Patent ID: 7423955

Claim:
A method of 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 and a second recording layer, 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 method comprising a lead-out recording step comprising recording an outer lead-out part and an inner lead-out part, both parts being separated by an unrecorded area and together constituting a lead-out zone on the second recording layer, the inner lead-out part 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.