Pioneer SX-LX70SW manual Initializing recordable DVD discs, DVD-RW Auto Initialize, Dvd-Rw

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5The recorder will now start finalizing the disc. During finalization:

•If the finalization process of a DVD-RW or DVD+R/ +RW disc is going to take more than around four minutes, you can press ENTER to cancel. Around four minutes before completion, the option to cancel disappears.

•You can’t cancel the finalization of a VR mode DVD-R disc.

•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. DVD-R/-RW (Video mode) and DVD+R/+RW discs can take up to 20 minutes.

Initializing recordable DVD discs

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

DVD-R/-RW discs can be initialized for either Video mode recording or VR mode recording.1

When you first load a blank DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc, the recorder initializes it for recording automatically. By default, blank DVD-RW discs are initialized for VR mode recording. See DVD-RW Auto Initialize below if you want to change the default to Video mode.

DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recordings out of the box; if you want to use a DVD-R for VR mode recording, you must initialize it before recording anything on the disc.

DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can also be initialized in order to erase the contents of the disc.

Important

•Initializing a DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM 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 DVD-RW disc in a different format if it was originally initialized on an older DVD recorder.

•Once initialized for VR mode recording, you can’t re- initialize a DVD-R back to Video mode.

HOME

MENU

1	SETUP	Select ‘Disc Setup’ from the Home Menu.
	ENTER
2		Select ‘Initialize’ > ‘Video Mode’, ‘VR
Mode’ or ‘Initialize DVD+RW’.
	Disc Setup
	Basic	VR Mode	Start
	Initialize	Video Mode	Start
	Finalize	Initialize DVD+RW	Start
	Optimize HDD

	ENTER
3	Select ‘Start’.

It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc (except DVD-RAM discs, which can take up to an hour).

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DVD-RW Auto Initialize

DVD-RW

• Default setting: VR Mode

Initialization mode is automatically carried out when you insert a blank DVD-RW. You must set the desired initialization mode before inserting a disc.

	HOME
	MENU
1	SETUP Select ‘Disc Setup’ from the Home Menu.
	ENTER
2	Select ‘Basic’>’DVD-RW Auto Init.’, then
‘VR Mode’ or ‘Video Mode’.
	Disc Setup
	Basic	Input Disc Name	VR Mode
	Initialize	Lock Disc	Video Mode
	Finalize	DVD-RW Auto Init.
	Optimize HDD

Note

1 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.

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