Sony VGP-DDRW4 User Manual

http://www.sony.net/  2006 Sony Corporation / Printed in Japan

2-685-901-12 (1)

DVD±RW Drive

VGP-DDRW4

Operating Instructions

Printed on 70% or more recycled paper using VOC (Volatile Organic Compound)free vegetable oil based ink.

S400

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

Dangerously high voltages are present inside the unit. Do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.

CAUTION - CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.

AVOID EXPOSURE TO THE BEAM.

•

Use this product only with the supplied AC adapter.

• To disconnect this product completely from mains voltage, unplug the AC adapter.

• Make sure that the socket outlet is easily accessible.

– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV

technician for help.

The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to subpart B of Part 15 of FCC.

You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

For questions regarding your product or for the Sony Customer Information Service Center nearest you, call 1-888-476-6972 in the United States or 1-800961-7669 in Canada.

The number below is for FCC related matters only.

Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name: SONY Model No.: VGP-DDRW4 Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc. Address: 16530 Via Esprillo, San

Telephone No.: 858-942-2230

Diego, CA 92127 U.S.A.

For customers in the U.S.A. Owner’s Record

The model number and the serial number are located on the bottom of the drive. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to this number whenever you call your Sony dealer regarding this product.

Model No. VGP-DDRW4 Serial No. ________________________________

FCC Notice

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference using one or more of the following measures:

– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. – Increase the separation between the equipment and

receiver.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

Caution

The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard. As the laser beam used in this product is harmful to eyes, do not attempt to disassemble the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.

For customers in Canada

This Class B digital apparatus complies with

Canadian ICES-003.

Making copies of and using CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, DVD video discs, or music CDs may violate copyright laws or the terms of the End-user Licenses provided with such discs. Be sure to comply with copyright laws and the terms of the End User Software License when making or using original CDs and DVDs. If you have any questions regarding copyright laws or the terms of the End-user Software License, please consult the appropriate legal experts.

• VAIO, and Eco Info logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

• Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other countries.

• i.LINK is a designation referring to IEEE 13941995 and IEEE 1394a-2000. i.LINK and the i.LINK logo “ ” are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

• Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro Logic", and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. Copyright 1992 - 1997 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.

• Sony personal computers equipped with this drive incorporate copyright protection thechnology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

• All other names of systems, products, and services are trademarks of their respective owners.

• In the manual, the ™ or ® marks are not specified.

• In this manual, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition and Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional are referred to as Windows XP.

• In this manual, Windows Vista™ Home Basic, Windows Vista™ Home Premium, Windows Vista™ Business and Windows Vista™ Ultimate are referred to as Windows Vista.

Overview ................................................ 5

Compatible personal computers ...... 6

Compatible discs ............................. 7

Supplied Accessories ............................ 10

Locating the Controls and Connectors . 11

Connecting the Drive ............................ 12

Disconnecting the drive from the

personal computer ....................... 14

Basic Operation .................................... 15

Power management information ... 15

Inserting a disc .............................. 15

Removing a disc ............................ 17

Precautions Before Use ........................ 19

Precautions when writing data ...... 19

Playing an Audio CD ............................ 20

Playing a DVD video ............................ 20

Notes about playing DVD video ... 20

Notes about DVD video discs ....... 21

Performing a System Recovery on a

Personal Computer ............................ 22

Precautions ........................................... 23

Maintenance ......................................... 24

Getting Help ......................................... 25

Specifications ....................................... 26

Troubleshooting .................................... 28

Overview

This product is a DVD±RW drive with the i.LINK (IEEE1394) interface. The drive has the following features:

• You can write data to a variety of discs such as DVD+R DL (Double Layer), DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL (Dual Layer), DVD-R, DVDRW, CD-R, and CD-RW. For information on the data transfer rate during data write, see “Specifications” (page 26).

• Reads DVD+R DL (Double Layer), DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL (Dual Layer), DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and CDROM discs. DVD-ROM discs are read at a speed of 8× max. (10800 KB/s), and CD-ROM discs at a speed of 24× max. (3600 KB/s).

• Can play back digital audio CD using the personal computer speakers, if the personal computer supports this function (see page 20).

• Can be used to easily reinstall the operating system on the personal computer using a recovery disc, if the personal computer supports this function (see page 22).

Note

This drive is only for use in the country of purchase.

z What is i.LINK?

i.LINK is a digital serial interface supporting very high transfer rates. It facilitates the exchange of high-volume digital audio and video data between components equipped with an i.LINK connector and enables the control of other components. For details, refer to the manuals provided with your personal computer.

Compatible personal computers

Sony VAIO personal computer VGN-UX** only (“**” is the model number.)

(As of January, 2007)

For details on other than the above Sony VAIO personal computers, see the Sony VAIO personal computer catalog, or visit the following web site:

http://esupport.sony.com/

Notes

• This drive cannot be used with personal computers other than the above Sony VAIO personal computers.

• This drive does not support Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows® 2000 Professional, Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition, or earlier versions of the Windows® operating system.

• This drive does not support DTLA copy protection. It cannot be used in conjunction with digital CS tuners, D-VHS recorders, or other equipment using the DTLA copy protection system.

• This drive can be used for performing a system recovery on a personal computer using a recovery disc. See “Performing a System Recovery on a Personal Computer” on page 22 for devices with which recovery is possible.

