Set to On to prevent accidental recording, editing or erasing of the disc loaded. If you need to unlock the disc to make edits, select Off.
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. It is also possible to finalize DVD+RW discs. This is only necessary if you want to a player to display a title menu for the disc. See Playing your recordings on other DVD players on page 64 for detailed instructions.
Initialize settings
DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+RW DVD-RAM
You can initialize a recordable DVD-R/-RW disc for either VR mode or Video mode recording. The first time you load a new DVD-RW disc, it will be automatically initialized for recording according to the DVD-RW Auto Init. setting in the Initial Setup menu (see page 124). New DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recording when you load them, but it is also possible to initialize them for VR mode recording.1 DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can also be initialized as a way of erasing the entire disc. When initializing a DVD-RAM disc, select VR mode. See Initializing recordable DVD discs on page 66 for detailed instructions.
Undo Finalize
DVD-RW
You can undo the finalization on DVD-RW discs recorded on this recorder in Video mode. You need to do this if you want to record more material or edit material already on the disc. You can also undo the finalization of VR mode discs which have been finalized on other DVD recorders. If when you load a disc the message This disc cannot be recorded. Undo the finalization is displayed, use this command to be able to record on the disc using this recorder.
HOME MENU
1 Select �Disc Setup� from the Home Menu.
ENTER
2 Select �Finalize� > �Undo Finalize� then �Start�.
Note 1 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.
