AOpen CD32X User Manual

High-speed

CD-ROM Drive

User’s Guide

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT
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Table of Contents

Specifications

DRIVE PERFORMANCE

Disc Data Capacity: Mode 1
Mode 2

Maximum Playing Time 74 minutes and 42 seconds
Data Transfer Rate (KB/s) Mode 1 Mode 2

Normal speed

Data Buffer Size 128 KB
Drive Reliability (MTBF) 50,000 POH (25% duty cycle at room

COMPACT DISC

Disc Type (data format) CD-Audio, CD-ROM (modes 1 and 2),

Disc Size 80-mm and 120-mm discs

INTERFACE

Drive Interface Type E-IDE (conforms to SFF8020 v1.2)

AUDIO

Analog Audio Output Ports

Digital Audio Output Port

Audio Sampling Frequency 44.1 KHz
Audio Quantization 16 bits

POWER REQUIREMENTS

Voltage +5V, +12V

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Front Panel Load/Eject button, Play/Skip button,

Rear Panel Power-supply connector, IDE interface connector,

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Mount Both vertical and horizontal

MTRP

1

656 MB
748 MB

150

150 * X

temperature)

CD-ROM/XA (mode 2, form 1 and form 2),
CD-EXTRA, CD-I, Photo-CD (single and multiple
sessions), CD-WO, I-Trax CD, CD-RW

Headphone jack on front panel
Line-out connector on the rear end of the drive
(two stereo channels for each output port)
Two-pin line out connector on the rear end of the
drive

Power-on/Busy LED indicator, 3.5-mm stereo
headphone jack, rotary volume control knob

master/slave jumper, analog audio output
connector, digital audio output connector

171

171 * X

1

MTRP (Maximum Transfer Rate Performance) = normal speed * CD-ROM drive
speed. (Tolerance 10%) Example: 32X CD-ROM MTRP = 150*32 = 4800 KB/sec.

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