Pioneer DVR-420H manual Disc Setup menu Initialize settings, Finalize settings, HDD Initialize

11The Disc Setup menu

Initialize settings

DVD-RW

You can initialize a DVD-RW disc for either VR mode recording 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 102).

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 DVD-RW disc on page 57 for detailed instructions.

HDD Initialize

HDD

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.

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

Disc Setup

Basic Initialize Start

Initialize

Finalize

Initialize HDD

• Select ‘Start’ to initialize.

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Finalize settings

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 56 for detailed instructions.

Undo Finalize

DVD-RW

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’.

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