Pioneer DVR-530H-S manual Disc Setup menu Initialize settings, Finalize settings1, Optimize HDD

11The Disc Setup menu

Initialize settings

DVD-R DVD-RW

You can initialize a recordable DVD disc for either VR mode or Video mode recording.

The first time you load a new DVD-RW disc, it will be automatically initialized for recording according to the DVD-RW Auto Init. setting in the Initial Setup menu (see page 96).

New DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recording when you load them, but it is also possible to initialize them for VR mode recording.

The initialize menu here lets you reinitialize a disc, for example if you want to change the recording format of the disc. See Initializing a recordable DVD disc on page 49 for detailed instructions.

Finalize settings1

Finalize

DVD-R DVD-RW

Finalizing ‘fixes’ the recordings in place so that the disc can be played on a regular DVD player or computer equipped with a suitable DVD-ROM drive.

See Playing your recordings on other DVD players on page 48 for detailed instructions.

Optimize HDD

HDD

You’ll see a message appear on-screen recommending you optimize the HDD.

As you record, erase and edit recordings, the HDD file system gradually becomes fragmented. Periodically, the HDD will need optimizing to ‘clean up’ all the fragmented files.

Important

• Optimizing the HDD can take as long as eight hours. During optimization, playback and recording are not possible.

• Canceling optimization mid-way does not undo the optimization already done, so the HDD will be partly optimized.

1 Select ‘Optimize HDD’ from the disc Setup menu.

Disc Setup
Basic	Start Optimization	Start
Initialize
Finalize
Optimize HDD

2 Select ‘Start’ to optimize.

A progress bar indicates how long there is left to go.

Undo Finalize

Initialize HDD

DVD-RW

HDD

You can undo the finalization on DVD-RW discs recorded on this recorder in Video mode. You need to do this if you want to record more material or edit material already on the disc.

You can also undo the finalization of VR mode discs which have been finalized on other DVD recorders. If when you load a disc the message This disc cannot be recorded. Undo the finalization is displayed, use this command to be able to record on the disc using this recorder.

1From the Disc Setup menu, select ‘Finalize’, then ‘Undo Finalize’ from the finalize options.

2Select ‘Start’.

When your DVD recorder is working without a problem this option is not visible in the Disc Setup menu. However, if the HDD file system becomes corrupted for some reason, you initialize the HDD to fix the problem. Note that initializing the HDD will erase all the data on it.

1 Select ‘Initialize HDD’ from the disc Setup menu.

Disc Setup
Basic	Initialize	Start
Initialize
Finalize
OptIni ializemi HDD

2 Select ‘Start’ to initialize.

Note

1.You cannot finalize a disc or use the Undo Finalize command if the TV line system of the disc is different to the current setting of the recorder. See Additional information about the TV system settings on page 98 for how to change the recorder’s setting.

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