Optical Media Drive; Region Codes For Dvd Drive And Media; Writable Discs - Toshiba Satellite A60 User Manual

User's Manual

Optical Media drive

One of the following optical media drives is installed in the computer: CD-RW/
DVD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive, DVD-R/-RW drive, DVD +-R/+-RW drive, DVD
Super Multi drive. An ATAPI interface controller is used for CD/DVD-ROM
operation. When the computer is accessing a CD/DVD, an indicator on the drive
glows.
Region codes for DVD drives and media
CD-RW/DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD +-R/+-RW drive, DVD Super
Multi drive and media are manufactured according to the specifications of six
marketing regions. When you purchase DVD-Video, make sure it matches your
drive, otherwise it will not play properly.
Code Region
1 Canada, United States
2 Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East
3 Southeast Asia, East Asia
4 Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America,South
America,Caribbean
5 Russia, Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, Mongolia
6 China

Writable discs

This section describes the types of writable CD/DVD discs. Check the
specifications for your drive to for the type of discs it can write. Use RecordNow!
Basic for TOSHIBA to write compact discs. Refer to Chapter 4, Operating Basics.
CDs
CD-R discs can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be erased or
changed.
CD-RW discs can be recorded more than once. Use either 1, 2, or 4 multi
speed CD-RW discs or high-speed 4- to 10-speed discs. The write speed of the
ultra-speed CD-RW discs (Ultra-speed is CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive only) is
maximum 24-speed.
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