Toshiba Equium A80 User Manual
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Toshiba A80
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Operating Basics
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If the disc is poor in quality, dirty or damaged, writing or rewriting errors
may occur. Be careful to check the disc for dirt or dama ge before you
use it.
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The actual number of rewrites to CD-RW or DVD-RW/+RW/-RAM is
affected by the quality of the disc and the way it is used.
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There are two types of DVD-R: authoring and general use discs. Do not
use authoring discs. Only general use discs can be written to by a
computer drive.
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You can use DVD-RAM discs that can be removed from a cartridge and
DVD-RAM discs designed without a cartridge. You cannot use a disc with
a 2.6 GB single-sided capacity or 5.2 GB double-sided capacity.
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Other DVD-ROM drives for computers or other DVD players may not be
able to read DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW/-RAM discs.
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Data written to a CD-R/DVD-R/+R disc cannot be deleted either in whole
or in part.
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Data deleted (erased) from a CD-RW and DVD-RW/+RW/-RAM disc
CD-R:
TAIYOYUDEN CO., LTD.
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
CD-RW:
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD-R:
DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for
General Version 2.0
TAIYOYUDEN CO., LTD.
PIONEER VIDEO CORPORATION
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
DVD-RW:
DVD Specifications for Re-recordable Disc for
Version 1.0 or Version 1.1, Version 1.2(only for
DVD Super Multi drive supporting Double Layer)
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
TDK Corporation
DVD+R:
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD+RW:
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
*DVD-RAM:
DVD Specifications for DVD-RAM Disc for
Version 2.0 or Version 2.1
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
*DVD Multi drive and DVD Super Multi can use
DVD-RAM.
DVD+R
(Double Layer)
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, only for
DVD Super Multi drive supporting Double Layer