Chapter 1 Introduction
The Sony 1600L i.LINK® (also referred to as the CRX1600L) is a high performance external CD-RW Recorder/Player with the IEEE 1394 (also called i.LINK or FireWire® ) Interface. The 1600L i.LINK drive is capable of recording and playing rewritable CD-RW and write once CD-R media as well as being able to read mass produced stamped CDs. This drive is equipped with the i.LINK interface which can be easily connected to iBookTM, iMac® DV, G4 and Blue and White Macintosh G3 computers with built-in FireWire ports as well as PCs with built-in i.LINK ports or with the addition of iLINK cards. The 1600L i.LINK drive does not support the Apple® FireWire PCI card. Unlike most other interfaces for storage devices, the i.LINK bus is not only very fast, but extremely easy to connect and use without severe limitations as to the number of devices and the distances of the cabling between devices. And the i.LINK connector is “hot pluggable” meaning that it can be installed or removed while the computer is running. Please be careful never to disconnect the drive or other linked devices while data is being transferred.
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