Dynex DX-DVDRW16 User Manual

16x DVD±R/RW Writer

±R 16X/+R DL 4X/ +RW 8X /–RW 4X

User’s Manual

CAUTION

CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.
AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

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KLASSE 3B SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN GEOFFNET.
NICHT IN DEN STRAHL SEHEN.

ATTENTION

RADIATION DU FAISCEAU LASER VISIBLES ET INVISIBLES DE CLASSE 3B
EN CAS D'OUVERTURE. EVITER TOUTE EXPOSITION AUX RAYONS.

Copyright Statement

It is a criminal offence, under applicable copyright laws, to make unauthorised
copies of copyright-protected material, including computer programs, films,
broadcasts and sound recordings. This equipment should not be used for such
purposes.

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FCC Compliance Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:

1. this device may not cause harmful interference, and

2. this device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

FCC Warning Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can emit radio frequency energy
and, if not installed or used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
interference to radio communications. However, television reception interference
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on. The user is encouraged to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver

• Connect the equipment into an outlet different from that to which the receiver

is connected

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

CAUTION

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2
PACKAGE CONTENTS 2

INSTALLATION 3

HOST INTERFACE CONNECTIONS 3
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 4
DRIVER INSTALLATION 5

Windows Environment 5

SOFTWARE PACKAGE 5

Installation Under Windows Environment 6

CONNECTION & OPERATION 7

FRONT PANEL 7
REAR VIEW 8

DVD REGION CODING 9

REGION PLAYBACK CONTROL MANAGEMENT 9
REGION CODES 9

About This Drive 10

TECHNICAL DATA 11

APPENDIX 13

INTRODUCTION 1

BESOINS SYSTÈME 2

INSTALLATION 3

CONNEXIONS DE L’INTERFACE HÔTE 3
INSTALLATION DU MATÉRIEL 4
INSTALLATION DU LECTEUR 5

Environnement Windows 5

PROGICIEL 6

Installation sous environnement Windows 6

CONNEXION & FONCTIONNEMENT 7

PANNEAU AVANT 7
VUE ARRIÈRE 8

CODAGE RÉGIONS DVD 9

GESTION DE LA COMMANDE DE LECTURE RÉGIONALE. 9
LES CODES DE RÉGION 9

A propos de ce lecteur 10

DONNEES TECHNIQUES 11

APPENDICE 13

INTRODUCCIÓN 1

REQUISITOS DEL SISTEMA 2

INSTALACIÓN 3

CONEXIONES DE LA INTERFAZ HUÉSPED 3
INSTALACIÓN DEL HARDWARE 4
INSTALACIÓN DEL CONTROLADOR 5

Entorno Windows 5

EL PAQUETE DE SOFTWARE 5

Instalación bajo el entorno Windows 6

CONEXIÓN Y OPERACIÓN 7

PANEL FRONTAL 7
VISTA POSTERIOR 8

CODIFICACIÓN DE LA REGIÓN DE DVD 9

ADMINISTRACIÓN DEL CONTROL DE LA REGIÓN DE REPRODUCCIÓN 9
CÓDIGOS REGIONALES 9

Sobre esta unidad 10

INFORMACIÓN TÉCNICA 11

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to a multimedia world of ReWritable technology with DVD burning
capabilities. This multiformat recordable drive presents you more backup
choices other than acting as a CD-R/RW drive and as a DVD-ROM reader.
The drive supports DVD Forum’s DVD-R/-RW standard as well as that of
DVD+RW Alliance’s DVD+R/+RW enabling excellent compatibility, simple,
quick recording of both CD/DVD formats, huge capacity storage, and
theater-quality playback.

The bundled package of mastering software offers the creation fun of
video, photos, and music editing in addition to basic data backup. You can
record up to 8.5 GB, 4 hours of TV shows or movies with high-quality
MPEG2 video/AC-3 sound effect, and even more appealing, author your
own DVD movies – from capture to editing and burning.

Handy, easy to use with rich function, this DVD±R/RW Writer is an ideal
model to enjoy the fascinating digital entertainment on your desktop and
here are some more important features:

♦ 16X DVD+R, 16X DVD-R Write, 4X DVD+R Double Layer Write,

8X DVD+RW, 4X DVD-RW Rewrite speed, 16X DVD-ROM Read
speed

♦ 48X CD-R, 24X CD-RW Write/Rewrite speed, 48X CD-ROM Read

speed

♦ Adopts “MTKSuperLink” to prevent Buffer Underrun errors for CD &

DVD writing

♦ Supports writing modes of TAO, DAO, SAO and packet writing
♦ Compatible with most existing DVD-ROM drives and DVD video

players

♦ Bundled with an extensive software package

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System Requirements

For IBM compatible PCs, the system requirements recommended are as
follows:

♦ Pentium III, 800MHz or above with at least 256MB of memory
♦ Minimum 2GB free Hard Disk space
♦ IDE host interface supporting ATAPI MMC command
♦ Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP

Package Contents

The package contains the following items:

♦ DVD-RW Drive
♦ Audio Cable
♦ Application software disc
♦ A bag of screws

♦ IDE Cable

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INSTALLATION

Host Interface Connections

Most current mainboards have two IDE ports (primary and secondary),
which can connect two IDE cables. Two IDE cables allow you to connect
up to four devices, but it is recommended that you separate IDE ports for
your hard drive and this writer. This will ensure that your hard drive’s
performance and speed won’t be affected by having the writer on the same
cable.

