Toshiba A40 Series manual Writable discs, Formats, CDs, DVDs, Fixed optical media drive

Fixed optical media drive

Writable discs

This section describes the types of writable CD/DVD discs. Check the specifica- tions for your drive to for the type of discs it can write. Use Drag'n Drop CD+DVD to write compact discs. Refer to Chapter 4, Operating Basics.

CDs

❑CD-R discs can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be erased or changed.

❑CD-RW discs can be recorded more than once. Use either 1, 2, or 4 multi speed CD-RW discs or high-speed 4- to 10-speed discs. The write speed of the ultra-speed CD-RW discs (Ultra-speed is CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive only) is maximum24-speed.

DVDs

❑DVD-R discs can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be erased or changed.

❑DVD±R, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can be recorded more than once.

Formats

The drives support the following formats:
• DVD-ROM	•	DVD-Video
• CD-DA	• CD-Text
• Photo CDTM (single/multi-session)	•	CD-ROM Mode 1, Mode 2
• CD-ROMXAMode 2(Form1,Form2)	• EnhancedCD(CD-EXTRA)
• CD-G(AudioCDonly)	•	Addressing Method 2

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