Pioneer DVR-3100 operating instructions Recording Recording from the DV output, Finalizing a disc

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Recording from the DV output

VR mode Video mode

You can record non-copy-protected material from a DVD to a camcorder connected to the DV IN/OUT jack.

1Connect the camcorder to the DV IN/OUT jack of this recorder.

2Find the place you want to start recording from.

3Start recording on the camcorder.

4Play the source material.

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. 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 the(cursor buttons) followed by ENTER to select titles and start playback.

Finalizing a disc

VR mode Video mode

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 70 before starting the steps below.

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 71 for how to do this.

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•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’.

Disc Setup
Basic	Finalize	Start
Initialize	Undo Finalize	Start
Finalize

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

The recorder starts finalizing the disc.

•If the finalization process is going to take more than around 4 minutes, you can press ENTER to cancel. Around 4 minutes before completion, the option to cancel disappears.

•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 1 hour to finalize. A disc recorded in Video mode can take up to 20 minutes.

5For Video mode discs only, select a title menu style.

The menu you select will be the one that appears when the ‘top menu’ is selected on any DVD player.

Finalize

TITLE MENU TITLE MENU

•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

•If the TV line system of the disc is different to the current setting of the recorder, you will not be able to finalize the disc. See Input Line System on page 76 for

how to change the recorder’s setting.

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