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Using the Optical Disc Drive

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Notes on Using the Optical Disc Drive

Notes on writing data to a disc

Only use circular discs. Do not use discs in any other shape (star, heart, card, etc.), as this may damage the optical disc drive.

Do not strike or shake your computer while the optical disc drive is writing data to a disc.

Do not plug or unplug the AC adapter while the optical disc drive is writing data to a disc.

Notes on playing discs

To achieve optimum performance when playing discs, you should follow these recommendations:

Some CD players and computer optical disc drives may not be able to play audio CDs created with the CD-R or CD-RW media.

Some DVD players and computer optical disc drives may not be able to play DVDs created with the DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, or DVD-RAM media.

Depending on system environment, you may find sound interruptions and/or dropped frames during AVC HD playback.

Do not place your computer into either of the power saving modes while your computer is playing a disc.