Section 4. Using Your PlexWriter
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Sound board audio: This comes from data files, such as a WAV, WMA or MP3
file, that is transferred from the CD via the SCSI interface to your computer. The
sound board translates the data into sound. If you do not have a sound board, you
will not be able to hear this form of audio from your PlexWriter.
To listen to music through the computer’s sound board, you can control volume
with the volume control on the Windows Taskbar. You can also mute the sound
on your sound board and listen to music through headphones or self-powered
speakers.
NOTE: The volume control on the front panel of your drive adjusts only the sound
level of the headphone jack. It has no impact on the volume level of the rear panel
audio outputs.
Playing a CD Using Plextor Manager
For PC users, Plextor Manager 2000 software provides several unique and powerful
capabilities for playing audio. For installation and operating instructions, refer to the
separate Plextor Manager 2000 User’s Manual and README files.
Playing a CD Using Other Utilities
Other alternatives for playing CDs include audio utilities designed into your
operating system (Media Player or CD Player in Windows, for instance) or various
other utilities that can be purchased commercially.
Playing a CD On a Macintosh
Mac users can run a program such as CDT Remote (which is typically included with
FWB’s CD-ROM toolkit).
Writing to CD-R and CD-RW Media
In conjunction with your PlexWriter drive, mastering and packet writing software
such as EasyCD Creator and DirectCD allow you to write audio, video, data, or other
information to writable (CD-R) or rewritable (CD-RW) media.
IMPORTANT: Only newer CD-ROM drives can read CD-RW discs. Drives
manufactured before 1997 cannot read them. All Plextor CD-ROM drives beginning
with the 12/20PleX or newer can read CD-RW discs.
