About Discs - Panasonic CF-73 Series Reference Manual

CD Drive

About Discs

Software Preparation (first time only)
Cleaning
We recommend cleaning the drive with an air puffer used for camera lenses.
(Do not use any spray-type of lens cleaning products.)
Do not use any discs that have become deformed, warped, or are not completely round.
Depending on the condition (record quality, a crack, dirt, modification, copy protection,
etc.) of a disc, it may not be possible to be read it correctly.
Windows 2000
Reading DVD-RAM discs on the CD drive
• Only data written on a disc formatted using UDF 1.5 can be treated as a file by Windows
Explorer.
• Any disc in the UDF 2.0 format recorded by a DVD recorder can be played using the
"WinDVD" program. (⇒Operating Instructions "WinDVD")
The following setting has been made at the time of purchase.
Windows XP
Confirm that [Transfer Mode] is set to [DMA if available] in [Start] - [Control Panel] -
[Performance and Maintenance] - [System] - [Hardware] - [Device Manager] - [IDE ATA/ATAPI
controllers] - [Secondary IDE Channel] - [Advanced Settings] - [Device 0].
Windows 2000
Confirm that [Transfer Mode] is set to [DMA if available] in [Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel]
- [System] - [Hardware] - [Device Manager] - [IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers] - [Secondary IDE
Channel] - [Advanced Settings] - [Device 0].
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