DRX-
510
UL
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
• All popular DVD formats are supported – Eliminates the worry in choosing a DVD recordable drive
• Maximum compatibility – Choose the DVD recordable media with the optimal compatibility with your playback hardware
• High performance CD-R/RW burning – Drive functions as a high performance CD burner, too
• Powerful software bundle – Industry standard applications for creating and editing DVD video discs from camcorder/VCR
tapes, backing up your valuable data, storing and sharing large files, watching DVD movies on your PC, and so much more
• Dual Interface external drive supports both USB 2.0 and i.LINK®* connections (IEEE1394/FireWire® Compatible)
*i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that the product contains an IEEE1394 connector. All products with an i.LINK connector may not communicate with each other.
Sony Electronics Inc.
Information Technology Products Division
3300 Zanker Road
San Jose, California 95134
http://www.sony.com/storagebysony
http://www.sony.com/mediabysony
TM
©2003 Sony Electronics Inc.
Reproduction in part or in whole without prior written permission is prohibited.
All rights reserved. Sony, i.LINK and Storage by Sony are trademarks of Sony. Microsoft and Windows
are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Non-metric weights and measurements are approximate. Features and specifications subject to change
without notice.
Printed USA 4/03
DRX510UL-DS-4/03
AWB031972
SPECIFICATIONS
PART NUMBER
DRX-510UL
DRIVE TYPE
External Combination DVD±R, DVD±RW, CD-R/RW Drive
MEDIA & MODES SUPPORTED
DVD±R, DVD±RW: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video
CD: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM (XA), CD Extra, Video CD,
Photo CD*, CD Text, multi-session
READ/WRITE SPEED
Write (DVD-R) 1X, 2X, 4X** max.
Write (DVD-RW) 1X, 2X** max.
Write (DVD+R) 2.4X, 4X** max.
Write (DVD+RW) 2.4X, 4X max**.
Write (CD-R) 4X, 12X, 16X, 24X Z-CLV max.
Write (CD-RW) 4X, 10X**, 16X*** max.
Read (DVD-ROM) 12X max.
Read (CD-ROM) 32X max.
SUSTAINED DATA TRASFER RATE
11.4 MB/s (8X DVD-ROM)
AVERAGE ACCESS TIME
200 ms (DVD 8X)
160 ms (CD 32X)
INTERFACE
USB 2.0/1.1 and i.LINK
®
(IEEE1394/FireWire
®
compatible)
(USB 1.1 supported at significantly slower speeds)
BURST TRANSFER RATE
400 Mbit/s (i.LINK interface), 480 Mbit/s (USB 2.0 Interface)
BUFFER MEMORY
8 MB
DRIVE MOUNTING
Horizontal or Vertical
DIMENSIONS (WxHxD)
6.50 x 2.10 x 9.72 inches
WEIGHT
4.19 lbs.
PACKAGE CONTENTS
External DRX-510UL Dual RW drive
Veritas RecordNow™ DX CD/DVD mastering software
Veritas DLA™ drive letter recording software
Veritas Simple Backup™ backup software
Sonic Solutions MyDVD
®
DVD video authoring software
ArcSoft ShowBiz
®
video editing software
Cyberlink PowerDVD
®
soft DVD player software
MusicMatch
®
Jukebox software
6-pin to 6-pin i.LINK cable, USB cable, AC Power Adapter
User’s Manual
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Pentium
®
II 400 Mhz or faster (or equivalent) CPU minimum.
Pentium III 800 Mhz or faster (or equivalent) CPU is recom-
mended for real time video authoring/editing, 64 MB of RAM
(128 MB or more is recommended), 1 GB**** of hard disc
space. Installed USB 2.0 or i.LINK
®
interface, Windows
®
98SE/2000, Windows
®
Millennium Edition, Windows
®
XP
Home or Professional operating systems
WARRANTY
One Year Limited
*Not supported with the bundled software, additional software required.
**High-speed DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD-RW discs required.
***Requires Ultra speed CD-RW media.
****GB means 1,000 megabytes.
DVD±R AND DVD±RW DISCS RECORDED ON THIS DRIVE WILL PLAY BACK IN MOST CONSUMER DVD PLAYERS AND COMPUTER
DVD-ROM DRIVES. PLEASE RECORD RESPONSIBLY. BEFORE COPYING ANYTHING ONTO A CD OR DVD DISC, PLEASE BE SURE YOU ARE
NOT VIOLATING COPYRIGHT LAWS. MOST SOFTWARE COMPANIES ALLOW YOU TO MAKE A BACK-UP OR ARCHIVE COPY OF SOFT-
WARE. CHECK THE TERMS OF YOUR SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.
MEDIA COMPATIBILITY
