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SMO-F551 Technical Guide and Specifications
Sony Corporation 1998
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
Product Brief
The Sony SMO-F551 is a 5.2 Gbytes 5 1/4 inch (130mm) multi-function optical disk
drive in a half height form factor. It is compatible with ISO standard 5.2 Gbytes
optical disk cartridge. The drive also maintains backward compatibility with ISO 2.6
Gbytes, 1.3 Gbytes and 650 Mbytes cartridges. Write-Once type media can be used
as well as rewritable media. The related international standards are listed below.
ISO/IEC 15286 (final draft)
5.2GB/4.8GB/4.1GB Rewritable and Write-Once
Cartridge
ISO/IEC 14517 -1997
2.6GB/2.3GB Rewritable and Write-Once Cartridge
ISO/IEC 13549 -1994
1.3GB/1.2GB Rewritable and Write-Once Cartridge
ISO/IEC 10089 -1991
650MB/594MB Rewritable Cartridge (Format A)
ISO/IEC 11560 -1992
650MB/594MB Write-Once Cartridge
High power 685 nm wave length laser diode, mark edge recording technology and Run
Length Limited coding known as RLL(1,7) achieve 5.2 Gbytes capacity within the 5 1/4
inch form factor.
Fig. 1.1 : SMO-F551 MO Disk Drive
