Toshiba P100 Optical Disc drive, Region codes for DVD drives and media, Writable discs, CDs, DVDs

The Grand Tour

Optical Disc drive

One of the following optical disc drives is installed in the computer: DVD- ROM & CD-R/RW drive or the DVD Super Multi drive (either single layer or double layer support, depending on the configuration of your computer). An ATAPI interface controller is used for CD/DVD-ROM operation. When the computer is accessing a disc, an indicator on the drive glows.

Region codes for DVD drives and media

The disc drive and its 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 discs. Check the specifications

for your drive to for the type of discs it can write. Use Record Now! 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 is maximum 24-speed.

DVDs

■DVD-R and DVD+R 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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