Pioneer RCS-505H, RCS-606H, RCS-404H manual Copying and backup Using disc backup

Copying and backup

Using disc backup

* See also Copyright on page 106.

This feature offers a simple way to make a backup copy of a finalized Video mode disc or DVD+R/+RW. The data

is copied first to the hard disk drive1, then on to another recordable DVD disc.

1HOME MENU Select ‘Copy’, then ‘Disc backup’ from the Home Menu.

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2	Select a backup option.

Start new disc back-up

Resume writing date

Erase back-up date

There are three backup options:

•Start new disc backup – Start making a backup of a disc.

•Resume writing data – Record the backup data already on the HDD to a recordable DVD.

•Erase backup data – Erase the backup data on the HDD.

3Load the disc you want to make a backup of. You can only make backup copies of finalized Video mode discs, finalized DVD+R or DVD+RW discs (excluding DVD-R DL/DVD+R DL discs).

Disc Back-up

No Disc.

Please load a disc to be backed-up.

Start Cancel

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4	Select ‘Start’.

Disc Back-up

Read from disc and save to HDD.

Start reading?

Start Cancel

5When the data has been copied, take out the disc and load a blank* recordable DVD.

* If you’re using a DVD-RW or DVD+RW, the disc doesn’t have to be blank, although the previous contents of the disc will be erased in the backup process.

Disc Back-up

Disc content saved to Hard Disk Drive. Please eject the disc and load a recordable disc

Start Cancel

You can use a DVD-R ver. 2.0 or 2.1 disc, or DVD-RW ver. 1.1 or ver. 1.2 disc for the backup.

•If you backup a DVD-R disc to DVD-RW, you cannot undo the finalization later.

•Actual recordable capacity of discs vary so there may be cases where the contents of the disc you’re backing-up will not fit on to a particular blank disc. If this happens, please try another brand of disc.

•DVD-R/-RW discs can only be backed up to DVD-R/- RW discs; DVD+R/+RW discs can only be backed up to DVD+R/+RW discs.

6Select ‘Start’ to start writing the backed-up data to the blank disc.

Disc Back-up

Write back-up data from Hard Disk Drive.

The disc contents will be overwritten.

OK to start?

Start Cancel

•To see the progress of the backup, press DISPLAY.

•You can cancel the backup process by pressing ONE TOUCH COPY for more than one second. However, this will make the disc unusable (although if you are using a DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc you can re- initialize it in order to make it usable again—see Initializing recordable DVD discs on page 85.)

7After the recorder has finished recording the backup disc, you can select whether to make another backup of the same data or exit.

Disc Back-up

Disc back-up finished.

To make another back-up copy, please load a recordable disc.

Start Cancel

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• To see the progress of the backup, press DISPLAY.	• Select Start to make another backup copy or Cancel
• You can cancel the backup process by pressing ONE	to finish. If you want to make another backup copy,
TOUCH COPY for more than one second.	return to step 6 above.

Note

1 It is not possible to play this material directly from the HDD.

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