Patent ID: 6963520

Claim:
A method of recording and reproducing an optical recording medium which performs a tracking servo and a focusing servo by irradiating a laser beam onto determined positions including lands and grooves of a track of the optical recording medium and detecting a tracking error signal and a focusing error signal using an electric signal from an optical pickup for picking up the laser beam reflected from the optical recording medium, the method comprising the steps of: detecting the tracking error signal and the focus error signal by rotating the optical recording medium in a state in which only the focus servo is turned on when the optical recording medium is loaded; performing for the respective determined positions, a process of detecting tilt information from the tracking error signal and the focus error signal, adjusting the tilt information to be a tilt-zero, and then storing the adjusted values as reference values; and performing a tilt servo for compensating the tilt by applying the stored reference values to the corresponding positions including said lands and grooves during operation of the optical recording medium.