Where are the finals at

With the CD stopped press FINALIZE. The display will show FINALIZE CD and PRESS RECORD.

Do as instructed. It will say XX XX FINAL and will count down the time remaining to finish the finalization process.

The manual gives you incorrect info.
To FINALIZE disk:
1. Press [HOME] button;
2. select [SETUP].
3. Scroll down to DVD ICON and SELECT
4. Select [FINALIZE]

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The battery might not have enough power to finalize the disc, when you plug in the charger you can go to Disc Operations and Finalize.

The finalizing time depends on the remaining time on the DVD-R disc; Approximately 8 minutes to finalize with 20 minutes recording time on disc Approximately 3 minutes to finalize with 10 minutes recording time on disc Approximately 2 minutes to finalize with no recording time on disc. DVD-R discs recorded on the DVD-Camcorder cannot be finalized on other DVD-R Recorders or PCs.