4. Quality and Reliability

4.1 MTBF

100,000 Power On Hours(Consecutive/Cumulative POH)

 

Assumption :

Used in a normall office environment at room temperature.

 

-POH per year

3,000

 

-ON/OFF cycles per year

600

 

-Operating duty cycle

20% of power on time (Seek: 5% of operating time)

4.2

Tray cycle test

30,000 times

 

 

No degeneration in the mechanical part after test

4.3

Actuator mechanism

1,000,000 full stroke seek

4.4 MTTR (Mean Time To Repair)

0.5 h

4.5

Component life

5 years or 2,000 h of Laser radiating time

 

Assumption :

Used in a normall office environment.

5.POWER REQUIREMENTS

5.1 Source voltage

+5V

+ 5% tolerance, less than 100 mVp-p Ripple voltage

 

 

+12V

+ 10% tolerance, less than 100 mVp-p Ripple voltage

 

5.2 Current

 

 

 

 

Idle (Hold track state)

+5V DC

0.9A typ

< 1.0 A max.

 

 

+12V DC

0.5A typ

< 1.0 A max.

 

Write (Active)

+5V DC

1.3A typ

< 1.5 A max.

 

 

+12V DC

0.9A typ

< 1.5 A max.

 

Read (Active)

+5V DC

1.0A typ

< 1.5 A max.

 

 

+12V DC

0.9A typ

< 1.5 A max.

 

Seek (Acess)

+5V DC

1.0A typ

< 1.5 A max.

 

 

+12V DC

1.2A typ

< 2.0 A max.

5.3 Standby

 

 

 

 

Sleep mode (No disc)

1.1 W typ.

1.3 W max.

 

6. AUDIO PERFORMANCE

Output Level (1kHz, 0dB)

0.7 Vrms typical

Frequency Response

+/-3dB (20 to 20,000Hz)

Signal to Noise Ratio

80 dB min. with IHF A and LPF 20 kHz

THD (1kHz, 0dB)

0.10% max. with LPF 20 kHz

Channel separation(10kHz)

65 dB min.

Condition:

Load inpedance : 10 kohms

7. Acoustic noise

Less than 50dB, A scale, at 0.5 m away from the drive

Note : 1. Disc : Less than imbalance 0.3 x 10-4Nm

2.Installation : Horizontal

3.Ambient temperature : Normal temperature

4.Except loading, unloading and seek

8.Dimensions

External dimensions (W x H xD) Front bezel (WxHxD)

146 x 41.3 x 165mm(without Bezel)

148 x 42 x 5 mm

9. Mass

Approx. 0.77+/-0.03 kg

*Which is not provided with Circuit Diagram of this model. Please Contact the friendly staff of LG Service Care at: Website http: //www.LGEservice.com

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