Pioneer DVR-640H-S manual Recording Initializing recordable DVD discs, Dvd-R Dvd-Rw Dvd+Rw Dvd-Ram

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Initializing recordable DVD discs

DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+RW DVD-RAM

DVD-R/-RW discs can be initialized for either Video mode recording or VR mode

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When you first load a blank DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc, the recorder initializes it for recording automatically. By default, blank DVD-RW discs are initialized for VR mode recording. See DVD-RW Auto Init. on

page 117 if you want to change the default to Video mode.

DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recordings out of the box; if you want to use a DVD-R for VR mode recording, you must initialize it before recording anything on the disc.

DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can also be initialized in order to erase the contents of the disc.

Important

HOME

MENU

1 Select ‘Disc Setup’ from the Home Menu.

	ENTER
2	Select ‘Initialize’ > ‘Video

Mode’, ‘VR Mode’ or ‘Initialize DVD+RW’.

Disc Setup
Basic	VR Mode	Start
Initialize	Video Mode	Start
Finalize	Initialize DVD+RW	Start
Optimize HDD

	ENTER
3	Select ‘Start’.

It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc (except DVD-RAM discs, which can take up to 1 hour).

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•Initializing a DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM 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 DVD-RW disc in a different format if it was originally initialized on an older DVD recorder.

•Once initialized for VR mode recording, you can’t re-initialize a DVD-R back to Video mode.

Note

1 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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