Posted by GMAN on 04/02/07 23:14

In article <7uvs03ddpfvffkrful9rcctve5j5aceo0q@4ax.com>, Ron <ron_j_mayer@hotpop.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:01:43 GMT, glenzabr@nospamhere.xmission.com
>(GMAN) wrote:
>
>
>>>>>
>>>>There has to be some sort of internal menu with a format function.
>>>
>>>There *are* internal Menu functions... one of which is
>>>"Disk Setup" ..... Manually selecting this option lets
>>>you choose to "Initialize", "Finalize" and "Undo Finalize"
>>>...... non of these functions function <S> except when a
>>>new blank DVD-RW ( or a DVD-RW that had originally
>>>been initialized by this Pioneer DVR ) is used.
>>>I've tried formatting and/or wiping using "Nero", "InCD"
>>>and "Alcohol-120%" ... but the Pioneer does not accept
>>>the 'prepaired' DVD-RWs for normal processing.
>>>these
>>>I believe a utility that gets rid of *all* TOC and all sector/
>>>formatting/finalizing info while wiping the DVD-RW would
>>>enable pre used DVD-RWs to be recordable on the
>>>Pioneer DVR.
>
>>I'm looking at page 53 of the manual right now, have you tried both VR and
>>VIDEO modes?
>
>Page 53 - About recording using "VR Mode" and "Video Mode" .....
>These work for a new blank DVD-RW but are not operational
>when a formatted or erased disk is used.
>ALL functions behave normally with *new* blanks though .....
>
When you format a DVD-RW you must specify what format you are going to use.
What i am trying to tell you is try whichever other one you havent tried yet.

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