Pioneer DVR-640H-S Owner's Manual - Page 51

Recording 05 • 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. Video mode DVD-R/-RW and DVD+R/+RW discs can take up to 20 minutes. Initializing recordable DVD discs 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 Select 'Disc Setup' from the Home Menu. 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 Init. on page 115 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. ENTER 2 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 ENTER 3 Select 'Start'. It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc (except DVD-RAM discs, which can take up to 1 hour). Initializing Disc 2 ch 1 min left Important • Initializing a DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM disc will erase everything recorded on it. Make sure there is 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. 51 En