Specifications

HOST INTERFACE

IEEE 1394 (i.LINK or FireWire) READ FUNCTION, Acceptable Discs

CD-ROM mode-1 data discs, CD-ROM XA discs, CD Audio discs, Mixed Mode, CD Extra, CD Text, CD-I discs, D-I Ready Discs, Photo CD (Single and Multisession), Video CD, CD-R and CD-RW discs

WRITE FUNCTION, Applicable Formats

CD-ROM (Mode 1), CD-ROM XA, CD-Audio, Audio-combined CD-ROM - Mixed Mode, CD-I, +Video CD, +CD Text, +CD Extra

WRITING METHOD

Disc at Once, Session at Once, Track at Once, Multi-session

Fixed and Variable Packet Writing

 

WRITE/READ SPEED

4⋅ , 8⋅ , 13~32⋅ (CAV)

Read (CD-ROM/CD-R):

Read (CD-RW):

4⋅ , 8⋅ , 8~20⋅ (CAV)

Read (unfinalized CD-R/CD-RW):

 

 

2⋅ , 4⋅ , 8⋅ , 8~20⋅ (CAV)

Write (CD-R):

2⋅ , 4⋅ , 8⋅ , 12⋅ speed

Write (CD-RW):

2⋅ , 4⋅ , 8⋅ speed

SUSTAINED DATA TRANSFER RATE

 

300 Kbytes/sec.

Mode 1(2⋅ , read/write)

600 Kbytes/sec.

Mode 1(4⋅

read/write)

1,200 Kbytes/sec.

Mode 1(8⋅

read/write)

1,800 Kbytes/sec.

Mode 1(12⋅ /CD-R write)

2,000~4,800 Kbytes/sec.

Mode 1(13~32⋅ , CAV)

BURST DATA TRANSFER RATE 400 Megabits per second

RANDOM ACCESS TIME

150 ms (average, including latency) BUFFER MEMORY (Read/Write)

4Megabytes

DISC DIAMETER

12cm (8 cm Read Only)

+Video CD, CD Text, CD Extra require additional software.

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