1.9 DVD-Multi (CD-R/RW DVD-RAM/R/RW) Drive
1 Hardware Overview
1.9 DVD-Multi (CD-R/RW DVD-RAM/R/RW) Drive
This drive is a combination of CD-R/RW, DVD-R/-RW and DVD-RAM Drive. It is full-size
and runs either 12cm (4.72-inch) or 8cm (3.15-inch) DVD/CDs without an adaptor. It is a
high-performance drive that reads DVD at maximum 8-speed, writes DVD-R/-RW at 1-
speed, and reads CD at maximum 24-speed (3,600 KB per second).
The DVD multi drive is shown in Figure 1-10. Specifications for the DVD multi drive are
described in table 1-8.
Figure 1-10 DVD-Multi drive
Table 1-8 DVD-Multi drive specifications (1/2)
Specifications
Panasonic G8CC00019810
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.)
180 130 -
Data buffer capacity
2MB
DVD
DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM,
DVD-R (3.9GB, 4.7GB),
DVD-RW (Ver.1.1), DVD-RAM
Supported
formats
CD
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R/W, CD-R,
CD-ROM XA (except ADPCM),
CD-I Ready, Photo CD (Multi
session), Video CD, CD-EXTRA
(CD+), CD-TEXT
CD-R, CD-R/W
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Summary of Contents for Satellite A40 Series
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