Pioneer BDC-203, BDR-203 manual Format Unit Command, Format Type, Format Code = 111b CD-RW only

BDR-203/BDC-203 Command Reference Manual Version 0.90

4.3 FORMAT UNIT Command

The CmpLst bit is supported only in DVD-RAM media, must be set to zero with other medias. The Interleave Value field is not supported and must be set to zero.

The Format Code field allows the value of 001b and 111b. If Format Code field is set to 001b and a BD-RE/R media is mounted, the drive confirms for the definition of Blu-ray Disc(BD) Multi-Media Command Set Description. If Format Code field is set to 001b and a CD-RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM media is mounted, the drive conforms for the definition of SFFC INF-8090i. If Format Code is set to 001b and a +RW media is mounted, the drive conform for the definition of MMC-5. If Format Code is set to 111b and CD-RW media is mounted, the drive conforms for legacy specifications which are described in the definition of MMC-5.

The drive supports following Format Type for each media.

Table 4 - Format Type

Format					Support for		Support for	Support for	Support for	Support for	Support for
		Name			BD-RE		BD-R	CD-RW	DVD-RW	DVD-RAM
Type											+RW media
					media		media	media	media	media
00h	Full Format				Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
01h	Spare Area Expansion				-		-	-		Yes	-
10h	C/DVD-RW Full Format				-	ONFIDENTIAL					-
							-	Yes	Yes	-
13h	DVD-RW	Quick Grow		the	-		-	-	Yes	-	-
	last Border
15h	DVD-RW Quick				-		-	-	Yes	-	-
26h	DVD+RW Basic Format				-		-	-	-	-	Yes
30h	Format with Spare Area				Yes		-	-	-	-	-
31h	Format without Spare Area				Yes		-	-	-	-	-
32h	Format BD-R with Spare Area				-		Yes	-	-		-
Table 5 - Format Code = 111b (CD-RW only)
Sess bit	Grow bit		Support for CD-RW media
0	0			Yes
0	1			No	C
1	0			No
1	1			No
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The Format Unit param t r list shall be t ansferred from the Host to the drive. The data sent to the drive consists of a Format List Header, follow d by one Fo mat desc iptor, so the parameter list length is always 12 bytes. When the Format Options Valid (FOV) bit in the Format List H ad is set to one, the DPRY, DCRT, STPF, IP, Try-out, and VS shall be set to zero. In this case, the format op ration is p rform d with an Immed function specified by the Immed bit. When the FOV bit is set to zero, the DPRY, DCRT, STPF, IP, Try-out, Immed, and VS shall be set to zero. In this case, the format operation is performed with the dr ve’s i ter al d fault s tting. The default setting of Immed function is one. Even if the format operation is requested with the FOV bit set to o e, the drive’s default setting itself will not be changed.

P4.3.1 F rmat Code = 001b

4.3.1.1 Format Type = 00h (Full Forma for C/DVD-RW / Default Format for BD-RE/R) 4.3.1.1.1 On DVD-RAM media

The defect list handling is specified by the combination of the CmpLst bit and the DCRT bit. In the case that the CmpLst bit is set to zero and the DCRT bit is set to one, the Number of Blocks field shall be ignored and the number of addressable blocks shall be retained. In other cases, the Number of Blocks field specifies the number of addressable blocks for the whole disc and the Type Dependent Parameter field specifies the Block Length. Neither field is changeable from the values reported by READ FORMAT CAPACITIES command.

The defect list handling is decided by the following combinations.

Table 6 – DVD-RAM Defect List Handling

CmpLst DCRT

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Certification		PDL		SDL	Remarks
	P-list	G1-list	G2-list
yes	preserved	new form	disposed	disposed	slow initialization
		Certification
					Return to original
no	preserved	preserved	disposed	disposed	slipping at the latest
					certification. quickly

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