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User’s Manual 2-13

The Grand Tour

Optical disc drives

This optical drive uses an ATAPI interface controller for CD and DVD

operation and has an indicator at its front which will glows to indicate that it

is in use.

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 media you should ensure that it matches the

specification of your drive, otherwise it will not play properly.

Writable discs

This section describes the types of writable CD, DVD media available, and

should be used in conjunction with the specification of your

computer/optical drive in order to understand the type of discs that can be

written. Please refer to Chapter 4, Operating Basics for further information.

CDs

■ CD-R media can only be written to once - the recorded data cannot

subsequently be erased or changed.

■ CD-RW media, including multi-speed CD-RW discs, high-speed CD-RW

discs and ultra-speed CD-RW discs, can be recorded to more than once.

DVDs

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

media discs can only be written to once - the recorded data cannot

subsequently be erased or changed.

■ DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM media can be recorded to more

than once.

Code Region

1 Canada, United States

2 Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East

3 South East Asia, East Asia

4 Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central

America, South America, Caribbean

5 Russia, Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North

Korea, Mongolia

6 China

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