PlexWriter 48/24/48A Installation and Users Manual
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1. Getting Started
Congratulations! Thank you for purchasing the Plextor
®
PlexWriter
™
48/24/48A, a
reliable, high-performance CD writer, CD rewriter and CD player. We appreciate the
confidence you have shown in us. Our goal is to put you—and keep you—on the
leading edge of CD technology.
About this Manual
Please read this manual carefully and keep it handy for easy reference. Use the
manual for installation, operation and troubleshooting. If your drive needs service,
see your dealer or call Plextor’s Technical Support Department.
In this manual you should find all the information you need to successfully install,
operate and troubleshoot your drive. If you run into a problem that doesn't seem to be
covered, however, please contact us. (See “Appendix B: Technical Support” for the
different ways you can reach us.) You will be connected to our friendly, helpful band
of tech support engineers. What might seem like an uncooperative drive to you could
very well be a 30-second fix to them. But we will never know unless you contact us.
Meet Your PlexWriter 48/24/48A
The PlexWriter 48/24/48A is a CD-ReWritable drive that provides professional
quality CD performance for writing, rewriting and reading.
What the PlexWriter 48/24/48A Does
The PlexWriter 48/24/48A:
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Writes to CD-R (recordable CD) media at up to 48X speed.
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Writes to Ultra-Speed CD-RW (rewritable CD) media at 24X speed. The drive
also writes to High-Speed CD-RW media at 4X and 10X, and to Normal-Speed
CD-RW media at 4X speeds.
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Reads all CD-ROM and CD-R media at a maximum of 48X speed with an
average access time of 65 milliseconds. (Maximum read speed of CD-RW media
is 40X.)
Reliable writing is virtually guaranteed, thanks to unique PoweRec circuitry that
automatically detects the type of media being recorded and adjusts the PlexWriter
48/24/48A to provide the optimum laser power and length of burn—which means the
highest quality playback. In addition, the PlexWriter 48/24/48A has VariRec
technology, a feature offered by Plextor that allows you to manually adjust the
drive's laser power during the audio recording process. The drive has an EIDE
interface that supports the ATAPI-5 command set, including special commands for
CD-R and CD-RW.
