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Symptom | Cause/Remedy |
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Disc is inserted but | c Make sure that the disc is inserted with the label side facing |
sound skips or data | up. |
cannot be read. | c The type of disc may not be compatible with this drive. |
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| c The disc or lens may be dirty. Clean as described on page 25. |
| c The disc may be damaged. To confirm that the drive is not |
| malfunctioning, insert another disc. |
| c The disc tray may be dirty. |
| c There may be condensation in the drive or the disc. |
| Remove the disc and allow the unit to stand for |
| approximately one hour. |
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Data transfer rate is | c The power management function of the personal computer |
low. | may be active. |
| Check the CPU speed setting. (For details, refer to the |
| manuals provided with your personal computer.) |
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Personal computer to | c When the drive is operating, the personal computer may |
which this drive is | not go into power saving mode. |
connected does not go | To ensure a stable operation of the drive, set up the |
into power saving | personal computer so that power saving modes will not be |
mode. | enabled. (For details, refer to the manuals provided with |
| your personal computer.) |
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It takes a long time to | c As a rule, it takes more time to read a |
read the | a |
| between disc formats, which may also affect reading time. |
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A | c You may not be able to read a |
disc created on | prepared on this drive, or you may need to further process |
another personal | the disc on the personal computer that created the disc. For |
computer cannot be | details, refer to the manuals provided with the device used |
read. | to write data to the |
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MPEG2 data written | c The read speed of |
to a | DVD+RW, |
cannot be played back | Therefore, you may not be able to play back some high- |
correctly. | quality MPEG2 data. In this case, copy the data to the hard |
| disk, or write the data to DVD+R, DVD+RW, |
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