Playing your recordings on other DVD players

05Recording

Frequently Asked Questions

•I can’t get my DV camcorder to work with the recorder!

Check that the DV cable is properly connected. Also make sure that what you’re trying to record is not copy-protected.

If it still doesn’t work, try switching off the camcorder then switch back on.

•There’s a picture, but no sound!

Try switching the DV Input setting (see DV Input on page 70) between Stereo 1 and Stereo 2.1

Important

•Once you’ve finalized a disc recorded in Video mode, you can’t edit or record anything else on that disc. However, the finalization on a DVD-RW disc maybe ‘undone’; see Undo Finalize on page 64 for how to do this.

•A VR mode disc can still be recorded and edited on this recorder even after finalizing.

1Load the disc you want to finalize. Make sure that the recorder is stopped before proceeding.

2Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Setup’.

3Select ‘Finalize’.

Playing your recordings on other DVD players

VR mode Video mode

Most regular DVD players can play finalized discs recorded in Video mode. A number of players (including many Pioneer models) can also play DVD-RW discs recorded in VR mode, finalized or not. Most players will not play VR mode DVD-R discs, although some DVD- ROM drives and DVD recorders may be able to (finalization might be necessary). Check the manual that came with the player to check what kinds of discs it will play.

When you finalize a Video mode disc, a title menu is created from which you can select titles when you play the disc. There are a number of different styles of title menu to choose from to suit the content of the disc.

All the title menus are navigated in the usual way, pressing MENU or TOP MENU to display the menu, then

using thefollowed by ENTER to select titles and start playback.

Finalizing a disc

VR mode Video mode

Disc Setup
Basic	Finalize	Next Screen
Initialize	Undo Finalize	Start
Finalize

4Select ‘Finalize’ from the finalize options, then ‘Next Screen’.

5For Video mode 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’ is selected on any DVD player.

Finalize

TITLE MENU

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.

Note that the disc name will appear in the title menu after you finalize a disc. Make sure the disc name is as you want it before you finalize the disc as it can’t be changed afterwards. If you want to rename the disc, see Input Disc Name on page 63 before starting the steps below.

•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.

6The recorder will now start finalizing the disc. During finalization:

•If the finalization process of a DVD-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.

Note

1.If the audio subcode on the DV tape cannot be read correctly, the audio type will not switch automatically. You can switch the audio manually from the External Audio setting (page 70).