Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CRX0811 Sony
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CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide vi Chapter 1 Introduction 1 CD-R and CD-R W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 How CD-R and CD-R W W ork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Performance . . .
Please read this manual befor e using the drive in order to take you step-by-step through the pr ocess of setting up and installing the CD-R W drive. Precautions * Do not attempt to open the drive and service it. Removing the cover may cause exposure to harmful laser beam and electrical voltage.
How CD-R and CD-R W work CD-ROM drives (CD-R and CD-R W drives as well) read the one and zero bits by dif ference in r eflectivity . Mass produced Compact Discs ar e created by stamping “pits” in the CD. These “pits” reflect dif ferently than the “land” which is the area between “pits.
• CD-ROM XA (Mode 2 Form 1 and Mode 2 Form 2); CD-ROM Extended Architectur e. This standard was created for smoother playback of multimedia content. • CD-I* (Mode 2 Form 1 and Mode 2 Form 2), CD-I Ready ; CD-Interactive is used for home entertainment systems.
Recommended Media CD-R: Sony 74/80 min. CD-Recordable disc. CD-R W: Sony 74/80 min. CD-ReW ritable disc. T o achieve trouble free 8X recording speeds, be sure the CD-R media is certified for 8X recording. T o achieve trouble free 4X CD-RW recordings, be sure the CD-R W media is certified for 4X recording.
This chapter shows the connectors, controls, and indicator lights of the drive. For instructions on connecting and installing the drive to the computer , please consult “Chapter 3, Installing Y our CD-RW Recor der Drive” located on page 15. Using the CD-R W Drive 1.
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 11 6. Open/Close This is a toggle button. When pressed, the DVD-ROM drive will either open the door and tray out of the disc, or tray in the disc and close the door . Busy Indicator LED The Busy Indicator LED shows the condition of the driver .
Drive Configuration Jumper The drive configuration jumpers set your drive to be a master or slave drive on the EIDE port. The default position is with the jumper in the Master position. T o set the drive as a slave drive, place the jumper on the Slave position.
This chapter describes the installation procedur es for installing the drive in a PC. Requirements • Pentium ® 233Mhz or faster PC Computer • At least 32 MB RAM. • W indows ® 98/SE/Me™/2000 or W indows NT ® 4.0. • Bus mastering EIDE connection.
Follow Electrostatic Dischar ge procedur es any time you open the computer . These procedures include: ❏ Make sure the computer is OFF when performing any removal or installation. ❏ Remove the power cord. ❏ W ait ten minutes before any r emoval or installation if the computer has recently been power ed on.
6. Set the drive configuration jumpers. Each IDE port can support two devices. The position of the devices does not determine whether the device is Master or Slave.
7. Install the drive. T o install the drive, position the drive in the drive bay so that the screw holes of the drive ar e aligned with the screw holes in the drive bay .
8. Attach the IDE cable Attach the EIDE cable so that the red line that signifies Pin 1 of the cable is aligned with Pin 1 on the drive. Although the cables that Sony includes with the unit are keyed so that they may only be installed pr operly , other cables may not be keyed the same.
This Chapter discusses the basics of troubleshooting the CD-R W Recorder Drive. A few w ords about CD-ROMs The laser in a CD reads the dif ference in r eflectivity from one spot to the next. This differ ence in reflectivity is simply created fr om a differ ence in the depth of pits either burned or stamped into the CD-ROM Media.
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 27 26 CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide • IDE cable and the CD-R W drive are not connected properly . • Conflicts with other IDE devices. • Power is not switched on. • Ensure that both connectors of IDE cable is properly connected to the IDE ports on the main board and CD-R W .
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 29 28 CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide • Bad photo CD disc. • T ry to play another photo CD disc and see if it reads fine. If it works, you should replace the defective disc. Cannot view photo CD discs. Can read only first session of a multi- session disc.
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 31 30 CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide Symptom P ossible Causes Solutions • Eject locked by software. • CD set incorrectly into tray . • When you’re working under W indows 95/98/NT 4.0, check if locked on the CD-R W properly .
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 33 32 CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide • Using other authoring software which not supports your CD-R W drive. • Disc inserted upside down. • Short of Hard Disc capacity . • No power . • IDE cable isn’t connected properly .
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 35 34 CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide Symptom P ossible Causes Solutions • Short of PC memory . • “Auto thermal re-calibration” triggered. • Defective CD- R/R W media. • Short of Hard Disk capacity . • Due to short of main memory in PC, swapping of hard disc space may have occurred.
36 CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide Symptom P ossible Causes Solutions • W rote with other authoring software. • Short of CD-R/R W capacity . • If differ ent authoring software is used comparing to the previous writing, errors may occur . Use always the same authoring software.
Whenever you have any difficulty with your drive, please follow the troubleshooting suggestions in this manual and in the software manuals. Please keep track of the steps you have taken with as much information about your computer system as you can.
BUFFER MEMOR Y (Read/W rite) 4 Megabytes DISC DIAMETER 12 cm (8 cm Read Only) ROT A TIONAL SPEED INNERMOST TRACK: 600 rpm (1X) 1200 rpm (2X) 2400 rpm (4X) 4800 rpm (8X) 7000 rpm (13 ˜ 32X, CA V ) ROT.
BURST DA T A TRANSFER RA TE 16.6 Megabytes per second (A T A PIO Mode 4) 16.6 Megabytes per second (A T A Multi W ord DMA Mode 2) A VERAGE ACCESS TIME (including Latency) 1 10 ms [13 ˜ 32X, C A V] BU.
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 45 MOUNTING Horizontal or vertical POWER REQUIREMENTS +5V ± 5% and less than 100m Vp-p ripple voltage. +12V ± 10% and less than 200m Vp-p ripple voltage CURRENT REQUIREMENTS Spinning Up (Peak) +5V 1.0 Amp +12V 1.2 Amp Seeking (Peak) +5V 1.
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 47 46 CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide Mb. Megabyte. Basically means one million bytes, but is actually 1024 kilobytes or 1024 X 1024 bytes which is 1,048,576 bytes. Mb/s. Megabytes per second. Means of measuring throughput.
CD-R W Recorder User’ s Guide 48 Index Access/Power light, 7 Buffer size, 4, 41, 43 Buffer underr un, 3 Buffer , 3 Busy Indicator LED, 10 CD Extra, 4-5 CD speeds, 3-4, 40-43 CD TEXT , 4 CD-Bridge, 5.
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