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Introduction: Philips DVD8631 DVD±RW Drive User's Guide

Overview | Features | Supported Functions | Writing Mode | Recording Capacity

Overview:

The Philips DVD±RW is a writable DVD drive that can write on CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. It has eight functions in one drive: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD±RW and DVD±R. DVD±RW and DVD±R discs written by this drive can be read and played by most legacy DVD-ROM and DVD players.

Features:

DVD±RW Drive
16x write on Single layer and 2.4x on Double layer DVD+R discs / 4X rewrite on DVD±RW discs / 8x write on DVD-R / 16X DVD read
40X write CD-R / 24X ¹ rewrite CD-RW / 40X read for CD-R/RW
Uses Seamless Link for auto avoidance against buffer underrun errors.
DVD±RW and DVD±R discs are readable by most legacy DVD-ROM drives and DVD players.
Support Random Write UDF in DVD+RW and CD-RW
Easy-to-use tray model
Enhanced-IDE (ATAPI) model
Support UDMA

Supported Functions (Write/Read/Play):

	Write	Read	Play
CD-DA and CD-Text	x	x	x
CD-ROM	-	x	x
CD-ROM+CD-DA	x	x	x
CD-ROM XA	x	x	x
Video CD	x	x	x
CD-I ²	x	x	x
Photo CD ³	x	x	-
CD-Extra	x	x	x
CD-G	-	x	-
DVD-ROM	-	x	-
DVD-Video ROM	-	x	x
DVD±RW (Video and data)	x	x	x
DVD±R (Video and data)	x	x	x
x = supported - = not supported

Writing Mode:

CD	Track at Once
	Disc at Once
	Multisession
	Packet Write
	Session at Once
DVD	Disc at Once
	Multisession (DVD+R)
	Packet Write (DVD+R/RW)
	Sequential Write
	Random Access Write (DVD+RW)
	DVD-Video

Recording Capacities:

Media Type	Single Layer	Double Layer
DVD±RW	4.7 GB	-
DVD±R	4.7 GB	8.5 GB

^1. The max speed at which to write on the CD-RW discs is depending on the type (Standard / High Speed / Ultra Speed type).

^2. Play means audio and/or video play back. Read means data transfer.

^3. CD-I, Photo-CD requires special reader/player. Photo-CD writing requires Kodak license.

Please read all restrictions and disclaimers.

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