4-18 User’s Manual
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.
■ DISC created in DVD-R DL format4 (Layer Jump Recording) cannot be
read.
DVD-R:
DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for General Version 2.0
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
DVD-R (Dual Layer):
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
DVD+R:
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD+R DL:
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
DVD-RW:
DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for Version 1.1 or version
1.2
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN.LIMITED
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
DVD+RW:
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
RICOH Co., Ltd.
DVD-RAM:
DVD Specifications for DVD-RAM Disc for Version 2.0, Version 2.1
or Version 2.2
Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
This drive cannot use discs that allow writing faster than 16 speed (DVD-R,
DVD+R), 6 speed (DVD-RW), 4 speed (DVD+RW), 5 speed (DVD-RAM), 4
speed (DVD-R DL, Double Layer supported model only), 8 speed (DVD+R
DL, Double Layer supported model only).