Finalizing A Disc - Pioneer PDR-609 Operating Instructions Manual

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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, nor
will you be able to set or clear skip IDs.
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, these are very few).
Caution!
Finalization takes a couple of minutes.
During this time never switch off the power
to the unit—the disc may become
unusable 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 8.
2 Press FINALIZE.
The
FINALIZE
After a short while you should see a display
something like this:
INPUT
The display shows how long finalization
will take—the exact time taken depends
on the disc.
Press 7 here to cancel finalization.
Press 8 (6 on the front
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panel) to start finalization.
Finalization takes about two minutes;
you'll see how long there is still to go in
the display. The player stops when finished.
For a CD-R, the CD-R indicator now
changes to simply CD.
indicator lights.
For a CD-RW, 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.