Initializing Recordable Dvd Discs - Pioneer RCS-404H Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
ENTER
4 For Video mode and DVD+R/+RW 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' (or 'menu' for a DVD+R/+RW) 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.
5 The recorder will now start finalizing the disc.
During finalization:
• If the finalization process of a DVD-RW or DVD+R/
+RW disc 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.
• You can't cancel the finalization of a VR mode DVD-R
disc.
• 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. Video mode
DVD-R/-RW and DVD+R/+RW discs can take up to
20 minutes.

Initializing recordable DVD discs

DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+RW DVD-RAM
DVD-R/-RW discs can be initialized for either Video mode
recording or VR mode recording.
When you first load a blank DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc,
the recorder initializes it for recording automatically. By
default, blank DVD-RW discs are initialized for VR mode
recording. See DVD-RW Auto Init. on page 132 if you want
to change the default to Video mode.
Note
1.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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DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recordings out of
the box; if you want to use a DVD-R for VR mode
recording, you must initialize it before recording anything
on the disc.
DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can also be initialized in
order to erase the contents of the disc.
Important
• Initializing a DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM 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 DVD-RW disc in
a different format if it was originally initialized on an
older DVD recorder.
• Once initialized for VR mode recording, you can't re-
initialize a DVD-R back to Video mode.
1 Select 'Disc Setup' from the Home
HOME MENU
Menu.
ENTER
2 Select 'Initialize' > 'Video Mode', 'VR
Mode' or 'Initialize DVD+RW'.
Disc Setup
Basic VR Mode
Initialize Initialize Video Mode
Finalize Initialize DVD+RW
Optimize HDD
ENTER
3 Select 'Start'.
It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc (except
DVD-RAM discs, which can take up to 1 hour).
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