BenQ DW822A 8X Dual - Page 13

The BenQ Book Type Management program allows you to freely choose a DVD+RW or DVD+R disc to be written as DVD-Rom book type, the most recongnizable format for DVD players.

The user is able to set the Booktype Setting to either the drive itself, in order to record all DVD+R/+RW media as a "DVD-ROM" or to already recorded DVD+RW discs. Note that the bitsetting of a recorded DVD+R cannot be changed.

We used the latest version of Book Type Ver 7.0 and a rewritable DVD+RW media.

When we launched Book Type Management, the book type status of the insterted rewritable media was the DVD+RW, as expected.

In the media status tab we set the media type to DVD-ROM:

The process finished after about 4 seconds and a warning dialog message informed us that the book type had changed.

When we checked the Book Type status of the tested media, it was recognized as a DVD-ROM.

In the majority of cases, you will not need to change the book type of your DVD media, as most DVD players and DVD-ROM drives have no problem reading recordable DVD media. However, some players (especially older models) cannot recognize discs that are characterized as DVD+RW/-RW or DVD+R/-R book types. In these instances, this compatibility issue can be easily resolved by changing the book type of the DVD media being written to DVD-ROM. The end user should also notice that:

• Only DVD+RW discs can “change” book type after being burnt.
• DVD+R discs can’t change book type after burning. You have to set the writing book type mode of your writer before you burn a DVD+R disc.
• This tool can only be used for BENQ drives