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4. DISC SPECIFICATION
4.1 Applicable Disc Format
• CD-DA
• CD-ROM Mode 1
• CD-ROM XA Mode 2 (Form 1, Form 2)
• Multi-session Photo CD
• CD-I
• Video CD
• Enhanced CD
• CD-TEXT
• DVD-ROM
• DVD-R (General, Authoring)
• DVD-Video
• DVD-RW
• DVD-RAM (4.7GB, 2.6GB)
• DVD+R/RW (Single/Multi-session, Packet)
4.2 Rotational Speed
Refer to Table
(Table 4.2-1) Rotational speed (read mode)
Operation/Disc format
Read speed/Disc speed
Idle mode (DVD)
4x CAV 2,297rpm
Idle mode (CD)
10x CAV 2,140rpm
Read (DVD-ROM)
8x CAV 4,594rpm
Read (DVD-Video)
4x CAV 2,297rpm
Read (CD-ROM Model)
24x CAV 5,137rpm
Read (CD-ROM Mode2form2)
20x CAV 4,280rpm
Read (CD-DA)
20x CAV 4,280rpm
Play Audio
4x CLV 856 - 1,984rpm
Mixed (CD-ROM Model and Mode2form2 or CD-DA)
20x CAV 4,280rpm
Mixed (DVD-ROM and DVD-Video)
8x CAV 4,594rpm
CD-RW (Read only operation)
24x CAV 5,137rpm
DVD-R/DVD-RW, DVD+R/DVD+RW
8x CAV 4,594rpm
DVD-RAM (4.7GB)
5x CAV 3,246rpm
DVD-RAM (2.6GB)
2.5x CAV 1,626rpm