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Section 11, Using Your Plextalk as a CD-R/RW Drive
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11 USING YOUR PLEXTALK AS A CD-R/RW DRIVE
You can use the Plextalk as a high-quality CD-R or CD-RW drive that can connect
to a PC via the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 1.1 interface. With this drive you can:
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Record audio onto recordable or rewritable CD media.
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Play music CDs or Video CDs.
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Save photos and other images on rewritable or recordable CDs.
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Share information with colleagues—just use software such as Roxio DirectCD to
drag and drop files onto CD-R or CD-RW media, then continue adding files and
sharing the same CD disc.
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Archive images and video to CD.
11.1 What Are CD-R and CD-RW?
A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a CD that permits writing. You can only write
data to a CD-R once. Data that has been written cannot be erased or altered.
However, if there is remaining capacity, up to 99 additional recordings can be made
on it by the method referred to as multi-session.
A CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWriteable) is a CD that can be written and erased. A
CD-RW can be written and erased approximately 1,000 times.
Some PCs are equipped with drives that can write to CD-Rs and that can write and
erase CD-RWs. And in conjunction with your PC, the Plextalk can do the same
thing.
11.2 About the CD-R and CD-RW Capabilities
As a player/recorder, the versatile and remarkable Plextalk:
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Writes to CD-R (recordable CD) media at up to 4X speed.
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Writes to CD-RW (rewritable CD) media at up to 4X speed.
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Reads all CD-ROM and CD-R media at a maximum of 6X speed.
You must have Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) or later. The Plextalk cannot
be used as a CD-R/RW drive on a PC prior to Windows 98SE.
CD Recording/Mastering software is not bundled in accessories.
When you use the Plextalk as an external CD-R/RW drive, we recommend that
you use the AC adapter and connect it to a power outlet. If the Plextalk’s battery
capacity is inadequate during writing, the CD may become unusable in mid-
writing.
When you use the Plextalk as an external CD-R/RW drive, you need reasonable
operating environment on your system, refer to the section “14.5.3 Minimum
system requirement”. PLEXTOR has no obligation to guarantee beyond
operating environment.