Initializing A Dvd-Rw Disc - Pioneer DVR-231-S Operating Instructions Manual

06 Recording
4 Select 'Finalize'.
Disc
Basic
Disc
Video
Audio
Recording
Playback
5 Select Finalize 'Start'.
Finalize
Finalize
Undo Finalize
6 Video mode only: All the titles on the disc are
displayed.
Title Menu
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11:00PM
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07/02 FRI
11:00PM
7 The recorder will now start finalizing the disc.
during finalization:
Finalizing disc
Please wait a moment.
• 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.

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.
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Lock Disc Finalize
Initialize Undo Finalize
Finalize
Start
Start
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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 'Initial Setup'.
2 Press to select 'Disc'.
Initial Setup
Basic Lock Disc
Disc Initialize
Video Finalize
Audio
Recording
Playback
3 Select 'Initialize'
Disc
Basic Lock Disc
Disc Initialize
Video Finalize
Audio
Recording
Playback
4 Select 'Video Mode' or 'VR Mode' from the
initialize options.
Initialize
VR Mode Start
Video Mode Start
5 Select 'Start'.
It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc.
Initializing disc
Please wait a moment.
Note
• By default, the recorder initializes blank DVD-RW
discs for VR mode recording. See DVD-RW Auto Init.
on page 52 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.
VR Mode
Video Mode
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