Pioneer DVR-660H-S Operating Instructions - Page 49

Recording 05 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 • DVD-R DL (Video mode) discs and DVD+R DL discs must be finalized in order to play in other recorders/players. Note however that some recorders/ players will not play even finalized duallayer discs. 1 Load the disc you want to finalize. Make sure that the recorder is stopped before proceeding. HOME MENU 2 Display the Home Menu. 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. 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 107 before starting the steps below. 3 ENTER Select 'Setup' > 'Disc Setup'. 4 ENTER Select 'Finalize' > 'Finalize' > 'Next Screen'. Disc Setup Basic Initialize Finalize Optimize HDD Finalize Undo Finalize Next Screen Start 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 108 for how to do this. 5 ENTER For DVD-R/-RW (Video mode) and DVD+R/+RW discs only, select a title menu style, then select 'Yes' to start finalization or 'No' to cancel. The menu you select will be the one that appears when the 'top menu' (or 'menu' for a DVD+R/+RW) is selected on any DVD player. Finalize • A VR mode DVD-R/-RW (excluding DVD-R DL) disc can still be recorded and edited on this recorder even after finalizing. • Discs recorded partially or fully on the Pioneer DVR-7000 DVD recorder do not support this feature. These discs will have only a text title menu when finalized on this recorder. 49 En