Pioneer DVR-RT300 manual Protect Disc, Undo Finalize

04Getting started

FINALIZE

To play a DVD disc recorded on this unit you must finalize the disc to insure compatibility with other DVD players. In addition if you are using a DVD-RW disc you must record in Video mode.

When “FINALIZE” is selected, the screen below will appear.

FINALIZE

START CANCEL

•When you select “START” and press ENTER, final- ization will start. The screen below will appear.

FINALIZING

PLEASE WAIT

•When you select “CANCEL” and press ENTER, the DISC SETUP screen will appear.

Note

•During the finalization the cursor will move repeatedly. When the finalization finished, “DISC FINALIZED” will appear.

•The finalization process may require a few minutes to about 1 hour according to disc type or the amount of free space on the disc.

•You can record or edit a finalized DVD-RW (in VR mode) by cancelling the finalizing, but you cannot do these operations with a DVD-RW (Video mode), or with a DVD-R.

•For a DVD-RW (in VR mode) which was finalized by another unit, you can record or edit on this unit by cancelling the finalization.

•You cannot playback a disc recorded on VR mode on a unit that does not support DVD-RW.

•Even if you finalize a disc in the Video mode, the disc cannot be played back in some DVD players.

•A DVD-R disc cannot be named after it is finalized.

PROTECT DISC

You can protect a disc to prevent the content recorded on it from being erased, edited or re-recorded.

Only DVD-RW (in VR mode) can be protected.

Select “PROTECT DISC” and select “ON” to protect the disc.

To cancel the disc protection, select “OFF”.

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UNDO FINALIZE

You can cancel the finalization of a finalized DVD-RW (in VR mode).

You cannot cancel the finalization for discs other than above. You can record or edit on a disc whose finaliza- tion has been cancelled.

Select “UNDO FINALIZE”, and the screen below will appear.

UNDO FINALIZE

START CANCEL

•When you select “START” and press ENTER, the cancelling finalization will start. The screen below will appear.

UNFINALIZING

PLEASE WAIT

•When you select “CANCEL” and press ENTER, the DISC SETUP screen will appear.

Note

•During the cancelling finalization the cursor will move repeatedly.

•The cancelling finalization process may require a few minutes to about 1 hour according to disc type or the amount of free space on the disc.

•When the disc’s finalization cannot be cancelled, you cannot select “UNDO FINALIZE”.

You can turn the display window and screen display “ON” or “OFF”.

Preparation:

•Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.

•Select “OTHER” from “SYSTEM SETUP”. For the procedure, see steps 1 to 3 in “Using the SETUP MENU” on page 23.

SETUP MENU

TIMER REC SET				LANGUAGEOTHER
SYSTEM SETUP				PARENTAL	AUTOMATIC
		DIMMER
AV SETUP		DISPLAY/CALLCLOCK				ON
REC SETUP				DISC SETUP
CH SETUP				OTHER
OTHER
	SELECT
ENTER/	ENTER		RETURN	BACK	SETUP	END
SELECT

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