Symptom

Cause/Remedy

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.)

 

 

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.)

 

 

It takes a long time to

c As a rule, it takes more time to read a CD-RW than it does

read the CD-RW.

a CD-R or CD-ROM. There are also major differences

 

between disc formats, which may also affect reading time.

 

 

A CD-R or CD-RW

c You may not be able to read a CD-R or CD-RW disc not

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 CD-R or CD-RW disc.

 

 

MPEG2 data written

c The read speed of CD-RW discs is slower than DVD+R,

to a CD-RW disc

DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and CD-R discs.

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, DVD-R, or

 

DVD-RW, and then play back the data.

A music CD created using CD-RW cannot be played back on a CD player.

cMusic CDs created using CD-RW can only be played back on a CD player supporting CD-RW playback.

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