, first divide the scene, and then delete the unnecessary portion.
You can also cut out a part of scene and use it in the play list.
1Press the DISC NAVIGATION button.
2Select the scene to be divided.
3Press the MENU button.
4Choose, “Scene”, “Edit”, 
“Divide” and then press 
the 
 button.
5The “Divide Scene” 
screen will appear: If you 
are sure you want to 
divide the selected scene, press the 
 button: 
The selected scene will be played back.
If you want to change the scene to be divided, 
you can change it on this screen.
The selected scene will be played back.
6When you reach the point 
where you want to divide 
the scene, press the 
SELECT button.
7The screen for verifying 
division will appear: 
Choose “YES”, and then 
press the 
 button.
Choose “NO” to cancel 
division.
After division, the “Divide Scene” screen will be 
restored.
Repeat steps 5-7 to divide another scene.
8Press the  button to quit.
Note:If you press the MENU button before pressing the 
 
button in step 5, the submenu screen will appear. (P.104)
The status bar of scene being played back can be 
switched off or on by pressing the DISPLAY button.
Search and frame advance are useful when designating 
division points.
If a special effect has been added to the original scene, 
the “IN” effect will be added to the first half of scene, and 
the “OUT” effect, to the latter half.
The division point may drift before or after the designated 
point by approximately 0.5 seconds.
Since a scene with a skip set cannot be played back, no 
division point can be specified: Release the skip for the 
scene before dividing it.
If the division point is at a still, a message will appear, but 
no division will be made.
If the division point is at the start or end of a scene, a 
message will appear, but no division will be made.
A movie scene whose recording time is 0.5 seconds or 
less cannot be divided.
If free space available on disc is insufficient, division will 
not be possible: Delete unnecessary scenes.
Pressing the  button on the screen for verification will 
restore the thumbnail display screen.
Scene
RAM
ENTER RETURN
DeleteEd i tCopySe l ectDe t a i l
Thumbna i lSk i pFadeCombineDivideMoveETC
Select Division PointRAM002 0:00:18
ENTERCANCELSEL
Status bar of scene 
being played back
ENTER
D i v i de scene? D i v i de Scene
YESNO
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