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Optical disc drive, Optical disc drive -10, Region codes for dvd drives and media – Toshiba Equium P200 User Manual

Page 48: Writable discs, Dvds

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User’s Manual

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The Grand Tour

Optical Disc drive

The computer will either have a CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, or a single layer

or dual layer DVD Super Multi drive supporting ±R Double Layer depending

on its configuration. An ATAPI interface controller is used for the operation

of these optical drives. When the computer is accessing a disc, an indicator

on the drive glows.

Region codes for DVD drives and media

The disc drive and its 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.

Writable discs

This section describes the types of writable discs. Check the specifications

for your drive to for the type of discs it can write. Use TOSHIBA Disc

Creator 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 can be recorded more than once. Use either 1x, 2x, or 4x

multi-speed CD-RW discs or high-speed 4x to 10x discs. The write

speed of ultra-speed CD-RW discs is a maximum of 24x speed.

DVDs

DVD-R and DVD+R 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.

Code

Region

1

Canada, United States

2

Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East

3

Southeast Asia, East Asia

4

Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America,

South America, Caribbean

5

Russia, Indian Subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, Mongolia

6

China