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Plextor PX-708A Installation And User Manual
Summary of PX-708A
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Dvd±r/rw, cd-r/rw drive installation and users manual october 2003 model px-708a internal atapi.
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Plextor reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without prior notice. Plextor makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particu...
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Declaration of conformity model number: px-708a trade name: plextor responsible party: plextor co., ltd. Address: 48383 fremont blvd, suite 120, fremont, ca 94538-6509, usa telephone number: 510-440-2000 this device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two co...
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Laser information these products have been designed and manufactured according to iec 60825-1 on the safety of laser products. This product comes under “class 1 laser products.” caution: use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazar...
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Px-708a installation and users manual v table of contents 1. Getting started ..............................................................................1 about this manual ...........................................................................1 meet your px-708a .................................
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Table of contents vi px-708a installation and users manual handling dvd and cd media.................................................. 35 cleaning discs .......................................................................... 36 mounting position.......................................................
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Px-708a installation and users manual 1 1. Getting started congratulations! Thank you for purchasing the plextor ® px-708a, a reliable, high-performance recordable dvd and cd writer, rewriter, and player. We appreciate the confidence you have shown in us. Our goal is to put you—and keep you—on the l...
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Section 1. Getting started 2 px-708a installation and users manual meet your px-708a the px-708a is a dvd rewritable/cd rewritable drive that provides professional quality dvd and cd performance for writing, rewriting and reading. What the px-708a does for dvds, the px-708a: • writes dvd+r (recordab...
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Section 1. Getting started px-708a installation and users manual 3 features of the px-708a • atapi interface: easily installs in virtually any pc with an e-ide atapi interface. • high speed transfers: supports ultra dma33, dma mode 2, and pio mode 4. • powerec: plextor optimized writing error reduct...
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Section 1. Getting started 4 px-708a installation and users manual • multiple dvd types: supports dvd-rom, dvd-video, multi- border, multi-session, dvd+vr, for read and write; supports dvd- vr for read only. • versatile recording modes: including sequential write, multi session, random access write....
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Section 1. Getting started px-708a installation and users manual 5 • overburn: lets you burn more information on a standard disc— audio up to 99 minutes 59 seconds in length, or a data disc up to 875 mb in capacity. Minimum configuration to use the px-708a here’s what you’ll need in order to install...
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Section 1. Getting started 6 px-708a installation and users manual what’s in the box what you find in your plextor box depends on what the company that sold you the box put in—or took out—while the plextor drive was in their possession. Plextor currently sells the px-708a drive in this configuration...
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Section 1. Getting started px-708a installation and users manual 7 px-708a drive features and controls before proceeding, you should become familiar with the controls and features of your plextor drive. Match the parts of your drive to the illustrations below. Front panel—px-708a internal drive figu...
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Section 1. Getting started 8 px-708a installation and users manual note: the volume control on the front panel of your drive adjusts only the sound level of the headphone jack. It has no impact on the volume level of the rear panel audio outputs. • eject button: push once to eject tray. Push again t...
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Section 1. Getting started px-708a installation and users manual 9 • analog audio output connector: outputs an analog stereo signal. Use this to connect to a sound board or audio amplifier. Use a standard mpc-3 type, 4-pin connector. • mode jumper: use the mode jumper to select operation as an ide m...
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Section 1. Getting started 10 px-708a installation and users manual for details on other software packages that are available for writing to dvds or cds, please visit the web sites of the companies whose software you are interested in, refer to their user’s manuals, or look at the help option within...
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Px-708a installation and users manual 11 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive this chapter explains how to physically install your px-708a in your computer. The steps you'll need to do are as follows: 1. Turn off your computer system. 2. Set the jumpers for your new px-708a drive, if necessary....
