CHAPTER 5 Operation and Cleaning
5.1Operation of Optical Disk Drive
5.2Cleaning of Optical Disk Drive
5.3Operation of Optical Disk Cartridge
5.4Cleaning of Optical Disk Cartridge
This chapter describes how to operate and clean the optical disk drive and an optical disk cartridge.
5.1 Operation of Optical Disk Drive
The optical disk drive has automatic load and eject functions. All of the operator must do about the drive is to insert an optical disk cartridge and push the eject button. This section explains loading and ejecting an optical disk cartridge, assuming that the drive is mounted horizontally. You can operate the drive in the same manner even when it is mounted vertically.
Figure 5.1 shows the front view of the optical disk drive. The following sections explain the names and functions of parts that a user should know for operation as well as methods of loading and ejecting an optical disk cartridge.
5.1.1 Appearance of optical disk drive
1) Disk insertion slot | 2) Eject button/BUSY LED |
3) Manual eject hole
Figure 5.1 Optical disk drive front view (with panel)
The following explains the parts and functions of the optical disk drive (the following numbers correspond to those in Figures 5.1):
