Section 1 : General; Introduction; General Features - LG GSA-5163D Service Manual

This service manual provides a variety of service information.
It contains the mechanical structure of the External Super Multi DVD Rewriter and the electronic circuits in
schematic form. This External Super Multi DVD Rewriter was manufactured and assembled under our strict
quality control standards and meets or exceeds industry specifications and standards.
1 General
1) Universa Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 and FireWire IEEE1394 interface for high-speed data transfer.
2) External Half-height drive
3) Buffer Under Run error protection technology
4) Emergency eject support
5) Bear media loading with power eject.
6) Combination of CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD+R DL(Double Layer) and DVD-RAM drive
functions into one drive.
7) Supports region playback control Phase II.
8) 40X max Writing (CD-R), 24X max Writing (CD-RW), 16X max Writing (DVD+R, DVD-R), 8X max Writing
(DVD+RW), 6x max Writing(DVD-RW), 5X max Writing (DVD-RAM), 4X Writing (DVD+R Double layer),
40X max Reading (CD-ROM, CD-R), 40X max Reading (CD-RW), 16X max Reading (DVD-ROM single),
8X max Reading (DVD-ROM dual), 10X max Reading (DVD+R, DVD-R), 8X max Reading (DVD+RW,
DVD-RW, DVD-VIDEO), 5X Reading (DVD-RAM).
2. Supported disc formats
1) Reads data in each DVD-ROM, DVD-R(Ver. 2.0 for Authoring) and DVD-RAM(Ver.1.0)
2) Reads and writes in each DVD-R(Ver. 2.0 for General), DVD-RW, DVD-RAM(Ver.2.2), DVD+R, DVD+R
DL(Double Layer) and +RW
3) Reads data in each CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, Video CD, CD-Extra and CD-Text
4) Reads data in Photo CD (Single and Multi session)
5) Reads standard CD-DA
6) Reads and writes CD-R discs conforming to "Orange Book Part 2"
7) Reads and writes CD-RW discs conforming to "Orange Book Part 3"
8) Reads DVD-RAM with CPRM and DVD-RW with CPRM
3. Supported write method
1) DVD-R: ..................Disc at Once and Incremental Recording
2) DVD-RW:...............Disc at Once, Incremental Recording and Restricted Overwrite
3) DVD-RAM:.............Random Write
4) DVD+R: .................Sequential Recording
5) DVD+R DL: ...........Sequential Recording
6) DVD+RW:..............Random Write
7) CD-R/RW: .............Disc at Once, Session at Once, Track at Once and Packet Write
SECTION I GENERAL

INTRODUCTION

GENERAL FEATURES

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