The speed at which a CD-ROM is written does not affect the speed at which that CD-ROM can be read. For example, a CD-ROM which was written at 2⋅ can be read at 1⋅ , 2⋅ , 4⋅ , 8⋅ , 12⋅ , 24⋅ , 32⋅ and so on.

Buffer

The 1600L i.LINK drive has a 4 megabyte data buffer, which protects against buffer underruns when writing to a disc. Buffer underrun is a condition where the drive’s buffer runs out of data while the CD-R or CD-RW media is still being written. The recording of a CD is a system intensive process, and the recorder needs a constant stream of data. A buffer underrun occurs when the data stream to the recorder is not fast enough to keep the recorder’s buffer full, causing the recording to abort.

CD Formats Supported

The 1600L i.LINK drive records these popular CD formats:

•CD-Digital Audio; the format used for audio CDs, playable on audio CD players.

•CD-ROM(Mode 1); the format used for most CD-ROM applications.

•CD-ROM XA (Mode 2 Form 1 and Mode 2 Form 2); CD-ROM Extended Architecture. This standard was created for smoother playback of multimedia content.

•CD-I* (Mode2 Form 1 and Mode 2 Form 2), CD-I Ready; CD- Interactive is used for home entertainment systems.

*The 1600L i.LINK drive does not have the necessary audio circuitry and decoding functions for CD-I playback, but can read and record the format.

The 1600L i.LINK drive also supports these formats, but additional software is required to record these formats:

•CD Extra; Audio and data in multi-session format.

•CD TEXT; Audio CD with album name; song titles encoded. CD TEXT information is displayed on CD TEXT Compatible CD Players and CD-ROM drives.

•CD-Bridge; a format for a mixture of Kodak Photo CDs and Video CDs, playable on TV set top players and personal computers.

•Photo CD (single and multisession); Kodak Photo CD.

•Video CD; playable on TV set -top video CD Players and most DVD systems.

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