Fujitsu Siemens Computers S2210 manual Optical Drive, Loading Media On Your Drive

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Media Eject Button

Media Holder Tray

Figure 4-5. Optical Drive

Optical Drive

Your system may have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive or a Dual-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer. Collectively, these are known as “optical drives”. A variety of media is available to use with your system, depending upon the system configuration you have selected.

DVD-R and DVD-RW discs hold up to 4.7 GB of data. A DVD-R disc can only be written to once; DVD-RW discs can be written to over and over. DVD-R and DVD-RW discs can be played on most standard DVD players.

Dual-layer DVD+R/-R discs hold up to 8.5 GB of data on a single side.

CD-R and CD-RW discs hold up to 700 MB of data. A CD-R disc can only be written to once; CD-RW discs can be written to over and over.

Depending upon the configuration of your notebook, you may have one of the following optical drives:

■DVD/CD-RW combo: A DVD/CD-RW combo drive allows you to access movie, software, data, or audio DVD/CDs, and to write data onto recordable CD-R and CD-RW discs.

■Modular Dual-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer: This allows you to access movies, software, and audio DVD/CDs as well as to write to CD-R,CD-RW, DVD- R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, Dual-Layer DVD+R, Dual-layerDVD-R. and DVD RAM discs.

■Do not operate your optical drive unless your LifeBook notebook is sitting on a flat surface. Using a drive when the system is not level may damage the drive or prevent proper operation.

■Prolonged use of the optical drive, such as watching a DVD movie, will substan- tially reduce your battery life if no other power source is attached.

■You should regularly check the Fujitsu web site at: http://www.computers.us

.fujitsu.com/support for current updated drivers.

■All LifeBook DVD players are set to play DVD titles with region code number 1 which is specified for the North Amer- ican market. The region number is a regional restriction code defined by the DVD Forum acting on Hollywood requirements. Different region codes are recorded on video DVD titles for publication in different areas of the world. If the regional code of the DVD player does not match the codes on the titles, then playback is impossible.

■You can change the region code on the DVD player using the Properties menu of the DVD software. Note, however, that you can only change the region code up to four times. After the fourth change, the last code entered becomes permanent, and cannot be changed.

LOADING MEDIA ON YOUR DRIVE

To load a disc into your optical drive:

1.Push and release the eject button on the front of the optical drive to open the holder tray. The tray will come out of the LifeBook notebook a short distance.

2.Gently pull the tray out until a media disc can easily be placed in the tray.

There may be a protective sheet in the tray from when it was shipped; please make sure it is removed before operating the drive.

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