Recording a DVD on the Philips DVD Recorder

Press MONITOR to view m/c input
Use REC MODE to select recording compression. This cycles between the following ;-
HQ  - 1 hour
SP  - 2 hours
SP+  3 hours
EP   - 4 hours
EP+ - 6 hours

To record press RECORD or REC/OTR and to stop recording press STOP
If you do the above, each time you record you will record a new TITLE

When you have made your recording(s) you can name your CHAPTERS and you can name your DISC as well.

Eg to name the DISC
Select DISC INFO, "settings for" appears
Select "Disc name" using arrow keys, confirm with right arrow key to go into disc name
Now left and right arrow keys select the letter to change and up/down arrow keys select 
the letter you want (SELECT toggles between upper and lower case and CLEAR deletes a character.
When you have made your name save it by pressing OK
Use LEFT ARROW to get out of name mode.

When you play back a title the machine will have put in chapter markers at intervals of about 11 mins
automatically. You can if you want erase these chapter markers and insert markers of your choice.
To do this press EDIT and use FAVOURITE SCENE SELECTOR menu

When you have done everything you want to the disc you have to FINALISE it

FINALISING A DISC
Press DISC INFO then RIGHT ARROW, "settings for" menu appears
Go up to the box above the first title and select "FINALISE DISC" using arrow keys and cofirm with OK
The machine displays "this will take x sec"
Confirm with OK, "working " now appears on the screen and m/c tells you when it has finished

Forced Finalise of a disc

If a disc is corrupted then you can force finalise it which may make some of it usable 

Eject disc but leave it sitting in the drawer
Press and hold "4" on the remote control until the machine closes the drawer and finalises the disc.