Lenovo ThinkPad 43N3224 - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 1. About the ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Serial
ATA Drive
This manual provides information on registering, installing, and using the ThinkPad ® Blu-ray ™ Ultrabay ™
Serial ATA Drive, and is available on the Software and User Guide CD.
The appendices of this guide contain warranty information and legal notices.
Product description
Your Blu-ray drive is compatible with the DVD-Multi Recorder specification, and can record as well as
read DVD-RAM, DVD-/+RW, and DVD-/+R (for General, 650 nm) media. (Some DVD+R and DVD+RW
media brands may not be compatible.) Your Blu-ray drive can also record CD-R, CD-RW, and High-Speed
CD-RW media, and uses buffer underrun prevention technology for reliable CD burning. Your Blu-ray
drive can read many other formats including DVD Video, Video CD, Audio CD, multiple-session,
extended architecture (XA) CDs, and Kodak Photo CDs. The Blu-ray drive is designed for installation in
your Ultrabay Serial ATA Drive Bay.
In addition to the Software and User Guide CD, your option package includes the following:
v ThinkPad Blu-ray Burner Ultrabay Serial ATA Drive
v Quick Reference Guide
v Laser Safety Guide
Contact your place of purchase if an item is missing or damaged. Be sure to retain your proof of
purchase. It might be required to receive warranty service. See Appendix B, “Service and Support,” on
page B-1 for technical support information.
Software description
The Software and User Guide CD contains the following software:
v Intervideo WinDVD 8
This software enables you to play back DVD and Blu-ray videos on your computer or to play video
files from your hard disk drive.
Note: Most graphics adapters cannot support playback of high bit rate Blu-ray videos.
v Ulead DVD Movie Factory 5
This software enables you to record data and videos to BD-R and BD-RE discs.
Installation requirements
To install the Blu-ray drive, your ThinkPad computer must contain either the Microsoft ® Windows Vista ®
or Microsoft Windows ® XP operating system.
Important: To enable satisfactory playback of Blu-ray video, your ThinkPad computer must contain
either the Intel ® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500, ATI Mobility Radeon ™ X3400, or Nvidia
Quadro ® 7300 Series graphics adapter.
Note: Lenovo ® offers no support for Blu-ray playback or recording on computers with Microsoft
Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows Millennium
Edition (Me) desktop operating systems.
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