System Configuration

Media

The CRW6416SX drive is compatible with discs which meet the following specifications:

●CD-R discs:

Use discs that conform to the Orange Book Part 2 standards. When writing to CD-R at 4X or 6X speed, you should use discs that have been designed for high-speed recording.

●CD-RW discs:

Use discs that conform to the Orange Book Part 3 standards. When writing to CD-RW at 4X speed, you should use discs that have been designed for high-speed recording.

●Read-only discs:

You can read from any CD-ROM discs that conform to the Yellow Book

standard, and which bear the logo. You can also play back any CD- DA (audio) discs that conform to the Red Book standards, and which bear

the logo.

nThe Orange Book standard defines how all recordable discs (including CD-R and CD-RW) are written. Part 2 of the Orange Book standard relates to CD-R discs and Part 3, to CD-RW discs. The standard was named after the color of the book’s pages. Similarly, the Red Book standard relates to audio (CD-DA) discs and the Yellow Book standard relates to CD-ROM discs.

About CD-ROM

A CD-ROM disc is a compact disc containing high-density read-only data. It has many applications, including the playback of music and video, the archiving of data, as well as on-line documentation. The following are descriptions of each CD-ROM format:

CD-DA:Up to 74 minutes of audio is written in 16-bit resolution at a sampling rate of 44.1kHz.

Data CD: Up to 650 megabytes of computer data is stored in standard ISO9660 format.

Video CD: These hold movies in which the video and audio data has been compressed using MPEG-1 technology.

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