Pioneer Drive r11 - Manual (Page 6)

R11 Series Drive Command Reference Manual Version 1.00
3 R11 Series DRIVE Descriptions
3.1 Compatible Media
The R11 series drive unit (hereinafter referred to as "drive") supports reading of CD-ROM/-R/-RW Disc,
DVD-ROM/-R/-RW/-R DL /RAM Disc and +R/+RW/+R DL Disc and writing of CD-R/-RW Disc, DVD-R/-
RW/-R DL/RAM Disc and +R/+RW/+R DL Disc.
3.1.1 DVD-ROM Disc
A DVD-ROM disc is specified by “DVD Specifications for Read-Only Disc”.
The drive can read the Single Layer disc and the Dual Layer (Parallel track path and Opposite track path)
disc.
3.1.2 DVD-R Disc
A DVD-R disc is specified by “DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for General”.
The drive can read and record to the DVD-R Disc for the capacity of 4.7GBytes.
The drive supports two write types of Disc-at-once recording and Incremental recording. For more
information of write types, refer SFFC INF-8090i document.
3.1.3 DVD-R DL Disc
A DVD-R disc is specified by “DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for Dual Layer”.
The drive can read and record to the DVD-R DL Disc for the capacity of 8.54GBytes.
The drive supports 3 recording modes that are Disc-at-Once recording, Incremental recording, and Layer
Jump recording, refer SFFC INF-8090i document.
3.1.4 DVD-RW Disc
A DVD-RW disc is specified by “DVD Specifications for Re-recordable Disc”.
The drive can read and record to the DVD-RW Disc for the capacity of 4.7GBytes.
The drive supports three write types of Disc-at-once recording, Incremental recording and Restricted
Overwrite recording. For more information of write types, refer SFFC INF-8090i document.
3.1.5 DVD-RAM Disc
A DVD-RAM disc is specified by “DVD Specifications for Rewritable Disc”.
The drive can read and record to the DVD-RAM Disc for the capacity of 4.7GBytes.
3.1.6 +R Disc
A +R disc is specified by “DVD+R 4.7 Gbytes Basic Format Specifications version 1.0 or 1.1”.
3.1.7 +R DL Disc
A +R DL disc is specified by “DVD+R 8.5 Gbytes Basic Format Specifications version 1.0”.
3.1.8 +RW Disc
A +RW disc is specified by “DVD+RW 4.7 Gbytes Basic Format Specifications version 1.1”.
3.1.9 CD-ROM Disc
Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) is a standardized medium for recording digitized audio and
digital data.
3.1.10 CD-R Disc
Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R) is a standardized medium defined by the “Orange Book Part 2”. The CD-
R system gives the opportunity to write once and read many times CD information.
3.1.11 CD-RW Disc
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