Pioneer PDR-609 operating instructions Finalizing a disc, Getting started, Press 8 6 on the front

Getting started

Finalizing a disc

Before you can play a CD-R on an ordinary CD player, the disc must go through a process called finalization. Once finalized, a CD-R disc is no longer recordable, nor will you be able to set or clear skip IDs. Finalization is not reversible for CD-Rs so be absolutely sure that everything on the disc is the way you want it before you start.

CD-RW discs can also be finalized, although you can still erase the disc afterward and reuse it, so it's not anything like as final as it is with a CD-R disc. A finalized CD-RW disc can only be played on a CD player that is compatible with CD- RW discs (at present, these are very few).

Caution!

Finalization takes a couple of minutes. During this time never switch off the power to the unit—the disc may become unusable as a result.

1Load the CD-R or CD-RW you want to finalize.

Check that the disc is free from dust, dirt and scratches—if necessary, clean the disc, following the guidelines on page 8.

2Press FINALIZE.

The FINALIZE indicator lights.

2	After a short while you should see a display
	something like this:

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SCROLL TIME MONITOR

ERASE	FINALIZE
	The display shows how long finalization
	will take—the exact time taken depends
	on the disc.

3		Press 7here to cancel finalization.
REC LEVEL	REC LEVEL	3 Press 8 (6 on the front
DIGITAL	ANALOG
		panel) to start finalization.

PUSH ENTER	Finalization takes about two minutes;
TEXT
ANALOG
L REC BALANCE R
SYNCHRO	you'll see how long there is still to go in
CD TEXT Legato Link Conversion	the display. The player stops when finished.
	For a CD-R, the CD-R indicator now
	changes to simply CD.

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For a CD-RW, the finalize indicator lights in the display.

None of the controls on the player or the remote have any effect during finalization. If, however, the recorder hasn't managed to finalize the disc within 10 minutes, you can abort the operation by pressing 7. If you do this, the disc won't be playable on an ordinary CD player.

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