Toshiba Tecra A8 Optical disk drives, Region codes for DVD drives and media, Writable discs, CDs

The Grand Tour

Optical disk drives

One of the following Optical disk drives is installed in the computer: CD- ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM&CD-R/RW and DVD Super Multi drives. An ATAPI interface controller is used for CD/DVD-ROM operation. When the computer is accessing a CD/DVD, an indicator on the drive glows.

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

Region codes for DVD drives and media

DVD-ROM&CD-R/RW, 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

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 RecordNow! 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 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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