INTRODUCTION1
Congratulations! You have just made a very important upgrade for your PC. By installing the PHILIPS 8X or 10X CD-ROM drive into your IBM PC/compatible, you can now take advantage of the vast host of multimedia software available today at a higher performance than ever. Whether you are interested in the Encyclopedia Britanica, educational games, using your computer as a digital music studio or composing a business presentation with sound, graphics and animation, your new CD-ROM drive will be the tool to efficiently and effectively get all that information into your computer.
1.1 Features
This CD-ROM drive has the following key features:
IDE/ATAPI interface
Access time at 145 ms for PCA102CD and 155 ms for PCA82CR
Data transfer rate at 1,500 KB/sec for PCA102CD and 1,200 KB/sec for PCA82CR
Built in 128 KB buffer
Motorized tray for loading and unloading CDs
Standard size: fits into a standard 5.25 inch half-height PC disk drive bay
Emergency eject for manual disc ejection
Automatic power-saving feature
Compatibility with the following disc formats: Audio-CD, Video-CD, CD-ROM/XA, CD-i/FMV (CD-i movies), Karaoke-CD, CD Plus and Photo-CD (both single and multi-session)
