Initializing A Dvd-Rw Disc - Pioneer DVR-320 Operating Instructions Manual

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2 Press HOME MENU and select 'Disc Setup'.
3 Select 'Finalize'.
Disc Setup
Basic Finalize
Initialize Undo Finalize
Finalize
4 Select 'Finalize' from the finalize options, then
'Next Screen'.
5 For Video mode discs only, select a title menu
style, then select 'Yes' to start finalization or 'No' to
cancel.
The menu you select will be the one that appears when
the 'top menu' is selected on any DVD player.
Finalize
• Discs recorded partially or fully on the Pioneer
DVR-7000 DVD recorder do not support this feature.
These discs will have only a text title menu when
finalized on this recorder.
6 The recorder will now start finalizing the disc.
During finalization:
• If the finalization process is going to take more than
around four minutes, you can press ENTER to cancel.
Around four minutes before completion, the option to
cancel disappears.
• How long finalization takes depends on the type of
disc, how much is recorded on the disc and the
number of titles on the disc. A disc recorded in VR
mode can take up to one hour to finalize. A disc
recorded in Video mode can take up to 20 minutes.
Note
• If the TV line system of the disc is different to the
current setting of the recorder, you will not be able to
finalize the disc. See Input Line System on page 78 for
how to change the recorder's setting.
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Initializing a DVD-RW disc

DVD-RW
When you first load a blank disc, the recorder will
initialize it automatically for recording. You can also
manually initialize DVD-RW discs.
You can initialize a disc for either Video mode recording
or VR mode recording.
Important
• Initializing a disc will erase everything recorded on it.
Make sure there is nothing on the disc that you want
to keep!
• You may not be able to re-initialize a disc in a different
format if it was originally initialized on an older DVD
recorder.
1 Press HOME MENU and select 'Disc Setup'.
2 Select 'Initialize'
Disc Setup
Basic VR Mode
Initialize Video Mode
Finalize
3 Select 'Video Mode' or 'VR Mode' from the
initialize options.
4 Select 'Start'.
It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc.
Initializing Disc
Note
• By default, the recorder initializes blank DVD-RW
discs for VR mode recording. See DVD-RW Auto Init.
on page 88 if you want to change the default to Video
mode.
• If a disc was previously finalized on an older DVD
recorder, you may not be able to re-initialize and/or
initialize it for Video mode recording.
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