User Guide

1.9 DVD Super Multi drive 1 Hardware Overview
1.9 DVD Super Multi drive
The DVD Multi drive accommodates either 12 cm (4.72-inch) or 8 cm (3.15-inch) CD, CD-
R/RW and DVD. It is a high-performance drive that reads CD at maximum 24-speed (3,600
KB per second) and writes DVD-RW at 2-speed, DVD-RAM at 2-speed, DVD-R at4-speed,
DVD+R at 2.4-speed and DVD+RW at 2.4-speed.
The DVD Super Multi drive is shown in Figure 1-10. The specifications of the DVD Super
Multi drive are described in Table 1-8.
Figure 1-10 DVD Super Multi drive
Table 1-8 DVD Super Multi drive specifications (1/2)
Specifications
Panasonic G8CC0001S210
Item
DVD-ROM CD-ROM DVD-RAM
Burst data transfer rate
(MB/s)
33.3 (Ultra DMA mode 2)
16.6 (PIO Mode 4, Multi-word DMA mode 2)
Access time (ms)
1/3 Stroke Access (typ.)
180 150 -
Data buffer capacity 2MB
DVD DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R (3.9GB, 4.7GB), DVD-RW
(Ver.1.1), DVD-RAM (2.6GB, 4.7GB, 9.4GB), DVD+R, DVD+RW
Supported
formats
CD CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R/W, CD-R,
CD-ROM XA (except ADPCM),
Photo-CD, Video-CD, CD-EXTRA (CD+), CD-TEXT
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