Optical Disc Drive - Toshiba Satellite A200 Series User Manual

Optical Disc drive

The computer will have a single layer or dual layer DVD Super Multi drive or
HD DVD drive supporting ±R Double Layer depending on its configuration.
An ATAPI interface controller is used for the operation of these optical drives.
When the computer is accessing a disc, an indicator on the drive glows.
Region codes for DVD drives and media
The disc drive and its 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.
Writable discs
This section describes the types of writable discs. Check the specifications
for your drive to for the type of discs it can write. Use TOSHIBA Disc Creator
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 1x, 2x, or 4x
multi-speed CD-RW discs or high-speed 4x to 10x discs. The write
speed of ultra-speed CD-RW discs is a maximum of 24x speed.
DVDs
DVD-R and DVD+R discs can be written only once. The recorded data
cannot be erased or changed.
DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can be recorded more than
once.
Satellite A200/Satellite Pro A200
Code Region
1 Canada, United States
2 Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East
Southeast Asia, East Asia
3
Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central
4
America, South America, Caribbean
5 Russia, Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North Korea,
Mongolia
6 China
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