Pioneer DVR-660H-S Operating Instructions - Page 50

05 Recording 6 The recorder will now start finalizing the disc. During finalization: • If the finalization process of a 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 DVD+R/+RW 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 on page 51 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 Display the Home Menu. 2 ENTER Select 'Setup' > 'Disc Setup'. 3 ENTER Select 'Initialize' > 'Video Mode', 'VR Mode' or 'Initialize DVD+RW'. Disc Setup Basic Initialize Finalize Optimize HDD VR Mode Video Mode Initialize DVD+RW Start Start Start 4 ENTER Select 'Start'. It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc (except DVD-RAM discs, which can take up to an hour). Initializing Disc 2ch 1 min left Note 50 En 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.