I have a panasonic dvd recorder make is vdr d51. there is a disc in with footage on, do i have to format it before i can take it out to watch on the dvd player? don't want to lose the footage.,

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system malfunction, put a soft reset on the camcorder.

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First I must say I have different camera, but in my case I must close the disc session from camera menu, so theat after it dvd could be played in dvd players and after it you can't record on that disk anymore. If you alredy know that, then sorry. I have a problem that some non-scratched in any way disks with data just don't respond at all, but that's another story. All the best.

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your usb cable has malfunctioned

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Does it ask you to format the disk? You will need to format it before it is ready for use. Good Luck!

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hello..if your camera comes with a dv output ,you'll need a lead to with either a firewire or usb connection.any pc shop would help you .if you need any further help drop me a line here..farr64 [colin]