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  • G11B7/08—Disposition or mounting of heads or light sources relatively to record carriers
  • G11B7/085—Disposition or mounting of heads or light sources relatively to record carriers with provision for moving the light beam into, or out of, its operative position or across tracks, otherwise than during the transducing operation, e.g. for adjustment or preliminary positioning or track change or selection
  • G11B7/08505—Methods for track change, selection or preliminary positioning by moving the head
  • G11B7/08517—Methods for track change, selection or preliminary positioning by moving the head with tracking pull-in only
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  • G11B2007/0003—Recording, reproducing or erasing systems characterised by the structure or type of the carrier
  • G11B2007/0009—Recording, reproducing or erasing systems characterised by the structure or type of the carrier for carriers having data stored in three dimensions, e.g. volume storage
  • G11B2007/0013—Recording, reproducing or erasing systems characterised by the structure or type of the carrier for carriers having data stored in three dimensions, e.g. volume storage for carriers having multiple discrete layers

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