The Disc Setup menu

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Chapter 9

The Disc Setup menu

Introduction

From the Disc Setup menu you can name discs, lock the contents to prevent accidental recording and erasure, initialize and finalize discs. The Disc Setup menu is accessed from the Home menu:

Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Setup’.

Basic settings

• Use the

buttons to change the cursor

position.

 

Select CAPS or small to change to upper or lower- case, or use the CASE SELECTION buttons (

).

You can also use the CLEAR button to delete characters directly (press and hold for two seconds to delete the whole name). For other remote control key shortcuts, see Using the remote key shortcuts to input a name on page 56.

For discs formatted on a different DVD recorder, you will see only a limited character set.

Input Disc Name

VR mode Video mode

When you initialize a disc for recording, the recorder automatically assigns a name for the disc ranging from DISC 1 to DISC 99. You can use the Input Disc Name

function1 to change the default disc name to something more descriptive. This name appears when you load the disc and when you display disc information on-screen.

1Select ‘Input Disc Name’ from the Basic options, then ‘Next Screen’.

Disc Setup

 

 

Basic

Input Disc Name

Next Screen

Initialize

Lock Disc

 

Finalize

 

 

2Input a name for the disc up to 64 characters long for a VR mode disc, or 40 for a Video mode disc.

Input Disc Name

DISC7

CAPS

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N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ( ) : ;

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 < = > _ &

 

 

 

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3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OK

 

 

 

Clear

 

 

 

Space

 

Lock Disc

VR mode

• Default setting: Off

Disc Setup

 

 

Basic

Input Disc Name

On

Initialize

Lock Disc

Off

Finalize

 

 

Set to On to prevent accidental recording, editing or

erasing of the disc loaded2. If you need to unlock the disc to make edits, select Off.

Important

A locked disc can still be initialized (which will completely erase the disc).

• Use the

and ENTER to select characters.

Note

1.You cannot input a name for a disc 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 74 for how to change the recorder’s setting.

2.You cannot change the lock setting for a disc 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 74 for how to change the recorder’s setting.

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Pioneer DVR-310, DVR-330-S, DVR-7000 manual Disc Setup menu Chapter, Basic settings, Input Disc Name, Lock Disc

DVR-330-S, DVR-310, DVR-7000 specifications

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