User’s Manual 4-16
Operating Basics
■ 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 damage before you
use it.
■ The actual number of rewrites to CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-
RAM is affected by the quality of the disc and the way it is used.
■ There are two types of DVD-R discs: authoring and general use discs.
Do not use authoring discs. Only general use discs can be written to by
a computer drive.
■ We can support only format 1 of DVD-R DL. Therefore you can not do
the additional writing. If your data is under DVD-R(SL) capacity, we
suggest to use DVD-R(SL) media.
■ 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.
■ Other DVD-ROM drives for computers or other DVD players may not be
able to read DVD-R/-R DL/-RW or DVD+R/+R DL/+RW discs.
DVD-RW:
DVD Specifications for DVD-RW Disc for General Version 1.2
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD.
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD.
DVD+RW:
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD.
DVD-RAM:
DVD Specifications for DVD-RAM Disc for Version 2.0, 2.1 or 2.2
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
HITACHI MAXELL LTD.
DVD+R DL:
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD.
RICOH CO., LTD.
DVD-R DL:
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD.
DVD-R for Labelflash™:
FUJIFILM CORPORATION.
DVD+R for Labelflash™:
FUJIFILM CORPORATION.
This DVD Super Multi (+-R DL) drive cannot use discs that allow writing
faster than 8x speed (DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD+RW media), 6x speed
(DVD-RW media), 5x speed (DVD-RAM media) and 4x speed (DVD-R DL
and DVD-R DL media).