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Using the NEC Combo Drive

Using Recommended Media

NEC Computers recommends the media brands in the following table for best read and write
performance.

Note   

With other media, the sensitivity settings are not configurable – you can only use the

default settings during CD creation. As a result, the CD being created might not be readable.

Recommended Media

Read Media

Read/Write Media

3M Corporation

 Kao

Hitachi

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

IMATION

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

Kao

Memorex

Memorex

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Panasonic

Phillips

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

SONY

Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

TDK Corporation

Teijin

Yamaha

Removal of CD-RW Software from Systems with
Windows 2000

If your system is running the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system and you want to
remove the CD-RW software, be sure to remove 

Easy CD Creator

 before you remove the

DirectCD

 application.

If you need to remove the CD-RW software, remove Easy CD Creator

first. Then remove the DirectCD application. Removing DirectCD before Easy CD Creator
causes a loss in CD drive functionality.

If you happen to remove the CD-RW applications in the wrong order, go to the Microsoft support
site and find their solutions in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q270008.

Summary of Contents for NEC COMBO DRIVE

Page 1: ...pplications for CD RW functions See the following section to use your combo drive DVD ROM Drive This section provides information on installing and configuring MGI SoftDVD MAX starting and using MGI SoftDVD MAX identifying conditions situations and settings that affect playback using the password protection feature optimizing a retail Windows 2000 installation for optimal videodisc play uninstalli...

Page 2: ...wer Schemes window for MGI SoftDVD MAX to play DVD movies properly To access these settings open the Control Panel and double click the Power Management icon With Power schemes set to Always on set the following fields to Never System standby Turn off monitor Turn off hard disks Note If you alter these AC power management settings be sure to change them back before playing a movie with MGI SoftDVD...

Page 3: ...agement settings that are enabled Performing the following activities during playback can impede DVD playback changing screen resolution changing the world region setting Some DVD movie titles are not configured to tap all the features of the DVD ROM drive or MGI SoftDVD MAX Some DVD titles cannot be ejected during play you must stop the movie and then eject the DVD do not enforce their advertised...

Page 4: ...EC Computers These settings are not the default settings in retail versions of the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system If you install a retail version of the Windows 2000 operating system instead of the version provided by NEC Computers the NEC Computers default settings are overwritten You can manually change them back to optimize DVD ROM drive performance by following these steps 1 From the ...

Page 5: ... Easy CD Creator is installed 6 When the installation completes click Finish A dialog box appears asking if you want to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the online help provided by Adobe 7 Click No if Acrobat Reader is installed Click Yes to install Acrobat Reader If you click Yes Acrobat Reader is installed after you restart the system Follow the on screen prompts to install Acrobat Reader ...

Page 6: ...orporation Panasonic Phillips Ricoh Co Ltd SONY Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd TDK Corporation Teijin Yamaha Removal of CD RW Software from Systems with Windows 2000 If your system is running the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system and you want to remove the CD RW software be sure to remove Easy CD Creator before you remove the DirectCD application If you need to remove the CD RW software remove Easy CD C...

Page 7: ...le recording CD ROMs or audio CDs 4x CD rewriting maximum variable speed for example using as a personal storage medium 24x CD ROM reading maximum variable speed 6x DVD ROM reading maximum variable speed User Data Maximum Capacity 1 MB 1024x1024 4 38 GB single side single layer 656 MB mode 1 7 95 GB single side dual layer 748 MB mode 2 CD R Write Maximum Transfer Rate on CD Record 300 KB s 2x 600 ...

Page 8: ...uters Inc All rights reserved NEC and PowerMate are registered trademarks of NEC Corporation and or one or more of its subsidiaries Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners The information and specifications in this publication are subject to change without notice V...

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