Optical Media Drive; Region Codes For Dvd Drives And Media; Writable Discs - Toshiba Satellite A200 User Manual

The Grand Tour

Optical Media drive

CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, DVD Super Multi (+-R DL) drive. An ATAPI inter-
face 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 Super Multi (+-R DL) drive and media are manufac-
tured according to the specifications of six marketing regions. When you pur-
chase 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 specifica-
tions for your drive to for the type of discs it can write. Use TOSHIBA Disc Cre-
ator to write compact discs. Refer to Chapter 4,
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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