Cannot Set Burn Speed in Disk Utility

Hi all,
It's been so long since I posted a question (years), I had to redo my settings and start over! Anyway I plan to make multiple DVDs from an FCE project of my daughters soccer season. I've done this in the past and make about 20 per season, but had trouble making then all work using iDVD'06. (Made alot of coasters.) I use Maxell or Verbatim DVD-R both at 16X. Then I was reading here about making it a disk image and then burning it at 4x with Disk Utility. I tried a test of an existing disk image file I made, but the speed option is 'grayed out' for some reason. Not sure why it is not selectable. I did the following:
1. Opened Disk Utility
2. Clicked on the .img or .dmg file
3. Clicked the Burn icon
4. A new window dropped down and I inserted a DVD-R
5. Clicked the 'Close' button
6. The speed selection is 'grayed out' but the 'Test Only' radio box was available
7. Hover my mouse over the 'grayed out' selection and it says 'Select a slower speed to work around burn failures', but I can't
Appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Rod

Yes, you can set the burn speed in the iDVD '08 Preferences (finally).
I just can figure out what your problem is with Disk Utility - it's probably something simple we are overlooking.
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You are CERTAIN that the DVD you tried had not already been burned to?
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