User's Manual

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CDRW

(CONT.)

APPENDIX

WHAT IS THE ORANGE BOOK?

• The Orange Book is a document that describes the

specification for CD-Write Once (CD-Recordable)

technology.

• It defines both the physical structure and dimensions of a

CD-R disc as well as the use of certain portions of the

recording surface:

• to record information (the Program area),

• to calibrate the recorder laser power

(Power Calibration area or PCA),

• to record track information for all sessions

(the Program Memory area or PMA),

• to record the Lead-in Lead-out areas that

preceed and follow, respectively, the

Program area.

• There are several “parts” to the Orange Book. Part II

refers to CD-Recordable.

WHAT DOES ORANGE BOOK CERTIFIED MEDIA MEAN AND

WHY?

• The Orange Book, Part II is the primary specification for

CD-R media. Accordingly, all CD-R media should meet the

Orange Book criteria for recordability and playback.

• Philips and Sony, the orginators of the Orange Book,

provide Orange Book certification of CD-R media.

WHAT IS MULTISESSION CD?

The principal purpose of multiple sessions is to allow additional

data to be appended to a previously recorded disc.

SOME OLDER CD READERS CAN READ ONLY THE

FIRST SESSION OF A MULTISESSION DISC

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