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 12 px-708a installation and users manual open the computer and prepare for installation to determine whether your px-708a will be a master or a slave, open your computer and examine the ide connections to the motherboard. To open the computer: 1. Bef...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 13 one end of the ide cable is connected to a port on the computer’s motherboard; and the other end is connected to one or two peripheral devices (such as a hard disk or cd-rom drive). If there are two devices, o...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 14 px-708a installation and users manual changing the mode jumper on your px-708a drive the drive arrives from the factory with its mode jumper set to master. (a function is on if the jumper is installed and off if the jumper is removed.) figure 4: f...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 15 changing to a master, slave, or cable select the master/slave/cable select setting for the drive is determined by the mode jumper. The jumper is placed over one of the sets of mode pins. To change the drive fr...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 16 px-708a installation and users manual select an ide configuration set the jumper according to the desired configuration, as shown in the tables and illustrations on the next few pages. Note: for best cd-rw performance, try to connect the px-708a t...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 17 note: the configuration shown in figure 6 can make it very difficult to write from the cd-rom to the px-708a at maximum rated speed using “on-the-fly” copying. System configuration and performance will make a ...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 18 px-708a installation and users manual before px-708a installation how to install the px-708a b hard disk connected as master device, and cd-rom or dvd- rom drive connected as slave on the primary ide port; nothing connected to secondary ide port. ...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 19 before px-708a installation how to install the px-708a c hard disk connected as master device on primary ide port; nothing connected to secondary ide port. Set the mode jumper to master, and connect the px-708...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 20 px-708a installation and users manual before px-708a installation how to install the px-708a d system uses special cable select cables; all devices are jumpered for cable select. Set the px-708a’s mode jumper to csel, and connect the drive to the ...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 21 about cable select the cable select jumper position sets the px-708a drive to use the csel signal from the ide interface for configuration purposes. This signal automatically selects the correct master/slave s...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 22 px-708a installation and users manual identifying whether your system uses cable select if you are unsure whether or not your system has a cable select cable installed, either look at the cable (see figure 13) or look at the jumpers on the cd-rom ...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 23 figure 11: add the dma jumper if you need to change to multiword dma.
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 24 px-708a installation and users manual install the px-708a drive before proceeding to install the px-708a drive in your personal computer, double-check your jumper setting. Record the serial number record the serial number and tla code of your driv...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 25 you may need to install another ide ribbon cable in your computer. You can use the extra ide cable supplied with your plextor drive. (just remember, if you want to use csel and cable select settings, this plex...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 26 px-708a installation and users manual to mount the px-708a drive: 1. Make sure the power to your computer and any external peripherals is turned off and your computer is unplugged from its power source. 2. If you haven't already removed the cover ...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 27 4. Determine if you must install mounting rails on the sides of your drive. To do so, insert the drive into the open bay. If the drive fits tightly with little or no clearance on either side of the drive, you ...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 28 px-708a installation and users manual 6. Plug one connector of the ide cable into the ide connector on the rear panel of the drive before you insert the drive into your computer. Then thread the cable through the front of the open bay and back tow...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 29 9. Connect a power cable from the computer to the power connector (dc input) of the drive. In most computers, you will find free power connectors that are ready for your use. Caution: the power connector on th...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 30 px-708a installation and users manual 11. Connect a digital audio cable if your sound board is equipped with the sony/philips digital interface (spdif) or digital-in, and you wish to use the digital audio output from your px-708a. This cable runs ...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive px-708a installation and users manual 31 audio connection cable required how to connect it mpc audio source mpc- compliant audio cable connect to mpc audio source, and to analog audio output connector at the rear of the plextor drive. Sound blaster o...
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Section 2. Installing your px-708a internal drive 32 px-708a installation and users manual 3. If the px-708a drive is not recognized in windows, reboot the computer and use your computer’s setup program to program the bios to recognize it. Note: refer to the computer’s documentation for information ...
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Px-708a installation and users manual 33 3. Using your px-708a this chapter explains how to use your drive and how to load, handle and care for your cds. What media to use use the right media! Your px-708a drive's capabilities change depending on which type of compact disc you use. Dvd media dvd rec...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a 34 px-708a installation and users manual to achieve a certain writing speed, you must use the appropriate media. To achieve 40x cd-r writing speed you must use certified 40x media; and to achieve 24x rw writing speed you must use ultra speed rw media. Remember: • using ...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a px-708a installation and users manual 35 tray loading and operation to load and unload the tray: 1. While the drive is powered up, push the eject button on the front panel. The tray drawer slides out in 3–4 seconds. Figure 19: loading the tray 2. Lay a cd or dvd disc in...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a 36 px-708a installation and users manual note: we do not recommend placing self-sticking cd-r labels on the disc. The weight of the label may unbalance the disc and cause write errors during recording or read errors during reading. Also, attempting to remove the label m...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a px-708a installation and users manual 37 playing dvds to play a digital video disc, insert the dvd as you would any other disc. The drive plays both single-layer and dual-layer discs. The first time: a code on each dvd allows it to be played only on players designed for...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a 38 px-708a installation and users manual different manufacturers support different standards. The dvd+r and dvd+rw formats are supported by plextor, philips, sony, hewlett- packard, dell, ricoh, yamaha and other manufacturers. Dvd-r, dvd- rw and dvd-ram are also support...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a px-708a installation and users manual 39 led blink rate when you are writing to a cd-r or cd-rw disc, the color and blink rate of the front-panel led indicator indicate the speed of writing, as follows: led blink interval in milliseconds cd-r write speed cd-rw write spe...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a 40 px-708a installation and users manual speedread changes the default dvd read speed to 5x-12x cav for single layer dvd discs, or 3x-to 8x cav for dual layer dvd discs. To manually disable speedread: you can manually disable speedread and return to silent operation (fo...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a px-708a installation and users manual 41 advantages of varirec technology this drive is equipped with varirec (variable recording) technology, a feature offered by plextor that allows you to manually adjust the drive's laser power during the recording process. The drive...
