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8X CD-ROM Drive

CD820E

User Guide

On-line Version

Summary of Contents for CD820E

Page 1: ...8X CD ROM Drive CD820E User Guide On line Version ...

Page 2: ...rovides you with A summary of the features of your drive A description of its various components and A list of its technical specifications For more information pertaining to the installation and usage of your drive refer to the User s Guide Knowing Your CD ROM Drive Creative CD 820E ...

Page 3: ...PC s bus This high transfer rate allows you to retrieve data much faster from the CD ROM drive CD ROM Standards Your drive meets the MPC level 2 requirements for CD ROM It also enables you to read CD ROM XA Extended Architecture a specification that allows you to interleave data audio and video sectors on a CD At the date of printing this booklet the MPC 3 specifications have yet to be finalized M...

Page 4: ...akers Busy Indicator The Busy indicator lights up whenever your drive is reading data from your disc This indicator blinks with a green light when your drive is playing audio and an orange light when your drive is operating in 8X speed mode 1 200 KB per second Volume Control The Volume control allows you to adjust the volume of your earphones or powered speakers connected to the front panel Stereo...

Page 5: ... drive using controls on the drive s front panel or using applications such as Creative QuickCD see Chapter 3 of the User s Guide If you are using the controls on the front panel you cannot use QuickCD Similarly if you use QuickCD you cannot use the controls Stop Eject Button The Stop Eject button stops playing a CD It also allows you to eject or close the disc tray when the drive is not playing C...

Page 6: ...ray can be locked using the LOCKCD EXE utility see the section Locking the Disc Tray in Chapter 4 of the User s Guide When there is a power or system failure you can eject the disc tray by inserting a ruler and pulling the tray out gently as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 Figure 2 Holding a disc Figure 3 Inserting the ruler to eject the tray ...

Page 7: ...ray as this may damage your drive The Drive s Rear Panel This section provides you with information on the connectors and jumpers found on your drive s rear panel as shown in Figure 5 Figure 4 Pulling out the tray Figure 5 The rear panel of your CD ROM drive ...

Page 8: ...he CD Audio connector allows you to direct audio output from your CD ROM drive to your audio card when connected using a CD Audio cable Master Slave Jumper The Master Slave jumper see Figure 6 allows you to set your drive as the Master or Slave drive When you connect more than one drive you must set your drive to be either a Master or Slave drive see the section Connecting Additional Drives in Cha...

Page 9: ...various devices when connected using a CD ROM data cable These devices include your audio card with an IDE interface IDE CD ROM interface card and hard disk controller card Power In Connector The Power In connector allows electrical power to be directed from your PC to the drive when connected to a power cable ...

Page 10: ...1 0 Amp Max on 5 Volts 1 5 Amp Max on 12 Volts Storage Capacity 12 cm Disc 60 min 553 MB Mode 1 Mode 2 Form 1 630 7 MB Mode 2 74 min 682 MB Mode 1 Mode 2 Form 1 777 9 MB Mode 2 8 cm Disc 18 min 180 MB Mode 1 Mode 2 Form 1 210 MB Mode 2 Buffer Memory 256 KB Data Transfer Rate 1 200 KB sec Typical Access Time 1 3 Stroke 230 msec Average Error Rate Soft Read Errors 1 per 109 Hard Read Errors 1 per 10...

Page 11: ...arious CD formats Typical Audio Performance Number of Channels 2 Frequency Response Line out 20 Hz to 20 kHz 3 dB Headphone 100 Hz to 20 kHz 3 dB Signal to Noise Ratio Line out 80 dB Headphone 80 dB Total Harmonic Distortion at 1 kHz Line out 0 15 Headphone 0 15 Channel Separation Typical Line out 65 dB Headphone 60 dB Output Typical Line out 0 72 Vrms 20 Headphone 0 62 Vrms 20 ...

Page 12: ...11 Environmental Operating Limits Ambient Temperature No Condensation Operating 5 to 40oC Storage 25 to 55oC Relative Humidity No Condensation Operating 20 to 90 Storage 5 to 95 ...

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