Pioneer DVR-541H-S Operating Instructions Manual page 50

Recording
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• Video mode DVD-R DL discs and
DVD+R DL discs must be finalized in
order to play in other recorders/players.
Note however that some recorders/
players will not play even finalized dual-
layer discs.
1 Load the disc you want to finalize.
Make sure that the recorder is stopped
before proceeding.
HOME
MENU
2 Select 'Disc Setup' from the
Home Menu.
ENTER
3 Select 'Finalize' > 'Finalize' >
'Next Screen'.
Disc Setup
Basic Finalize
Initialize Undo Finalize
Finalize
Finalize
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En
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+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.
• Discs recorded partially or fully on the
Next Screen
Start
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the disc.
During finalization:
• If the finalization process of a DVD-RW
• You can't cancel the finalization of a VR
• How long finalization takes depends on
ENTER
For Video mode and DVD+R/
Finalize
Pioneer DVR-7000 DVD recorder do not
support this feature. These discs will
have only a text title menu when finalized
on this recorder.
The recorder will now start finalizing
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.
mode DVD-R disc.
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.