Toshiba Satellite P507 Laptop User Manual


 
User’s Manual 4-27
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,
DVD-RAM, or BD-RE 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.
Only Format1 of DVD-R DL is supported. Therefore you cannot do
additional writing. If your data is under 4.7GB, it is recommended 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 can not use a disc
DVD+R:
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA 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+R for Labelflash:
FUJIFILM CORPORATION (for 16x 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:
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. (for 2.4x, 4x and 8x speed
media)
DVD-RAM:
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
(DVDRW media), 5x speed (DVD-RAM media).