Plextor PX-850A, Installation And User Manual

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Section 1. Getting Started
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PX-850 Installation and Users Manual
What You Can Do with the PX-850
Just look at some of the things you can do with your PX-850:
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Record slide shows or digital video onto DVD-RAM, DVD+R DL,
DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs.
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Play DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD+R,
DVD+RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW discs.
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Write onto DVD-RAM discs with your set-top box and read the
discs with your Plextor drive; or write to DVD-RAM with the
Plextor drive, then read those discs on your set-top box.
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Record data or audio onto writable or rewritable CD media.
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Play music CDs.
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Save photos and other images on rewritable or writable CDs.
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Create a CD or DVD “sneakernet” to share information with
colleagues—just use software such as Roxio Creator’s Drag-to-Disc
to drag and drop files onto DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R or CD-RW
media, then continue adding files and sharing the same disc.
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Archive images and video to DVD or CD.
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Master new software programs on DVD or CD.
About Software
In order to record on DVD±R DL, DVD±R/RW, and CD-R/RW discs
you will need to have mastering, packet writing, or duplication software
installed on your computer system. If you purchased a retail kit from
Plextor, you’ll get software packages that include such software.
Roxio Creator software is one software suite that lets you burn DVDs
and CDs. The software lets you burn and share anything on CD or DVD,
including music, photos, and videos; and you can easily back up your
critical data to a CD or DVD. One component of Roxio Creator is Drag-
to-Disc, which makes the Plextor PX-850 drive as easy to use as a hard
disk drive. (For more information about Roxio Creator, install this
application and examine the help files.)