User’s Manual 4-22
Operating Basics
DVD-R:
DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for General Version 2.0
TAIYO YUDEN Co.,Ltd. (for 8x and 16x speed media)
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. (for 4x, 8x and 16x speed
media)
Hitachi Maxell,Ltd. (for 8x and 16x speed media)
DVD-R (Dual Layer):
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. (for 4x and 8x speed media)
DVD+R:
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. (for 8x and 16x speed
media)
Ricoh Co., Ltd. (for 8x and 16x speed media)
TAIYO YUDEN CO., Ltd. (for 8x and 16x speed media)
DVD+R (Double Layer):
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. (for 2.4x and 8x speed
media)
DVD-RW:
DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for Version 1.1 or version
1.2
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) (for 2x, 4x and 6x speed media)
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. (for 2x, 4x and 6x speed
media)
DVD+RW:
Ricoh Co., Ltd. (for 2.4x, 4x and 8x speed media)
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. (for 2.4x, 4x and 8x speed
media)
DVD-RAM: (DVD Super Multi drive only)
DVD Specifications for DVD-RAM Disc for Version 2.0, Version 2.1
or Version 2.2
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd. (for 3x and 5x speed media)
Hitachi Maxell,Ltd. (for 3x and 5x speed media)
■ DVD Super Multi drive cannot use discs that allow writing faster than
16x speed (DVD-R and DVD+R media), 8x speed (DVD-R (Dual
Layer), DVD+RW and DVD+R (Double Layer) media), 6x speed (DVD-
RW media), 5x speed (DVD-RAM media).
■ Some types and formats of DVD-R (Dual Layer) and DVD+R (Double
Layer) discs may be unreadable.
■ 2.6GB and 5.2GB DVD-RAM media cannot be read from or written to.
■ DISC created in DVD-R (Dual Layer) format4 (Layer Jump Recording)
cannot be read.