INTRODUCTION
CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual Page 7
PHONES This stereo jack socket allows you to monitor the L/R (stereo)
output of the CD3000XL through stereo headphones. The
level is regulated using the MAIN VOLUME control (see
below).
DISPLAY CONTRAST Sets the viewing angle for the LCD. You will note that pressing
this control in switches off the LCD’ backlight thus preserving
the LCD (think of it like a ‘screen saver’ on a computer).
CD-ROM DRIVE The CD3000XL’s CD-ROM drive is a quad speed drive
capable of reading digital data from CD-ROM disks four times
faster than standard CD-ROM drives.
Disks are available in 12 cm for 600MByte and 8 cm for
200MByte. (1MByte = 230Byte).
The drive has a long life and high durability due to non-contact
read-out operation using laser beam.
The CD3000XL’s CD-ROM drive is a high performance device
with an average random seek time of150ms. Maximum
continuous transfer rate is 600 KByte (1KByte=210 Byte) and
average malfunction interval (MTBF) is 80,000 hours.
CD ROM DRIVE FEATURES
• Fast random access time of 190 ms
• Fast random access seek time of 150 ms
• Maximum continuous data transfer rate of 600 KByte/s (1KByte=2 10 Byte)
• Emergency eject function
• LED Indicator for dirt on the optical system
• BUSY LED indicator
Access times:
Average random access time 190ms Typ. (4x)
230ms Typ. (4x)
320ms Typ. (4x)
Average random seek time 150ms Typ. (4x)
180ms Typ. (4x)
210ms Typ. (4x)
Average full stroke access time 340ms Typ. (4x)
380ms Typ. (4x)
470ms Typ. (4x)
The ‘BUSY’ LEDon the front panel will show the condition of the drive and operates as follows:
1 The LED is off when the tray is open.
2 When you close the tray, the indicator will flash for 0.8 seconds, and will be in one of
the following modes:
The indicator will be off when the drive is in “stand-by” mode.
The indicator will be off when a disk is not installed on the tray.
The indicator will flash every 3.2 seconds if the disk or the pick-up head is dirty.
3 During audio track playback, the indicator will flash at intervals of 1.6 seconds.
4 The indicator will remain lit during data access or data transfer.