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Sound board audio: This comes from data files that may be present on a disc,
such as a WAV, WMA or MP3 files, that are transferred from the CD to your
computer via the SCSI interface. The sound board translates the data from the
digital files into analog sound. If you do not have a sound board, you will not be
able to hear this form of audio from your PlexWriter.
To listen to music through the computer’s sound board, you can control volume
with the volume control on the Windows Taskbar. You can also mute the sound
on your sound board and listen to music through headphones or self-powered
speakers.
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.
Playing a CD Using Plextor Manager
For PC users, Plextor Manager 2000 software provides several unique and powerful
capabilities for playing audio. For installation and operating instructions, refer to the
separate Plextor Manager 2000 User’s Manual and README files.
Playing a CD Using Other Utilities
Other alternatives for playing CDs include audio utilities designed into your
operating system (Media Player or CD Player in Windows, for instance) or various
other utilities that can be purchased commercially.
Playing a CD On a Macintosh
Mac users can run a program such as CDT Remote (which is typically included with
FWB’s CD-ROM toolkit).
Writing to CD-R and CD-RW Media
In conjunction with your PlexWriter drive, mastering and packet writing software
such as EasyCD Creator and DirectCD allow you to write audio, video, data, or other
information to writable (CD-R) or rewritable (CD-RW) media. The PlexWriter
12/10/32S writes to new high-speed CD-RW media, as well as to conventional
CD-RW media.
IMPORTANT: Most CD-ROM drives manufactured since 1997 can read both
conventional and the new high-speed CD-RW discs. Drives manufactured before
1997 cannot read CD-RW discs.
Plextor CD-ROM drives beginning with the 12/20PleX and newer can read CD-RW
discs, including the new, high speed discs.