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Section 3. Using your px-708a 42 px-708a installation and users manual changing the varirec setting varirec lets you increase or decrease the laser power by up to 2 degrees in either the positive or negative direction from this default. You can change the laser power to do comparison testing with yo...
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Px-708a installation and users manual 43 4. Maintenance and troubleshooting this chapter explains maintenance and troubleshooting procedures for your px-708a drive. With proper maintenance, you can prevent problems. If trouble arises, you can often solve many simple problems on your own, rather than...
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Section 4. Maintenance and troubleshooting 44 px-708a installation and users manual upgrading firmware plextor creates firmware revisions to meet the particular needs of large computer manufacturers. It is rare that these will impact the performance or operation of your drive. However, we advise tha...
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Section 4. Maintenance and troubleshooting px-708a installation and users manual 45 2. At the front of the drive, insert the emergency eject tool, or a paper clip or other thin, rigid object, into the emergency eject hole. 3. Push the tool or other object straight in, until the disc tray clicks open...
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Section 4. Maintenance and troubleshooting 46 px-708a installation and users manual performing the self-test this tests three functions of the drive: writing at maximum speed, continuous playback at maximum speed, and random access. To perform the self-test: 1. Turn the computer’s power off, unplug ...
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Section 4. Maintenance and troubleshooting px-708a installation and users manual 47 6. If you removed the drive for access to the cable and mode jumpers, slide it back into the computer and connect the power cable to the drive. 7. Replace the computer’s cover and re-connect the computer’s power cord...
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Section 4. Maintenance and troubleshooting 48 px-708a installation and users manual 9. Insert a blank plextor-recommended dvd±r or cd-r disc. Be sure to use only media of the type recommended by plextor. If the led indicator blinks amber three times, the loaded disc is not a blank dvd±r or cd-r disc...
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Px-708a installation and users manual 49 appendix a: px-708a specifications minimum system requirements—px-708a internal atapi drive computer pentium iii 700 mhz cpu or faster. Minimum ram 128 mb hard disk size 1 gb of free space to write to a cd in image mode, or 6 gb of free space to create dvd im...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications 50 px-708a installation and users manual recommended media dvd+r: 8x mitsubishi chemical/verbatim, taiyo yuden, ricoh note: powerec will determine if 8x speed is possible and will set the optimal write speed dvd+r: 4x, 2.4x mitsubishi chemical/verbatim, taiyo yuden...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications px-708a installation and users manual 51 usable formats logical dvd read/write dvd-rom, dvd-video, multi-border, multi-session, dvd+vr, dvd-vr (dvd-vr is read only) logical cd read/write cd-da, cd-extra, cd-rom mode-1, cd-rom mode- 2, cd-rom xa, photo cd, video cd,...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications 52 px-708a installation and users manual performance specifications (continued) read speed, cd speed mode-1 discs mode-2 discs cd-da discs 17-40x cav stamp,r, rw stamp,r, rw stamp,r 14-32x cav stamp,r, rw stamp,r, rw stamp,r, rw 10x cav stamp,r, rw stamp,r, rw stam...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications px-708a installation and users manual 53 performance specifications (continued) write speed, cd-r/rw speed cd-r ultra speed cd-rw media high speed cd-rw media normal speed cd-rw media 40x pcav yes – – – 32x pcav yes – – – 24x pcav – yes – – 16x clv yes – – – 10x cl...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications 54 px-708a installation and users manual performance specifications (continued) initialization time time measured from power on until disc is available to read: dvd: cd: access time time measured from command phase until bus free (no disconnect): dvd: cd: sleep mod...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications px-708a installation and users manual 55 front panel eject eject button; manual emergency eject; software eject. Led indicator yellow when initializing, reading, or ejecting disc. Green during standby and when buffer underrun proof technology or lossless linking/ze...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications 56 px-708a installation and users manual rear panel power supply dc +12v, ±10% dc +5v, ±5% typical standby current 100 ma 300 ma typical dvd read current (dvd 12x) 900 ma 500 ma typical cd read current (cd 40x) 900 ma 500 ma typical dvd write current (dvd+r 8x) 900...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications px-708a installation and users manual 57 environmental conditions mounting position horizontal or vertical orientation: horizontal: ±15 degrees vertical: front side up or down, ±15 degrees operating temperature 0 to 40 degrees celsius performance guarantee temperat...
