Pioneer DVR-231-S, DVR-231-AV, DVR-233-S manual Initializing a DVD-RW disc

06Recording

4 Select ‘Finalize’.

Disc

Basic	Lock Disc	Finalize
Disc	Initialize	Undo Finalize
Video	Finalize
Audio
Recording
Playback

5 Select Finalize ‘Start’.

Finalize

FinalizeStart

Undo Finalize Start

6Video mode only: All the titles on the disc are displayed.

Title Menu			01/02
	01	02		03
	06/29 TUE	06/30 WED		07/01 THU
	11:00PM	11:00PM		11:00PM
	04	05		06
	07/02 FRI	07/03 SAT		07/04 SUN
	11:00PM	11:00PM		11:00PM

7The recorder will now start finalizing the disc. during finalization:

Finalizing disc

1 min left

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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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	VR Mode
Disc	Initialize	Video Mode
Video	Finalize
Audio
Recording
Playback

4Select ‘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

1 min left

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.

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