Sony VAIO VPCF12 Series - Manual (Page 42)

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Using Your VAIO Computer >
Using the Optical Disc Drive
Supported Discs
Your computer plays and records CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Disc media, depending on the model you purchased.
See the reference chart below to find out which type of optical disc drive supports which types of media.
PR: playable and recordable
P: playable but not recordable
–: not playable or recordable
CD-
ROM Video
CD Music
CD CD
Extra CD-R/
RW DVD-
ROM DVD-
Video DVD-R/
RW DVD+R/
RW DVD+R DL
(Double
Layer) DVD-R DL
(Dual
Layer) DVD-
RAM
*1 *2
BD-
ROM BD-R/RE *3
DVD±RW/
±R DL/RAM P P P P
PR
*5 P P PR PR PR PR PR – –
Blu-ray Disc™
Drive with
DVD SuperMulti P P P P
PR
*5 P P PR PR PR PR PR P
PR
*4
Blu-ray Disc™
ROM Drive with
DVD SuperMulti P P P P
PR
*5 P P PR PR PR PR PR P P
*1
The DVD±RW/RAM disc drive on your computer does not support the DVD-RAM cartridge. Use non-cartridge discs or discs with a removable cartridge.
*2 Writing data to single-sided DVD-RAM discs (2.6 GB) compliant with DVD-RAM Version 1.0 is not supported.
DVD-RAM Version 2.2/12X-SPEED DVD-RAM Revision 5.0 disc is not supported.
*3 The Blu-ray Disc drive on your computer does not support BD-RE Disc media in Version 1.0 format and Blu-ray Disc media with a cartridge.
*4
Supports writing data to BD-R Part1 Version 1.1/1.2/1.3 discs (single-layer discs with the capacity of 25 GB, dual-layer discs with the capacity of 50 GB) and BD-RE
Part1 Version 2.1 discs (single-layer discs with the capacity of 25 GB, dual-layer discs with the capacity of 50 GB).
*5 Writing data to Ultra Speed CD-RW discs is not supported.