Patent ID: 8407415

Claim:
Device for recording information on a record carrier, the record carrier being of an optically rewritable type, and the device comprising scanning means for scanning the record carrier for recording and retrieving data on a layer of the record carrier, and formatting means for formatting the record carrier according to a predefined recording format that defines a user data area, which formatting includes de-icing by, in the event that locations in the user data area have not yet been recorded, writing dummy data on the locations, the formatting means being arranged for de-icing a multilayer record carrier by: determining a first radial position and a first layer, which first radial position is indicative of a location on the first layer on which user data will be recorded first according to the predefined recording format, and starting said writing of dummy data on a second layer of the record carrier at the first radial position, determining a second radial position on the first layer, which second radial position is indicative of an intermediate radial position up to which, on the first layer, user data will be recorded, and writing dummy data on the second layer of the record carrier from the first radial position beyond the second radial position by a predetermined amount, wherein the area written on the second layer is always larger than the area written on the first layer by said predetermined amount.