Wont let me into disc settings to finalize the disc! HELP

,THATS GOOD NEWS. cheers,,. u don't mention what recorder u r using when u put the tdk-R IN,,, DOES IT TELL U TO format the disc ???????? if it does and u don't format it will not record on disc Hi again if u wa?t to use RW rewritable disc's then u don't have to finalize them to play on other DVD players u can buy rw disc's on ON. E/EBAY Cheers.,..,..,...., try another brand of disc like TDK .THEY R GOOD ..when u have recorded a movie go into youre menu and find FINALIZE ..when u have finalized the disc it will play on most dvd players good luck

if the movie you recorded ? was copy protected. then your dvd prob did not record

You must Finalize the Discs to Play on other machines !

Which specific model of DVD recorder do you have? You need to finalize the disc on the unit that wrote the files/movie to disc. For the Toshiba DR570KU, press Setup on the remote. Then enter the DVD menu (use the up/down arrows to navigate and then press Enter). Select Finalize and then press Enter. Highlight Yes when asked to confirm the finalization step and then press Enter again. Wait for the recorder to finish the process (it will take several minutes). Note: you need to leave some space on the disc for the finalization data to be added to it.

You can also set the unit to auto-finalize when the disc is full or a timed recording ends. For the second item, you will not be able to add content to the disc if a short program was recorded unless you use a rewritable DVD. (Then you would will need to unfinalize the disc. See the manual.) This is accessed from the General Settings menu from the Setup button. Go to Recordings and then select the Auto Finalize setting. Select when you want the disc to finalize and then turn ON the feature. Press Setup to exit the menu.

The manual for the DR570 is available under the User's Guide tab here: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=SB&os=&category=&moid=2805105&rpn=undefined&modelFilter=DR570KU&selCategory=2797338&selFamily=2797342 . Toshiba has the manuals to most of their products here: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp .

Please add a comment with the specifics of your recorder for more information. I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

U can't get rid of their patended codes sorry,but u can bypass their patended codes by recoppying it all over again with a computer with a movies coppying software by buy an install software on your computer for recoppying it all over again,than u can play into any DVD player u want.

click the set up button on your remote, then click on disc set up, and then finalize disc. it takes a while to finalize.

Just record the shows to the hdd and when your there then burn the shows into the dvd from the hdd.the dvd is pretty small it wont hold many shows.

to clear "error 14", press the "display" button on the remote control - this has worked every time my toshiba has an error 14 message