Posted by Ron on 04/03/07 21:13

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:32:50 +0200, Jan B <nospam@nospam.se> wrote:

>On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:14:33 GMT, glenzabr@nospamhere.xmission.com
>(GMAN) wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>The OP reports that the Pioneer does not allow these discs to be
>erased.
>
>What the OP would need is either:
>* A way on the Pioneer stand-alone recorder to FORCE an erase. This is
>because the discs that has been "erased" on the PC is not seen as
>blanks/new/totally erased discs by the recorder. I have a similar
>symptom with PC erased discs on my Philips recorder, but my recorder
>lets my erase these discs "containing unkown data".
>
>* A program on the PC that could TOTALLY erase a disc, or at least
>erase the essential part that the recorders look at to determine if it
>is a blank disc or not.
>
>/Jan

Exactly! ..... :-)
"DVDInfo Pro" says the format type done by the Pioneer
recorder have the "UF 1.02" specification..... this format
option is not provided by "InCD" ...... Am looking for a
formatting utility that does UDF 1.02 ..... haven't found
one yet .....

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