Pioneer DVR-520H-S Owner's Manual - Page 57

Recording 06 Important • Once you've finalized a disc recorded in Video mode, 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 90 for how to do this. • A VR mode disc can still be recorded and edited on this recorder even after finalizing. 1 Load the disc you want to finalize. Make sure that the recorder is stopped before proceeding. 2 Press HOME MENU and select 'Disc Setup'. 3 Select 'Finalize'. Disc Setup Basic Initialize Finalize Finalize Undo Finalize Next Screen Start 4 Select 'Finalize' from the finalize options, then 'Next Screen'. 5 For Video mode 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' is selected on any DVD player. Finalize TITLE MENU TITLE MENU • 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. A disc recorded in Video mode can take up to 20 minutes. Initializing a DVD-RW disc DVD-RW When you first load a blank disc, the recorder will initialize it automatically for recording. You can also manually initialize DVD-RW discs. You can initialize a disc for either Video mode recording or VR mode recording. Important • Initializing a 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 disc in a different format if it was originally initialized on an older DVD recorder. 1 Press HOME MENU and select 'Disc Setup'. 2 Select 'Initialize' Disc Setup Basic Initialize Finalize VR Mode Video Mode Start Start • 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. 6 The recorder will now start finalizing the disc. During finalization: • If the finalization process 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. 3 Select 'Video Mode' or 'VR Mode' from the initialize options. 4 Select 'Start'. It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc. Initializing Disc 2ch 1 min left Note • By default, the recorder initializes blank DVD-RW discs for VR mode recording. See DVD-RW Auto Init. on page 102 if you want to change the default to Video mode. • 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. 57 En