Pioneer DVR-650H-K DVD-RW Auto Initialize, Select ‘Disc Setup’ from the Home Menu, Dvd-Rw

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

Important

•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.

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
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	ENTER
3	Select ‘Start’.

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

Initializing Disc	2ch
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DVD-RW Auto Initialize

DVD-RW

• Default setting: VR Mode

Initialization mode is automatically carried out when you insert a blank DVD-RW. You must set the desired initialization mode before inserting a disc.

HOME MENU

1 Select ‘Disc Setup’ from the Home Menu.

ENTER

2 Select ‘Basic’>’DVD-RW Auto Init.’, then ‘VR Mode’ or ‘Video Mode’.

Disc Setup
Basic	Input Disc Name	VR Mode
Initialize	Lock Disc	Video Mode
Finalize	DVD-RW Auto Init.
Optimize HDD

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