An apparatus for detecting a pre-pit signal at different laser power
intensities of an optical disk drive. The apparatus includes an amplifier
for receiving a push-pull signal acquired from an optical disk to
generate an adjusted signal, a multiplexer for receiving the push-pull
signal and the adjusted signal and selecting the push-pull signal or the
adjusted signal as a slicing signal for output according to a power state
signal, and a slicer for receiving the slicing signal and slicing the
slicing signal according to a slicing level to generate the pre-pit
signal. Thus, the apparatus only needs one set of slicer to correctly
slice the pre-pit signal.