The Disc Setup menu
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Initialize settings
You can initialize a
r
eco
r
dable DVD-R/-RW
disc fo
r
eithe
r
VR mode o
r
Video mode
r
eco
r
ding.
The fi
r
st time you load a new DVD-RW disc,
it will be automatically initialized fo
r
r
eco
r
ding acco
r
ding to the DVD-RW Auto
Init. setting in the Disc Setu
p
menu (see
p
age 74).
New DVD-R discs a
r
e
r
eady fo
r
Video mode
r
eco
r
ding when you load them, but it is also
p
ossible to initialize them fo
r
VR mode
r
eco
r
ding.
1
DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can also be
initialized as a way of e
r
asing the enti
r
e disc.
When initializing a DVD-RAM disc, select VR
mode.
See
Initializing recordable DVD discs
on
p
age 73 fo
r
detailed inst
r
uctions.
Finalize settings
Finalize
Finalizing ‘fixes’ the
r
eco
r
dings in
p
lace so
that the disc can be
p
layed on a
r
egula
r
DVD
p
laye
r
o
r
com
p
ute
r
equi
pp
ed with a suitable
DVD-ROM d
r
ive.
It is also
p
ossible to finalize DVD+RW discs.
This is only necessa
r
y if you want the DVD
p
laye
r
to dis
p
lay the title menu fo
r
the disc.
See
Playing your recordings on other DVD
players
on
p
age 72 fo
r
detailed inst
r
uctions.
Undo Finalize
You can undo the finalization on DVD-RW
discs
r
eco
r
ded on this
r
eco
r
de
r
in Video
mode. You need to do this if you want to
r
eco
r
d mo
r
e mate
r
ial o
r
edit mate
r
ial al
r
eady
on the disc.
You can also undo the finalization of VR
mode discs which have been finalized on
othe
r
DVD
r
eco
r
de
r
s. If when you load a disc
the message
This disc cannot be recorded.
Undo the finalization.
is dis
p
layed, use this
command to be able to
r
eco
r
d on the disc
using this
r
eco
r
de
r
.
1
Display the Home Menu.
2
Select ‘Setup’ > ‘Disc Setup’.
3
Select ‘Finalize’ > ‘Undo
Finalize’ then ‘Start’.
Optimize HDD
As you
r
eco
r
d, e
r
ase and edit
r
eco
r
dings, the
HDD file system g
r
adually becomes
f
r
agmented. Pe
r
iodically, the HDD will need
o
p
timizing to ‘clean u
p
’ all the f
r
agmented
files.
When the HDD needs o
p
timizing the
r
eco
r
de
r
will automatically dis
p
lay a
message
r
ecommending o
p
timization.
Important
• O
p
timizing the HDD can take u
p
to eight
hou
r
s to com
p
lete. Du
r
ing o
p
timization,
p
layback and
r
eco
r
ding a
r
e not
p
ossible.
• Cancelling o
p
timization mid-way does
not undo the o
p
timization al
r
eady done,
so the HDD will be
p
a
r
tly o
p
timized.
Note
1 Once initialized fo
r
VR mode
r
eco
r
ding it is not
p
ossible to
r
e-initialize the disc fo
r
Video mode
r
eco
r
ding. Also,
once
r
eco
r
ded in Video mode, the disc cannot be
r
e-initialized fo
r
VR mode
r
eco
r
ding.
DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+RW DVD-RAM
DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW
DVD-RW
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