Pioneer DVR-540H-S Operating Instructions Manual

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The Disc Setup menu12104EnSet to On to prevent accidental recording,editing or erasing of the disc loaded. If youneed to unlock the disc to make edits, selectOff.Initialize settingsYou can initialize a recordable DVD-R/-RWdisc for either VR mode or Video moderecording.The first time you load a new DVD-RW disc,it will be automatically initialized forrecording according to the DVD-RW AutoInit. setting in the Initial Setup menu (seepage 115).New DVD-R discs are ready for Video moderecording when you load them, but it is alsopossible to initialize them for VR moderecording. 1DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can also beinitialized as a way of erasing the entire disc.When initializing a DVD-RAM disc, select VRmode.See Initializing recordable DVD discs onpage 51 for detailed instructions.Finalize settingsFinalizeFinalizing ‘fixes’ the recordings in place sothat the disc can be played on a regular DVDplayer or computer equipped with a suitableDVD-ROM drive.It is also possible to finalize DVD+RW discs.This is only necessary if you want to a playerto display a title menu for the disc.See Playing your recordings on other DVDplayers on page 49 for detailed instructions.Undo FinalizeYou can undo the finalization on DVD-RWdiscs recorded on this recorder in Videomode. You need to do this if you want torecord more material or edit material alreadyon the disc.You can also undo the finalization of VRmode discs which have been finalized onother DVD recorders. If when you load a discthe message This disc cannot be recorded.Undo the finalization is displayed, use thiscommand to be able to record on the discusing this recorder.1 Select ‘Disc Setup’ from theHome Menu.2 Select ‘Finalize’ > ‘UndoFinalize’ then ‘Start’.Note1 Once initialized for VR mode recording it is not possible to re-initialize the disc for Video mode recording. Also,once recorded in Video mode, the disc cannot be re-initialized for VR mode recording.DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+RW DVD-RAMDVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RWDVD-RWHOME MENUENTER