Data will be recorded on the optical disc in response to commands from the
computer.
The drive receives necessary information such as logical block addresses, number
of blocks and data to be recorded from the host computer.
Recording to the pre-recorded area can not be executed
(CD-R disc and DVD+R disc).
Overwriting to pre-recorded area can be executed (CD-RW
and DVD+RW disc).
Reading
Data on an optical disc should be read in response to
the host computer command. Audio playing (CD-DA) can be executed when receiving the audio
playing command from the host computer.
Load/Eject of Disc
Load
Place the disc on the disc tray. Load the disc by pushing the eject button or by lightly pushing in disc tray.
Eject
Operator can eject the disc tray (disc) by pushing this button.
Spindle Motor Start/Stop
The controller of the drive senses the disc to be set on the turn-table
connected with the spindle motor and then starts to rotate the spindle motor,
in response to the host computer command.
Seek Motor
The controller of the drive starts to move the optical pick up carriage, in
response to the host computer command.
Eject Button
Operator can eject the disc tray (disc) by pushing this button.
Busy Indicator
When the disc tray or disc is being accessed, the light shines or flashes green. Even when a disc is loaded or a disc is not being accessed, the
light will go out. When an illegal disc is loaded or some hardware
trouble occurs, the indicator blinks.
Emergency Eject
This drive has a function that allows the disc to be ejected manually if
this becomes necessary in an emergency such as failure of the drive or a power
outage (Graphic used for illustrative purposes only).
This feature is to be used only in an emergency. Using it excessively may cause a
malfunction.
Turn the power to OFF.
Insert a fine tipped object into the emergency eject hole (object
should be less than 1.5 mm in diameter and more than 45 mm in length). The
front door pops open and the disk tray comes part way out.
Pull the front door to open it all the way, then grip the disc tray
between thumb and forefinger and gently pull it straight out.
