Provided is an optical disc device in which adjustment precision of
recording laser power is improved without complication of a processing
sequence during recording operation. In response to a recording start
instruction, OPC is executed using an inner disc drive zone to set an
initial value of recording laser power Pws. Then, when a first recording
instruction REC(1) is detected, recording is successively performed from
the head of a data area using the laser power Pws. After that, when an
intermittent standby period is set, sample data is recorded to a next
recording position and R-OPC is executed. Therefore, the recording laser
power Pws is set again. Next, when a second recording instruction REC(2)
is detected, recording is successively performed from a next recording
position, that is, a position next to an end portion of the first
recording instruction REC(1) using the reset laser power Pws. At this
time, data corresponding to a head portion of the second recording
instruction REC(2) is overwritten on sample data in the head of the
recording position.