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Appendix a: px-708a specifications 58 px-708a installation and users manual environmental conditions (continued) shock, non- operating permissible velocity: minimum 62g permissible velocity change: minimum 220cm/sec (power off, without disc) electrostatic discharge ±8kv aerial discharge ±4kv contact...
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Px-708a installation and users manual 59 appendix b: technical support store plextor’s e-mail, web site, phone, and fax numbers in a convenient location. Keep your drive’s serial number and a copy of your sales receipt handy as well. If you experience a problem while installing or operating your dri...
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Appendix b: technical support 60 px-708a installation and users manual how to contact plextor technical support there are several ways for you to contact plextor’s technical support department: • visit our web site (www.Plextor.Com) for answers to frequently asked questions. • send us e-mail at supp...
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Appendix b: technical support px-708a installation and users manual 61 returns in the unlikely event that you need to return a drive to plextor, you need an rma (returned materials authorization) number. You need this number before any plextor drive can be returned for repair or replacement. Here’s ...
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Appendix b: technical support 62 px-708a installation and users manual packing your drive check the drive to make sure there is no disc inside, and if possible, pack your drive in the original box. Some of our customers have not held on to their boxes and have had to resort to less-than-secure metho...
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Px-708a installation and users manual 63 appendix c: warranty plextor corp. (“plextor”) warrants your px-708a drive against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for a period of one year following its date of purchase. In the event this product is found to be defective within the...
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Appendix c: warranty 64 px-708a installation and users manual all drives returned to plextor must be securely packaged and shipped postage prepaid. The drive will be returned to the customer at plextor’s expense when originating within the united states. For a drive originating outside of the united...
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Px-708a installation and users manual 65 index a access time · 54 analog audio cable · 24, 29 output connector · 9, 29, 31, 56 atapi command set · 54 audio analog · 9, 56 digital · 56 audio cable · 30 b background format, cd-rw · 2 bay cover panel · 26 black tray · 3 box contents of · 6 shipping · 6...
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Index 66 px-708a installation and users manual cd-text · 4 cleaning disc · 36 cleaning your drive · 43 precautions · 10, 43 closing tray · 35 compatibility cd-r · 4 cd-rw · 4 dvd · 3, 37 computer, minimum · 5, 49 configuration · 6 cable select · 21 minimum · 5, 49 types of ide · 13 connection digita...
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Index px-708a installation and users manual 67 dvd-rw · 37 drive capabilities · 33 media · 50 writing speed · 52 zero link · 3 dvd-video reading speed · 2, 4, 39, 51 e editing dvd+rw · 3 eject emergency · 7, 44 methods for · 55 eject button · 8 closing tray · 35 used for self-test · 47 electrostatic...
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Index 68 px-708a installation and users manual l label, disc · 36 laser power, adjusting with varirec · 41, 42 laser standards · 58 led indicator · 7, 55 blink rate · 39, 55 buffer underrun proof technology and · 55 color · 38, 55 lossless linking · 3 m maintenance · 43 master · 13, 16, 56 cable sel...
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Index px-708a installation and users manual 69 p packing for shipment · 62 performance specifications · 51, 52, 53, 54 pio support · 3, 54 playing dvd · 37 plug and play, support for · 3 position, mounting · 24, 36, 57 power cable · 25 connecting cable · 29 connector · 9, 29, 56 requirements · 56 po...
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Index 70 px-708a installation and users manual sony/philips digital interface · see spdif sound blaster-compliant audio cable · 31 sound board, connections to · 30 spdif cable · 31 connector · 8, 30, 31, 56 specifications · 49, 51, 52, 53, 54 speed monitoring · 38 reading cd-r · 2 reading cd-rom · 5...
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Index px-708a installation and users manual 71 w wake mode · 54 warranty · 63 web site, plextor · 59 weight · 58 write formats · 4 write methods cd · 4, 51 dvd · 4, 51 writing a cd image · 5, 49 writing speed achieving · 34 cd-r · 2, 53 cd-rw · 2, 53 dvd+r · 2, 52 dvd+rw · 52 dvd-r · 2, 52 dvd-rw · ...
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Px-708a installation and users manual 73 notes.
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Plextor corp. 48383 fremont blvd. Suite 120 fremont ca 94538-6509 phone: fax: e-mail: 510-440-2000 800-886-3935 510-651-9755 info@plextor.Com www.Plextor.Com p/n 127-2789-02.