Pioneer DVR-720H, DVR-520H manual Initializing a DVD-RW disc, Recording, Select ‘Start’

06Recording

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

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 98 for how to change the recorder’s setting.

Initializing a DVD-RW disc

DVD-RW

When you first load a blank disc, the recorder will initialize it automatically for recording. You can also manually initialize DVD-RW discs.

You can initialize a disc for either Video mode recording or VR mode recording.

Important

•Initializing a 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 disc in a different format if it was originally initialized on an older DVD recorder.

1Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Setup’.

2Select ‘Initialize’.

Disc Setup
Basic	VR Mode	Start
Initialize	Video Mode	Start
Finalize

Note

•By default, the recorder initializes blank DVD-RW discs for VR mode recording. See DVD-RW Auto Init. on page 108 if you want to change the default to Video mode.

•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.

3Select ‘Video Mode’ or ‘VR Mode’ from the initialize options.

4Select ‘Start’.

It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc.

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