Toshiba Satellite Pro S300L PSSD1C-00Y00G Users Manual Canada; English - Page 56

Optical disc drives, Region codes for DVD drives and media, Writable discs

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The Grand Tour Optical disc drives The computer is installed with a DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM&CD-R/RW or DVD Super Multi drive. A Serial ATA interface controller is used for CD/DVDROM 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. 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 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. User's Manual 2-13

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User’s Manual
2-13
The Grand Tour
Optical disc drives
The computer is installed with a DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM&CD-R/RW 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.
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