Initializing Recordable Dvd Discs - Pioneer RCS-LX60D Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
• A VR mode DVD-R/-RW (excluding DVD-R DL) disc
can still be recorded and edited on this recorder even
after finalizing.
• DVD-R DL (Video mode) 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.
2 HOME MENU Select 'Disc Setup' from the Home Menu.
ENTER
3 Select 'Finalize' > 'Finalize' > 'Next Screen'.
Disc Setup
Basic Finalize
Initialize Undo Finalize
Finalize
Finalize
Optimize HDD
ENTER
4 For DVD-R/-RW (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.
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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During finalization:
• If the finalization process of a DVD-RW or DVD+R/
• You can't cancel the finalization of a VR mode DVD-R
• How long finalization takes depends on the type of

Initializing recordable DVD discs

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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 Initialize on page 90 if you
want to change the default to Video mode.
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.
• Initializing a DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM disc
• You may not be able to re-initialize a DVD-RW disc in
• Once initialized for VR mode recording, you can't re-
The recorder will now start finalizing the disc.
+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.
disc.
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. DVD-R/-RW
(Video mode) and DVD+R/+RW discs can take up to
20 minutes.
Important
will erase everything recorded on it. Make sure there
is nothing on the disc that you want to keep!
a different format if it was originally initialized on an
older DVD recorder.
initialize a DVD-R back to Video mode.
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