Method for recording a lead-out on an optical disc

Record carrier of a writable type for recording information by writing marks in a track on a recording layer via a beam of radiation entering through an entrance face of the record carrier, the record carrier comprising

• a first recording layer (40) and a second recording layer (41), the first recording layer being present at a position closer to the entrance face than the second recording layer, and
• each recording layer comprising a pre-track pattern (14) indicating the position of the track,
• the track on the first recording layer extending spirally in a first direction and the track on the second recording layer extending spirally in a second direction opposite to the first direction for constituting a two part recording area logically interrupted by an intermediate zone that physically is constituted by a first intermediate part located at the end of the first recording layer and a second intermediate part located at the start of the second recording layer, the recording area being preceded by a lead-in zone located at the start of the first recording layer and being followed by lead-out information located at the end of the second recording layer,
• the record carrier comprising lead-out control information (12) encoded in the pre-track pattern for performing a lead-out recording step comprising recording an outer lead-out part (62) and an inner lead-out part (63), both parts being separated by an unrecorded area and together constituting the lead-out zone on the second recording layer, the inner lead-out part (63) being recorded at a predefined radial position range for covering a range of radial positions used by reading devices for accessing the second recording layer during a disc loading procedure, and the outer lead-out part being recorded at the end of an area of the second recording layer containing user information.

Device for recording information on a record carrier of a writable type by writing marks in a track on a recording layer via a beam of radiation entering through an entrance face of the record carrier, the record carrier comprising

• a first recording layer (40) and a second recording layer (41), the first recording layer being present at a position closer to the entrance face than the second recording layer, and
• the track on the first recording layer extending spirally in a first direction and the track on the second recording layer extending spirally in a second direction opposite to the first direction for constituting a two part recording area logically interrupted by an intermediate zone that physically is constituted by a first intermediate part located at the end of the first recording layer and a second intermediate part located at the start of the second recording layer, the recording area being preceded by a lead-in zone located at the start of the first recording layer and being followed by lead-out information located at the end of the second recording layer,
• the device comprising
• a head (22) for providing the beam, and
• a control unit (20) comprising lead-out means (36) for recording an outer lead-out part (62) and an inner lead-out part (63), both parts being separated by an unrecorded area (65) and together constituting the lead-out zone on the second recording layer, the inner lead-out part (63) being recorded at a predefined radial position range for covering a range of radial positions used by reading devices for accessing the second recording layer during a disc loading procedure, and the outer lead-out part being recorded at the end of an area of the second recording layer containing user information.