Posted by GMAN on 03/30/07 22:03

In article <fvrq035iunva0br7n6mf471kh1fjjuir7b@4ax.com>, Ron <ron_j_mayer@hotpop.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:04:51 GMT, Stan <srs666@despammed.com> wrote:
>
>>Ron <ron_j_mayer@hotpop.com> wrote in
>>news:fumq03lnb815arohj5pgoeajr4p39m2a17@4ax.com:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi! .....
>>> My "Pioneer" 'DVR-310' DVD Recorder accepts
>>> and records to "DVD-R" and "DVD-RW" disks
>>> provided they are brand new *blanks*.
>>> It, however, rejects used DVD-RW disks if
>>> they have been used to record computer data,
>>> movies or anything else on another computer
>>> or DVD recorder earlier.
>>Doesn't the Pioneer have a built-in function to erase or format RW disks?
>
>No, it does not have either "erase" or "format" functions.
>What it does when you put in a new *blank* DVD-RW is
>to "auto initialize" the blank DVD-RW media. Once the
>Pioneer Digital Video Recorder has done this, ther are
>many editing functions that can be selected to delete,
>rename, (etc) your video clips...... then, when the media
>is nearly full, you can "finalize" it and you have your
>completed DVD.
>
There has to be some sort of internal menu with a format function.

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