A method for measuring a tilt angle of a pickup head. The method includes
the steps of: moving the pickup head to a track to be measured; radiating
a laser beam with a constant power; defining a proper range of tilt
control values; controlling the tilt angle of the pickup head according
to the range of tilt control values, acquiring a RF signal corresponding
to each tilt control value, and storing an associated value of a
associated signal; detecting the maximum among the stored associated
values; selecting and storing the tilt control value corresponding to the
maximum as the optimum tilt control value for the track if there is a
maximum; and modifying the range of tilt control values and executing the
previous steps if there is no maximum. The so-called associated signal
includes a tracking error signal, a reading/writing RF signal, an S-curve
signal, or the RF signal.