Toshiba C660, C660D Optical disc drive, CDs, DVDs, Code, Region, Writable discs, Region codes for DVD drives and media, CD-R, China, DVD-R, Mongolia, Operating Basics

The Grand Tour

Optical disc drive

The computer is installed with a DVD Super Multi drive. A Serial ATA interface controller is used for optical disc operation. When the computer is accessing a optical disc, an indicator on the drive glows.

For information on loading and unloading discs refer to the Using the optical disc drive section in Chapter 4, Operating Basics.

Region codes for DVD drives and media

DVD Super Multi drives and their associated 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
1	Canada, United States
2	Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East
3	Southeast Asia, East Asia
4	Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central
	America, South America, Caribbean
5	Russia, Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North Korea,
	Mongolia
6	China

Writable discs

This section describes the types of writable CD/DVD discs. Check the specifications of your drive to see the types 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 including multi speed CD-RW discs, high-speed CD-RW discs and ultra-speed CD-RW discs can be recorded more than once.

DVDs

■DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R (Dual Layer) and DVD+R (Double Layer) 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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