If you connect only one device on the cable, you can set the jumper as
“MASTER” or “SLAVE”.

If you connect two devices (e.g. CD-ROM & CD-RW) on the same cable,
set different jumpers for each device (CD-ROM as “MASTER”, CD-RW as
“SLAVE”, and vice versa.) The same rule applies to the connection of
having your hard disk and another device on the same cable.

Master

Cable

Select

Slave

Jumper

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Hardware Installation

1. Turn off the power to the computer system.

2. Disconnect all cables from the back of your computer, and then
remove the cover from the computer.

3. Insert the writer into one of the vacant 5.25" drive bays and secure
it with screws to your PC.

 In order to prevent interference between the writer and the computer,

please mount the writer using all four mounting screws.

4. Connect the 40-pin IDE cable from one of the IDE ports on the
mainboard to the 40-pin connector of your writer. Also, connect the
power supply cable to the back of the writer.

 Make sure to align and connect the red-edge of the IDE Cable to

Pin 1 on the drive.

5. If you have a sound card that can be connected to this writer, you
can connect the drive (as Audio-out) and the sound card (as Audio­in) with a 4-pin audio cable.

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If your mainboad is integrated with built-in sound system, plug the
4-pin audio cable into the CD-IN connector on the mainboard as
Audio-in.

6. Re-attach the cover of your computer, and reconnect the power
cord.

Driver Installation

Windows Environment

This DVD±R/RW Writer is a Plug & Play device and there is no need to
install driver. Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP can automatically detect the
drive and load the appropriate driver.

Software Package

The bundled package combines software for 1) DVD/CD recording 2)
DVDs/VCDs authoring 3) Packet Writing 4) DVD playback, which gives you
the complete solution for making audio/data CDs/DVDs of different formats,
editing video and authoring DVD movies. The user-friendly interface
simplifies the recording process and guides you through the creation in an

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easy and innovative way. No matter you are a novice or an experienced
user; this is your best recording tools with the writer.

Installation Under Windows Environment

1. Insert the application CD and the installation program will run
automatically. Then follow the on-screen procedures.

Or

2. Run:\setup.exe on the application CD.

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CONNECTION & OPERATION

Front Panel

1 2 3 4

1. Disc Tray

Place the disc in the tray here, and then press the Close/Eject button
or lightly push the tray to close it.

2. LED Indicator (dual color)

Flashes “green” while verifying or reading a disc.

Flashes “amber” while writing discs.

3. Emergency Eject Hole

If the Close/Eject button doesn’t work properly and the disc tray can’t
be opened, you can insert a paper clip or a small rod into this hole for
manual ejection.
Please make sure to power off the system before you do that.

4. Close/Eject button

This button opens and closes the disc tray. If the tray is closed,
pressing the button will eject it.

NOTE: The front panel is subject to change without notice.

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Rear View

1. Digital Audio Output Connector

If your sound card has a digital audio IEC958 format connector, you can
connect it to this digital audio output connector with a 2-pin audio cable.

2. Analog Audio Output Connector

This connector allows you to connect the drive to your sound card with a
4-pin audio cable.

3. Device Configuration Jumper

Set the jumper to Master, Slave or Cable Select according to your system
configuration.

4. IDE Interface Connector

Plug one end of the 40-pin IDE cable here to join the 40-pin IDE
connector on the motherboard. The red-edge of the IDE cable must be
connected to Pin 1 of each connector.

5. Power Supply Connector

By plugging the computer’s power supply cable here, you can connect
the drive and your computer system.

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DVD REGION CODING

Region Playback Control Management

All DVD Video Playback systems have “Region Playback Control” (RPC)
which is required by Hollywood movie industry and defined by DVD Forum.
You can only play DVD-Video discs with the same region code as your
DVD-Video Playback system.

As for DVD-ROM drives, one kind of the DVD-Video Playback system,
there are 2 types:

RPC Phase 1 (as RPC1): RPC1 drives do not have built-in hardware
support for region management. DVD-ROM drives of this kind don’t play a
part in controlling the playback region. It solely depends on the decoder.

RPC Phase 2 (as RPC2): RPC2 drives maintain the region change count
information in hardware, and in general, the region code of such drives can
be changed up to 5 times by end users under some software decoder. (e.g.
PowerDVD)

Region Codes

Region 1: Canada, U.S.

