Pioneer RCS-505H, RCS-606H manual Disc Setup menu Chapter, Basic settings, Initialize settings

The Disc Setup menu

Chapter 13

The Disc Setup menu

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From the Disc Setup menu you can name discs, lock the contents to prevent accidental recording and erasure, initialize and finalize discs. The Disc Setup menu is accessed from the Home menu:

Basic settings

Input Disc Name

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

When you initialize a disc for recording, the recorder automatically assigns a name for the disc ranging from DISC 1 to DISC 99. You can use the Input Disc Name function to change the default disc name to something more descriptive. This name appears when you load the disc and when you display disc information on-screen.

1HOME MENU Select ‘Disc Setup’ from the Home

Menu.

ENTER
2	Select ‘Basic’ > ‘Input Disc Name’ > ‘Next
Screen’.

Lock Disc

DVD (VR) DVD-RAM

• Default setting: Off

Locking the disc will prevent accidental recording, editing or erasing of the disc.

Important

•A locked disc can still be initialized (which will completely erase the disc).

1	HOME MENU Select ‘Disc Setup’ from the Home
Menu.
	ENTER
2	Select ‘Basic’ > ‘Lock disc’ then ‘On’ or
‘Off’.
	Disc Setup
	Basic	Input Disc Name	On
	Initialize	Lock Disc	Off
	Finalize
	Optimize HDD

Disc Setup

Basic	Input Disc Name	Next Screen
Initialize	Lock Disc

Finalize

Optimize HDD

	ENTER
3	Input a name for the disc.

The disc name can be up to 64 characters long for a VR mode disc, or 40 for a Video mode discs and DVD+R/ +RW.

•See Title Name on page 99 for more on navigating the input screen.

Set to On to prevent accidental recording, editing or erasing of the disc loaded. If you need to unlock the disc to make edits, select Off.

Initialize settings

DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+RW DVD-RAM

You can initialize a recordable DVD-R/-RW disc for either VR mode or Video mode recording.

The first time you load a new DVD-RW disc, it will be automatically initialized for recording according to the DVD-RW Auto Init. setting in the Initial Setup menu (see page 132).

New DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recording when you load them, but it is also possible to initialize

them for VR mode recording.1

DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can also be initialized as a way of erasing the entire disc. When initializing a DVD- RAM disc, select VR mode.

Note

1Once initialized for VR mode recording it is not possible to re-initialize the disc for Video mode recording. Also, once recorded in Video mode, the disc cannot be re-initialized for VR mode recording.

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