Posted by Del on 10/31/71 11:48

Thanks for the quick reply!

Yes the disc was blank when I put it in as it was brand new. I formatted it
using the V mode.



"NoNoBadDog!" <nospam@mymail.net> wrote in message
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> "Del" <derry13nospamhere@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>I have a problem with my DVD recorder. It is the Samsung DVD R119.
>>
>> It takes DVD-RW/-R discs.
>>
>> The problem is that twice during a recording using DVD-RW discs it has
>> stopped recording before it should have done complaining that 'the disc
>> is full'.
>> I was using the long play mode which should give around 4 hours recording
>> time but only gave around 1.5 hours. When disc properties were displayed
>> it confirms the disc is full.
>>
>> I have put one of the discs into my computer and it says that 1.6GB are
>> used up but that should mean that over 2GB are still left to use on a
>> 4.7GB disc.
>>
>>
>> Can anyone help with this?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Del
>>
>
> Did you erase the discs prior to using them?
>
> If you had something else on the disc, it will stay there until the disks
> are erased.
>
> Bobby
>
>

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