Appendix A: PlexWriter Specifications
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PlexWriter 52/24/52A Installation and Users Manual
Disc Types and Formats
Recordable Discs
CD-DA, CD-EXTRA, CD-ROM Mode 1, Mixed Mode,
CD-ROM XA, Photo CD, Video CD, Multisession, CD-
TEXT, CD+G, UDF, CD-I
Recordable Format
CD-DA, CD-EXTRA, CD-ROM Mode 1, CD-ROM XA,
Photo CD, Video CD, Multisession, CD-TEXT, CD+G,
UDF, CD-I
Recording Method
Disc at Once, Track at Once, Session at Once,
Multisession, Packet writing, Mount Rainier
Recording Disc Types
CD-R, CD-RW
Rotation Speed
52X Speed, CAV, 10,500 rpm
Interface Enhanced
IDE
(ATAPI)
Performance Specifications
Read Speed, CD
Speed
Mode-1
Mode-2
CD-DA
22-52X Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW
18-40X Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW
14-32X Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW
10-24X Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW
8X
CLV Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW
4X
CLV Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW Stamp,R,RW
NOTE
: 52X is obtained with SpeedRead activated.
Default is 40X.
NOTE
: “Stamp” indicates commercially pressed “silver”
discs
Write Speed, CD-R
52X CAV
40X PCAV, 32X PCAV, 24X PCAV
20X CLV, 16X CLV, 8X CLV, 4X CLV
Write Speed, CD-RW
Ultra Speed media: 24X PCAV
High Speed media: 4X, 10X
Normal Speed media: 4X
Transfer Rate
Speed
Write (Kbps)
Read (Kbps)
52X
3000~7800 (CAV)
3432~7800 (CAV)
40X
3000~6000 (PCAV)
2710~6000 (CAV)
32X
3000~4800 (PCAV)
2170~4800 (CAV)
24X
3000~3600 (PCAV)
1600~3600 (CAV)
20X
3000 (CLV)
—
16X
2400 (CLV)
—
10X
1500 (CLV)
—
8X
1200 (CLV)
1200 (CLV)
4X
600 (CLV)
600 (CLV)
