Pioneer DVR-LX70 manual Playing your recordings on other DVD players, Finalizing a disc

05Recording

•To cancel Auto Start Recording, press  STANDBY/ON while the recorder is in standby. The AUTO indicator goes off.

•To cancel Auto Start Recording once recording has already started, press  REC for three seconds (this cancels

Auto Start Recording, but recording continues), then STOP REC to stop recording.

• You can also stop recording by pressing STOP REC then selecting Yes to

confirm.

Tip

When you finalize a DVD-R/-RW (Video mode) or DVD+R disc, a title menu is created from which you can select titles when you play the disc. There are a number of different styles of title menu to choose from to suit the content of the disc.

All the title menus are navigated in the usual

way, pressing MENU or TOP MENU to display the menu, then using the ///

followed by ENTER to select titles and start playback.

Finalizing a disc

DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW

• Alternatively, with no OSD displayed, press and hold the front panel STOP REC button for more than three seconds to switch Auto Start Recording on directly. After switching on, switch the recorder into standby.

When using the Video Control function of an external component, set the HDMI Control to Off (page 117).

Playing your recordings on other DVD players

DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW

Most regular DVD players can play finalized discs recorded in DVD-R/-RW (Video mode) and DVD+R discs. A number of players (including many Pioneer models) can also play DVD-RW discs recorded in VR mode, finalized or not. Most players will not play VR mode DVD-R discs, although some DVD-ROM drives and DVD recorders may be able to (finalization might be necessary). Check the manual that came with the player to check what kinds of discs it will play.

Finalizing ‘fixes’ the recordings on the disc so that it can be played on a regular DVD player or computer equipped with a suitable DVD-ROM drive.1

Note that the disc name will appear in the title menu after you finalize a disc. Make sure the disc name is as you want it before you finalize the disc as it can’t be changed afterwards. If you want to rename the disc, see Input Disc Name on page 102 before starting the steps below.

DVD+RW discs don’t generally need finalizing. However, if you want a title menu to appear when you play the disc, then you will need to finalize. When using a DVD+RW, you can still record and edit even after finalizing. although the title menu will disappear if you do so. Finalize the disc again to generate a new title menu.

Important

•Once you’ve finalized a DVD-R/-RW (Video mode) or DVD+R disc, you can’t edit or record anything else on that disc. However, the finalization on a DVD-RW disc maybe ‘undone’; see Undo Finalize on page 103 for how to do this.

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Note

1 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 Additional information about the TV system settings on page 119 for how to change the recorder’s

setting.