Pioneer RCS-55 - Manual (Page 70)

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Playing your recordings on other DVD
players
Most regular DVD players can play finalized discs
recorded in Video mode. A number of players (including
many Pioneer models) can also play DVD-RW discs
recorded in VR mode, finalized or not. Check the manual
that came with the player to check what kinds of discs it
will play.
When you finalize a Video mode disc, a title menu is
created from which you can select titles when you play
the disc. These menus are navigated in the usual way,
pressing
DVD MENU or TOP MENU to display the menu,
then using the / / / (cursor buttons) followed by
ENTER to select titles and start playback.
Finalizing a disc
Finalizing ‘fixes’ the recordings in place so that the disc
can be played on a regular DVD player or computer
equipped with a suitable DVD-ROM drive.
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 82 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 ‘Initial Setup’.
3 Press to select ‘Disc’.
4 Select ‘Finalize’.
5 Select Finalize ‘Start’.
6 Video mode only: All the titles on the disc are
displayed.
7 The recorder will now start finalizing the disc.
during finalization:
• 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.
VR mode Video mode
VR mode Video mode
Basic
Disc
Video
Audio
Recording
Playback
Lock Disc
Initialize
Finalize
Initial Setup
Disc
Basic
Disc
Video
Audio
Recording
Playback
Lock Disc Finalize
Undo Finalize Initialize
Finalize
Finalize
Finalize
Undo Finalize
Start
Start
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SAT 03/07
11:00 SUN 04/07
11:00 FRI 02/07
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Finalizing
Please wait a moment.
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