Optical Disc Drive; Region Codes For Dvd Drives And Media; Writable Discs - Toshiba Satellite M200 User Manual

Optical disc drive

A CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive or a DVD Super Multi (+-R DL) 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

Optical disc 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 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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