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Before You Start
Important information before
you start
Please take a few minutes to read through this
section before reading on through the manual.
How are DVD-R and DVD-RW discs
different?
The essential difference between DVD-R and
DVD-RW is that DVD-R is a record-once medium,
while DVD-RW is a re-recordable/erasable
medium. You can re-record/erase a DVD-RW disc
approximately 1,000 times.
Can I play my recordable discs in a
regular DVD player?
Generally, DVD-R discs and DVD-RW discs
recorded in Video mode are playable in a regular
DVD player, but they must be ‘finalized’ first. This
process fixes the contents of the disc to make
them readable to other DVD players as DVD-
Video discs.
DVD-RW discs recorded in VR (Video Recording)
mode are playable in some players.
This indicates a product feature that is
capable of playing DVD-RW discs recorded with
Video Recording format.
What are ‘recording modes’?
There are two recording modes available using
this recorder: VR mode and Video mode. When
recording to a DVD-R disc, recordings are always
in Video mode. DVD-RW discs can be formatted
for VR mode recording or Video mode recording.
VR mode recording
• Standard Play (
SP
) or Manual (
MN
) modes
• 32 different picture quality/recording time settings
available in
MN
mode
• Not playable on regular DVD players
• Recordings can be extensively edited
Video mode recording
• 2 picture quality/recording time settings (
V1
and
V2
)
• Playable on regular DVD players (after finalizing)
• Limited editing features
Many functions of this recorder are dependent
on the recording mode. One or more of the
following symbols appear by each function
explained in this manual so that you can see at a
glance whether it’s relevant for the disc loaded.
You can find more information on disc formats,
recording modes and record settings on
page 38
.
DVD-Video format (Video mode) is a new format for
recording on DVD-R/RW discs that was approved by
the DVD Forum in 2000. You may therefore experience
problems playng recordable DVD discs in some
players. Symptoms include video artifacts, audio and/
or video dropouts and playback suddenly stopping.
Pioneer cannot tacke responsibility for problems
playing discs recorded in this recorder in other players.
Is editing a DVD like editing a video
tape?
No. When you edit a video tape you need one
video deck to play the original tape and another
to record the edits. With DVD, you edit by
making a ‘Playlist’ of what to play and when to
play it. On playback, the recorder plays the disc
according to the Playlist.
Original
Title 1
Playlist
Title 2
Title 1
Title 3
Title 2
Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Summary of Contents for DVR-7000
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