Compatible discs

• DVD+R DL (Double Layer)

Discs for storing computer programs and data, and video data. While they use the same format as DVD+R discs, they differ in that there are 2 recording layers on one single side of a DVD+R DL disc. DVD+R DL discs can store up to 8.5 GB of data, or roughly 13 times that of CD-R discs.

• DVD+R

Write-once discs for storing computer programs and data, video data, and audio data. Note that DVD+R and DVD-R are different types of discs. DVD+R discs can store up to 4.7 GB of data, roughly 7 times that of a CD-R.

• DVD+RW

Discs for storing computer programs and data, video data, and audio data. These discs can be erased and rewritten many times. Note that DVD+RW and DVD-RW are different types of discs. DVD+RW discs can store up to

4.7 GB of data, roughly 7 times that of a CD-RW.

• DVD-R DL (Dual Layer)

Discs for storing computer programs and data, and video data. While they use the same format as DVD-R discs, they differ in that there are 2 recording layers on one single side of a DVD-R DL disc. DVD-R DL discs can store up to 8.5 GB of data, or roughly 13 times that of CD-R discs.

• DVD-R

Write-once discs for storing computer programs and data, video data, and audio data. DVD-R discs can store up to 4.7 GB of data, roughly 7 times that of a CD-R.

• DVD-RW

Discs for storing computer programs and data, video data, and audio data. These discs can be erased and rewritten many times. DVD-RW discs can store up to 4.7 GB of data, roughly 7 times that of a CD-RW.

• DVD-ROM

Read-only discs with a high data capacity.

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• CD-R

Write-once discs for storing computer programs and data. After having been written, data cannot be erased from these discs. Data may be added to them, however, depending on the writing method used and the amount of avaibable space on the disc.

• CD-RW

Rewritable discs for storing computer programs and data. The contents of these discs can be erased and rewritten many times.

• CD-ROM

Read-only discs onto which you cannot write your data. Many computer programs, games, and other content, are delivered on CD-ROM discs.

Compatible discs with this drive are listed below.

z: both plays and records

a: plays only (recording unavailable)

Disc type Enable/Disable

DVD-ROM a

DVD-Video a

DVD+R DL (Double Layer) z

DVD-R DL (Dual Layer) z

DVD+R/RW z

DVD-R/RW z

CD-ROM a

Audio CD a

CD Extra a

CD-R/RW z

VIDEO CD a

*3 *4

*1 For writing to DVD+R Double Layer, only DVD+R discs corresponding to DVD+R

Double Layer are compatible.

*2 For writing to DVD-R Dual Layer, only DVD-R discs corresponding to DVD-R Dual

Layer are compatible.

*3 DVD-R discs are compatible for writing to DVD-R General Ver.2.0/2.1 discs.

*4 DVD-RW discs are compatible for writing to DVD-RW Ver.1.1/1.2 discs.

Notes

• You may not be able to record or play on some CDs.

• This drive does not support writing to 8-cm discs.

• Use only circular discs in this drive. Do not use discs with any other shape (star, heart, etc.), as they may damage the drive.

• DVD+R/+RW and DVD-R/-RW discs are compatible with DVD-Video format. DVDRW discs are compatible with DVD-Video recording format.

• You can write over data using the software preinstalled on the personal computer. For details, refer to “Help” provided with the software. Note that other DVD drives may not be able to read the newly written data.

• For DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD-R/-RW, we recommend that you use Sonymanufactured discs.

• For details on recommended discs, visit the web site mentioned in “Getting Help” (page

25).

• 6x speed DVD-RW discs can only be used with personal computers whose drives support 6x or more speed DVD-RW recording.

• 8x speed DVD+RW discs can only be used with personal computers whose drives support 8x or more speed DVD-RW recording.

• You cannot backup DVD-ROMs or DVD-Videos which are not available for copying.

• This drive is designed to playback discs that conform to the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard specifications (CD Standard). Recently, some record companies sell CDs which do not correspond to the CD standard in order to protect music copyrights; we do not guarantee such discs can be played on this product.

•A DualDisc is a two sided disc with audio (CD) material on one side and video (DVD) material on the other side. The CD audio side of a DualDisc may not be played on this drive if it does not conform to the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard specifications (CD Standard). We make no guarantee such discs can be played on this product.

• The WinDVD software can play one time recordable programs on DVD-R/RW discs corresponding to CPRM*. For details, refer to “Help” provided with the software.

(*Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) is copyright protection technology for one time recordable program.)

• You cannot record one time recordable programs on DVD-R/RW discs corresponding to CPRM.

(*Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) is copyright protection technology for one time recordable program.)

• Some types of CD players may not play music CDs created on CD-R/-RW discs.

• Some types of DVD players may not play DVD videos created on DVD+R DL (Double Layer)/-R DL, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW discs.

Supplied Accessories

After unpacking the unit, make sure that the accessories listed below are present. If anything is missing, contact the Sony dealer where you purchased this product or a Sony service representative in your area.

• DVD±RW drive (1)

• Manual eject pin (1) (stored at bottom of drive)

• i.LINK cable (1)

• AC adapter (1)

• AC power cord (1)

• Operating Instructions (this document) (1)

• Warranty Card (1)

Locating the Controls and Connectors

Front

1 POWER indicator (see page 12)

2 Manual eject hole (see page 18)

3 Eject button (see page 15, 17)

4 BUSY indicator (see page 14, 15)

Rear

5 DC IN connector (see page 12)

6 i.LINK connector (see page 12)

Bottom

7 Manual eject pin (see page

18)

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