Finalizing And Erasing; Finalizing A Disc - Pioneer PDR-W739 Operating Instructions Manual

6 Finalizing and Erasing

Finalizing a disc

Before you can play a CD-R on an ordinary CD player, the disc must
go through a process called finalization. Once finalized, a CD-R
disc is no longer recordable. Finalization is not reversible for CD-Rs
so be absolutely sure that everything on the disc is the way you
want it before you start.
CD-RW discs can also be finalized, although you can still erase the
disc afterward and reuse it, so it's not anything like as final as it is
with a CD-R disc. A finalized CD-RW disc can only be played on a
CD player that is compatible with CD-RW discs (at present, there
are very few of these).
Caution!
Finalization takes a few minutes. During this time never switch off
the power to the unit— the disc may become unusable as a result.
If there's a power failure or you do accidently disconnect the power
during finalization, the recorder will try and complete finalization
once power is restored. Unfortunately, it may not be possible to
complete the process successfully, and the disc may be damaged as
a result.
1 Load the CD–R or CD–RW you want
to finalize.
• Check that the disc is free from dust, dirt and scratches —if
necessary, clean the disc following the guidelines on page 36.
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COMPACT DISC RECORDER / MULTI-CD CHANGER
3
- COMPACT DISC MULTI CHANGER
COMPACT DISC DIGITAL RECORDER
CHECK FINALIZE
2 Press FINALIZE.
The recorder goes into record-pause mode, then the display
changes to:
DISC 1
DISC 2
DISC 3
ALL FADER
L
–dB 40 18
X 2
R
• Press 7 (CD-R side) here to cancel finalization.
Press 6 (CD-R side) to start
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finalization.
Finalization takes about 2 minutes; you'll see how long
there is still to go in the display.
After finalization is complete:
If a CD-R is loaded, the CD-R indicator changes to CD.
If a CD-RW is loaded, the finalize indicator lights in the
display.
• None of the controls on the player or the remote have any
effect during finalization. If, however, the recorder hasn't
managed to finalize the disc within 10 minutes, you can
abort the operation by pressing 7. If you do this, the disc
won't be playable on an ordinary CD player.
OPEN/CLOSE
0
CD-R CONTROL
6 7
MIN SEC
REC
CD-R
ANA
6 0 OVER