Section 1. Getting Started
PX-610U Installation and Users Manual
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Take control of several powerful features of Plextor drives.
With the
power of
PlexUTILITIES
you have now have extra support for your
Plextor hardware.
PlexUTILITIES
allows you to view basic and
advance drive information as well as offering high quality audio and
multimedia capabilities. By allowing you to measure and control the
burn quality of every disc,
PlexUTILITIES
makes coasters a thing of
the past. The distinctive design in
PlexUTILITIES
allows ease of use
for newcomers without compromising on the powerful features that
experienced burners demand.
PlexUTILITIES
also features:
- View Basic and Advanced Drive Information
List the drive’s hardware,
including serial number, firmware version and jumper settings, and
shows the capabilities of the drive. Concurrently, you can reveal
extensive information about the inserted disc— like format, sessions
and tracks, manufacturer, and CD TEXT.
- Permitting Drive Identification and Control
allows you to control
different features of your Plextor drive.
- Measure Disc Burning Quality
Test the quality of a written or pressed
disc by counting the number of errors, measure the mechanical
characteristics of blank media, show the write quality by checking the
jitter rate and the beta value of written media, and measure the quality of
the written DVD media by checking the pits and lands for compliance
with the DVD specifications.
- Automatic software and firmware updates
immediately notify you of
pending updates to your Plextor drive so that you always have the most
current applications.
For details on software that is available for writing to DVDs or CDs,
please visit the web sites of the companies whose software you are
interested in, refer to their user’s manuals, or look at the help option
within the software. A list of various software that you can use with
your Plextor drive can be found in the Support/Compatibility section of
www.plextor.com
