Toshiba C650D Optical Disc Drive, Region Codes for DVD Drives and Media, Writable Discs, CDs

The Grand Tour

Optical Disc Drive

The computer is equipped with a DVD Super Multi (±R DL) drive.

Region Codes for DVD Drives and Media

DVD

DVD drive and their media are manufactured according to the specifications of six marketing regions. When you purchase DVD-Video, make sure it matches your drive, otherwise it will not play properly.

Code Region

1Canada, United States

2Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East

3Southeast Asia, East Asia

4Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, South America, Caribbean

5Russia, Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, Mongolia

6China

Writable Discs

This section describes the types of writable CD/DVD discs. Check the specifications for your drive to for the type of discs it can write. Use TOSHIBA Disc Creator 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.

DVDs

■DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL and DVD+R DL discs can be written only once. The recorded data cannot be erased or changed.

■DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs can be recorded more than once.

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