Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Overview
- Supplied Accessories
- Locating the Controls and Connectors
- Setting up the Drive
- Connecting the Drive
- Basic Operation
- Installing the software
- Precautions before use
- Playing an Audio CD
- Playing a DVD video
- Performing a System Recovery on a Notebook
- Precautions
- Maintenance
- Getting Help
- Specifications
- Troubleshooting
- Inhalt
- Übersicht
- Mitgeliefertes Zubehör
- Lage und Funktion der Teile und Bedienelemente
- Aufstellen des Laufwerks
- Anschließen des Laufwerks
- Grundfunktionen
- Installieren der Software
- Sicherheitshinweise zur Verwendung
- Wiedergeben einer Audio-CD
- Wiedergeben eines DVD-Videos
- Ausführen einer Systemwiederherstellung auf einem Notebook
- Sicherheitsmaßnahmen
- Wartung
- Hilfeinformationen und technische Unterstützung
- Technische Daten
- Störungsbehebung
- Table des matières
- Présentation
- Accessoires fournis
- Emplacement des commandes et des connecteurs
- Installation du graveur
- Raccordement du graveur
- Opérations de base
- Installation des logiciels
- Précautions à prendre avant l’utilisation
- Lecture d’un CD audio
- Lecture d’un DVD-Vidéo
- Récupération du système d’exploitation sur l’ordinateur portable
- Précautions
- Entretien
- Aide
- Spécifications
- Dépannage
50
GB
Symptom Cause/Remedy
Disc is inserted but
sound skips or data
cannot be read.
Data transfer rate is
low.
Notebook to which
this drive is connected
does not go into power
saving mode.
DVD+R, DVD+RW,
DVD-R, DVD-RW,
CD-R, or CD-RW
data reading or data
writing failure.
c Make sure that the disc is inserted with the label side facing
up.
c The type of disc may not be compatible with this drive.
c
The disc or lens may be dirty. Clean as described on page 44.
c The disc may be damaged. To confirm that the drive is not
malfunctioning, insert another disc.
c The disc tray may be dirty.
c There may be condensation in the drive or the disc.
Remove the disc and allow the unit to stand for
approximately one hour.
c The power management function of the notebook may be
active.
Check the CPU speed setting. (For details, refer to the
manuals provided with your Sony notebook.)
c When the drive is operating, the notebook may not go into
power saving mode.
To ensure a stable operation of the drive, set up the
notebook so that power saving modes will not be enabled.
(For details, refer to the manuals provided with your Sony
notebook.)
c See “Precautions when writing data” on page 36.
c A bus reset may have occurred during the writing process.
For information, see “Bus Reset” on page 43.
c If writing fails due to a shortage of virtual memory in your
notebook, increase the amount of virtual memory, and then
rewrite the data.
To increase the amount of virtual memory, do the following:
1 On the [Start] menu, click [Control Panel], click
[Performance and Maintenance], and then click
[System].
2 Click the [Advanced] tab, and then click [Settings] in
[Performance].
3 Click the [Advanced] tab, and then click [Change] in
[Virtual Memory].
4 Increase the value of [Custom size].
c Frame drop may can occur if your hard disk is not
optimized. If this happens, optimize your hard disk.
To optimize your hard disk, do the following:
1 Click the [Start] button, and then click [My Computer].
2 Right-click the icon for the drive you want to optimize,
and then click [Properties].
3 Click the [Tools] tab, and click [Defragmentation].