Pioneer DVR-110, DVR-610, DVR-R100 manual General Questions About DVD Recording Technology

8)Can the drive set/record a region code on a DVD-/+R DVD-Video disc?

•No, DVD recordable drives, like the R110 cannot set region codes on DVD recordable videodiscs.

9)Can the drive be used as a replacement unit in a duplicator?

•Pioneer highly recommends that you contact your duplicator manufacturers to see if they have qualified the Pioneer Recordable drive for that specific duplicator, before proceeding.

10)What type of ribbon cable should be use to connect the drive to a PC?

•There are two types of ribbon cables normally available: a standard 40 conductor cable, and a UDMA 80 conductor cable. Pioneer recommends the UDMA 80 conductor type of cable for proper performance of the drive.

11)Is it ok to clean the drive with a cleaning disc?

•Pioneer does not recommend the use of cleaning disc products for DVD drives. These discs were originally designed for CD drives and could damage the DVD drive. If the unit looks very dirty/dusty and is not under warranty, you might try a short blast of Electronics-grade (sterile, filtered, moisture-free) canned air aimed at the center of the drive to see if that will resolve the issue, otherwise it would be best to have the drive serviced.

12)Does the drive support credit card-shaped or unique-shaped discs?

•No, the drive supports circular 120MM and 80MM disc types only.

•An 80MM disc cannot be used when the drive is vertically mounted.

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13)How can I get the full 4.7 GB of data on a disc?

•The total usable disc space available on 4.7GB DVD-R/RW media is approximately 4.37 Gigabytes. The apparent discrepancy is because DVD formats use one billion bytes (1000 x 1000 x 1000) to represent a gigabyte, whereas traditional data storage calculations use a 1024 x 1024 x 1024 value. This amounts to an apparent 7% difference in the total number of bytes when DVD capacities are compared with the traditional calculation; in other words, 4.37 GB = 4.7 billion byte.

14)Can stickers or labels be used on DVD recordable discs?

•Labels can cause the disc to become unbalanced and are not recommended. This imbalance may damage the drive. Pioneer recommends the use of printable DVD-R/RW media.

15)How many times can a DVD-RW disc be written/re-written to?

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