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Optical disc drives, Optical disc drives -15, O ptical disc drives – Toshiba Tecra M11 User Manual

Page 48: Region codes for dvd drives and media, Writable discs, Dvds

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User’s Manual

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The Grand Tour

O ptical disc drives

The computer may be installed with a DVD-ROM or DVD Super Multi drive.

A Serial ATA interface controller is used for CD/DVD-ROM operation. When

the computer is accessing a CD/DVD, an indicator on the drive glows.
Some models are equipped with an optical disc drive.
For information on loading and unloading discs refer to the

Using optical

disc drives

section in Chapter 4,

Operating Basics

.

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, make sure it matches your drive, otherwise it will not

play properly.

Writable discs

This section describes the types of writable CD/DVD discs. Check the

specifications of your drive to see the types 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 including multi speed CD-RW discs, high-speed CD-RW

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

DVDs

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