ECMA-394 1st Edition / December 2010 Recordable Compact Disc Systems CD-R Multi-Speed COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT © Ecma International 2010 CD-R System Description Multi-Speed Multi-Speed Compact Disc Recordable System Description August 2010 August 2010 © Ecma International 2010 CD-R System Description Multi-Speed Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................................... i List of illustrations .................................................................................................................................... iv 1. General ........................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Scope .................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 General Description ............................................................................................................ 1-1 1.3 References and conformance ............................................................................................ 1-3 1.4 Definitions ........................................................................................................................... 1-4 1.4.1 General ....................................................................................................................... 1-4 1.4.2 Disc Lay-out ................................................................................................................ 1-8 1.4.3 Writing modes ........................................................................................................... 1-10 1.4.4 Signals ...................................................................................................................... 1-11 2. Disc Specification ............................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 General ............................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Conditions for Multi-Speed Media testing at low speeds ................................................... 2-1 2.3 Conditions for Multi-Speed Media testing at high speeds .................................................. 2-1 2.3.1 Standard atmospheric conditions for testing. ............................................................. 2-1 2.3.2 The optical pick-up units for disc measurements. ...................................................... 2-1 2.3.3 Write strategy for media testing .................................................................................. 2-2 2.3.4 Nominal conditions for media testing .......................................................................... 2-3 2.4 The unrecorded disc ........................................................................................................... 2-4 2.5 The recorded disc ............................................................................................................... 2-8 3. Requirements & recommendations for CD-recorders ..................................... 3-1 3.1 Use of Disc Application Code, RID code, SCMS and Disc Identification ........................... 3-1 3.2 Use of Skip/Unskip features in audio discs ........................................................................ 3-1 4. Pre-groove modulation, ATIP .......................................................................... 4-1 4.1 General parameters ............................................................................................................ 4-1 4.2 FM modulation .................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.3 Frame format ...................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.3.1 Frame synchronization ............................................................................................... 4-1 4.4 Data format ......................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.4.1 Special Information 1 : M1,S1,F1 = 101 ..................................................................... 4-6 4.4.1.1 Indicative Optimum Writing Power: W1..W3 ....................................................... 4-6 4.4.1.2 Reference Speed: V1..V3 ................................................................................... 4-6 4.4.1.3 Disc Application Code: U1..U7 ............................................................................ 4-7 4.4.1.4 Disc type identification: D1 .................................................................................. 4-7 4.4.1.5 Disc sub-type identification: B1..B3 .................................................................... 4-7 4.4.1.6 Additional Information 1, 2 or 3 present in the Lead-in Area: A1..A3 ................. 4-8 4.4.2 Special Information 2 : M1,S1,F1 = 110 ..................................................................... 4-8 4.4.3 Special Information 3 : M1,S1,F1 = 111 ..................................................................... 4-8 4.4.4 Additional Information 1 : M1,S1,F1 = 001 ................................................................. 4-9 4.4.4.1 Lowest Test Speed: L1..L3 ................................................................................. 4-9 4.4.4.2 Highest Test Speed: H1..H4 ............................................................................... 4-9 4.4.4.3 High-Speed subtype: I1..I3................................................................................ 4-10 4.4.4.4 Optimum -range: C1..C2 ................................................................................. 4-10 4.4.4.5 Optimum pulse length: N1..N3 .......................................................................... 4-10 4.4.4.6 Length of Additional Capacity & Lead-out Area : E1..E4 .................................. 4-11 4.4.5 Additional Information 2 : M1,S1,F1 = 010 ............................................................... 4-11 4.4.5.1 Indicative Optimum Writing Power at Lowest Test Speed: W4..W6 ................. 4-11 4.4.5.2 Indicative Optimum Writing Power at Highest Test Speed: W7..W10 .............. 4-12 August 2010 © Ecma International 2010 CD-R System Description Multi-Speed Table of Contents 4.4.5.3 Power Boost for I3 pits: P1..P3 .......................................................................... 4-12 4.4.5.4 Pulse length correction after I3 lands: T1..T2 .................................................... 4-13 4.4.6 Additional Information 3 : M1,S1,F1 = 011 ............................................................... 4-14 4.4.6.1 Media technology type: J1..J2 .......................................................................... 4-14 4.4.6.2 Media Identification (MID) code: Q1..Q16 ......................................................... 4-14 4.4.6.3 Product revision number: R1..R3 ...................................................................... 4-14 4.5 Error detection .................................................................................................................. 4-15 4.6 Bit rate .............................................................................................................................. 4-15 4.7 ATIP encoder .................................................................................................................... 4-15 5. Data organization ............................................................................................ 5-1 5.1 ATIP synchronization rule................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Linking rules ....................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2.1 General Linking Rules ................................................................................................ 5-1 5.2.2 Audio Linking .............................................................................................................. 5-2 5.2.3 Data Linking ................................................................................................................ 5-2 5.2.3.1 Use of RID code in data applications .................................................................. 5-4 5.3 Power Calibration Areas ..................................................................................................... 5-6 5.3.1 Test Areas ................................................................................................................... 5-6 5.3.2 Count Areas ................................................................................................................ 5-7 5.4 Program Memory Area ....................................................................................................... 5-8 5.4.1 Contents ...................................................................................................................... 5-8 5.4.1.1 Reserved Track ................................................................................................... 5-8 5.4.1.2 Incomplete Track ................................................................................................. 5-9 5.4.2 Recording sequence ................................................................................................... 5-9 5.4.3