Section 4. Using Your PlexWriter
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PlexWriter 40/12/40U Installation and Users Manual
Playing a CD Using Other Utilities
You can use SimpliCD to play CDs. 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 that contained in SimpliCD and Easy CD Creator allow you to write audio,
video, data, or other information to writable (CD-R) or rewritable (CD-RW) media.
The PlexWriter 40/12/40U writes to new high-speed CD-RW media, as well as to
normal-speed CD-RW media.
IMPORTANT: Most CD-ROM drives manufactured since 1998 can read both
conventional and the new high-speed CD-RW discs. Drives manufactured before
1998 cannot read CD-RW discs.
Plextor CD-ROM drives beginning with the 12/20PleX and newer can read CD-RW
discs, including the new, high-speed discs.
Determining Write Speed from the LED Indicator
When you are writing to a CD-R or CD-RW disc, the color and blink rate of the
front-panel LED indicator indicate the speed of writing, as follows:
LED blink interval in
milliseconds
Write speed
Amber, 40 ms
40X CD-R
Amber, 80 ms
32X CD-R, 12X CD-RW
Amber, 150 ms
4–24X CD-R, 4-10X
CD-RW
