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VAIO® Notebook User Guide

Using the CD-RW drive (PCG-F570 only)

Your notebook comes equipped with a CD-RW drive, which enables you to read and write data, depending on the media you are using. With CD- RW media, the drive enables you to write, erase, and rewrite to the media. With a CD-R, you can write data to a disc once only. Like a CD- ROM drive, your CD-RW drive also reads a wide variety of media. The Specifications below give a complete list of compatible discs.

The maximum data transfer rate varies with the notebook computer’s performance.

PCGA-CDRWX1W Drive Specifications

Compatible discs

CD-RW

 

CD-R

 

CD-ROM

 

CD-ROM XA

 

Photo CD (multi session)

 

CD-DA (music CD)

 

Video CD

 

CD Extra (CD+)

 

CD TEXT

 

Electronic Book

 

 

Disc diameter

12 cm (4 3 /4 in.), 8 cm (3 in.) (reading only)

 

 

Drive performance

Data transfer rate*

 

Max: 20X speed (reading CD-ROM/CD-R)

 

14X speed (reading CD-RW)

 

4X speed (writing)

 

(1X speed=150 KB/s)

 

Access time

 

Average (1/3 stroke): 150 ms

 

Operating temperature

 

41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C) (temperature gradient less

 

than 18°F (10°C)/hour)

 

Operating humidity

 

20% to 80% (not condensed), provided that humidity is

 

less than 65% at 95° F (35°C) (hygrometer reading of

 

less than 84°F (29°C))

 

 

* Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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Sony PCG-F580K Using the CD-RW drive PCG-F570 only, PCGA-CDRWX1W Drive Specifications, Compatible discs, Disc diameter