Toshiba R6472 - DVD±, RW Drive - IDE User Manual

TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS
STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

SD-R6472

DVD REWRITEABLE MOBILE DRIVE

USER MANUAL

CONTENTS

Introduction..............................................................................1

Setup ........................................................................................4

Using the DVD Rewriteable Drive...........................................5

Troubleshooting.......................................................................7

Specifications ..........................................................................8

Drive Connectors................................................................... 12

INTRODUCTION – SD-R6472

General Features

Reads and records digital data on DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW and CD-R/-RW discs..

DVD-R/+R

DVD-RW/+RW

DVD -ROM

DVD-RAM

CD-ROM

CD-R

CD-RW

HS CD-RW

US CD-RW

3-way Disc Eject (eject button, software, emergency eject hole)

Average Random Access Time

CD:

Read Write

8X

6X 4X

8X n/a

2X n/a

24X

24X 24X

24X 4X

- 10X

- 10X

105ms

8X

n/a

DVD-RAM: 250ms

DVD-ROM 120ms

Horizontal or Vertical Mount

2MByte Buffer

Playback interchangeability for CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs

Regionalization (RPC2 compliance) (DVD)

BUS Interface ATAPI

1

Types of Disc Formats Supported - Write

Applicable Write Format
DVD-R Disc at once, incremental write
DVD-RW Disc at once, incremental write, restricted overwrite
DVD+R Sequential Recording
DVD+RW Sequential Recording, Random Write
CD-R/-RW Disc at once, Track at once, Session at once, Packet write

Applicable Write disc
DVD-R DVD-R (Ver 2.0 & Ver 2.1 for General),
DVD-RW DVD-RW (Ver 1.1 & Ver 1.2)
DVD+R DVD+R (4.7GB basic Format spec Ver. 1.3)
DVD+RW DVD+RW (4.7GB basic Format spec Ver. 1.2)

CD-R/-RW
HS CD-RW
US CD-RW

CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA,
MIXED MODE CD, CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD, Video­CD), Multi-session CD (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA, Portfolio)

Types of Disc Formats Supported - Read

DVD:

DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18)

DVD-R (Ver 1.0 for Authoring, Ver. 2.0 & Ver. 2.1 for General)

DVD-RW (Ver 1.1, 1.2)

DVD+R (4.7GB Basic Format spec. Ver. 1.3)

DVD+RW (Ver 1.2), DVD-RAM (Ver 2.1)

CD:

CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD,

Video-CD), Multi-session (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-R, CD-RW, Portfolio)

Front Panel

Figure 1.SD-R6472 DVD Writeable Drive Front Panel

Loading
Tray

Busy
Indicator

Eject
Button

Emergency
Eject Hole

Load disc using tray.

The LED lights green or amber when the drive is operating (LED is amber when drive is
writing.)

The Eject button is used to open the disc tray so you can install or remove a disc.

The emergency eject hole is to be used only when the Loading Tray will not open when
Eject button is pressed.