Region 2: Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East,

Egypt

Region 3: Southeast Asia and East Asia

Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central

America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean

Region 5: Eastern Europe, Indian subcontinent, Africa, North
Korea, and Mongolia

Region 6: China

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About This Drive

This DVD±R/RW Writer is also a RPC2 DVD-ROM drive and the first region
code will depend on the DVD title you play. You are allowed to modify the
region code 5 times (including the initial one). After the fifth alteration, the
region code will be locked and only those DVD titles of the same region
code could be played afterwards, so set the code carefully.

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TECHNICAL DATA

Interface E-IDE/ATAPI

Disc Data Capacity DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW: Single layer 4.7GB
Double layer 8.5GB

CD-R/RW: 74min/650MB, 80min/700MB

Media supported for Writing DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R, DVD+RW,

DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW

Writing Formats DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-

ROM, DVD-Video

CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-Extra, CD-I, Mixed-Mode CD,
Video CD, Photo CD, CD-Text, Bootable CD, CD-R, CD-RW,
Multi-Session

Writing modes Track at Once, Disc at Once, Session at

Once, Multi-Session, Packet Writing,

Multi-track Reservation

Writing Speed DVD+R: max 16X
DVD-R: max 16X
DVD+R DL: max 4X

DVD+RW: max 8X
DVD-RW: max 4X
CD-R: max 48X
CD-RW: max 24X

Reading Compatibility CD Audio, CD-Extra, CD-ROM/XA, CD-I,

Photo CD, Video CD, CD-Text, DVD­ROM,
DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW

Reading Speed DVD+/- R: max. 8X, DVD+/-RW: max. 8X
DVD+R DL: max 6X

CD-R: max. 48X, CD-RW: max. 32X
CD-ROM: max. 48X,
DVD-ROM: max. 16X

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Data Transfer Rate CD -- Read

CD-ROM/CD-R: 7200KB/sec (up to 48X)
CD-RW: 4800KB/sec (up to 32X)

CD -- Write

CD-R: 7200KB/sec (up to 48X)
CD-RW: 3600KB/sec (up to 24X)

DVD -- Read

DVD-ROM: 21632KB/sec (up to 16X)

DVD -- Write

DVD+R: 21632KB/sec (up to 16X)
DVD -R: 21632KB/sec (up to 16X)
DVD+R DL: 5408KB/sec (up to 4X)
DVD+RW: 10816KB/sec (up to 8X)
DVD -RW: 5408KB/sec (up to 4X)

Access time DVD: 160ms (16X)

CD: 130ms (48X)

Data buffer 2MB

Disc loading Tray (motorized)

Dimensions (WxHxD) 148.6 x 41.8 x 193.3 mm

Weight 1 kg

Mounting Method Horizontal

Temperature

Operating 5°C to 45°C
Non-operating -20°C to 60°C

Humidity

Operating 8% ~ 80%RH

Non-operating 5% ~ 95%RH

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APPENDIX

DVD Forum

The DVD Forum is an international organization made up of companies
using or manufacturing digital versatile disc (DVD)-related products. The
Forum was created in 1995 when ten companies (Hitachi, Matsushita,
Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson Multimedia, Time Warner,
Toshiba Corporation, and Victor) joined for the common purpose of
promoting DVD worldwide and establishing standardized formats of each
DVD application for the marketplace.

DVD+RW Alliance

The DVD+RW Alliance is a voluntary group of industry-leading personal
computing manufacturers, optical storage and electronics manufacturers
including Dell, Hewlett-Packard Company, MCC/Verbatim, Philips
Electronics, Ricoh Company Ltd., Sony Corporation, Thomson multimedia
and Yamaha Corporation. The group seeks to develop and promote a
universally compatible, rewritable DVD format to enable true convergence
between personal computing and consumer electronics products.

DVD FLLC (Format, Logo, Licensing, Corporation)

DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corp (DVD FLLC) was established in 2000 to
handle issuing of the DVD specifications, granting licenses to
manufacturers and policing the use of the DVD logos. All manufacturers of
hardware, discs and related DVD products must be licensed and first
products verified to ensure that all players will play all discs. The correct
logos must be used for the appropriate products in the appropriate way.

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DVD Formats

DVD Video

Popular format for viewing movies and other visual entertainment with high
quality MPEG2 video & digital surround sound. Enables multi-language,
multi-subtitling and other advanced user features.

DVD Audio

This audio-only storage format doubles the fidelity of sound effect
comparing with a standard CD as well as longer playing times, copy
protection and anti-piracy measures…etc.

DVD-ROM (DVD Read Only Memory)
Read-only DVD discs used for storing data and interactive sequences as

well as audio and video.

DVD-R (DVD Recordable)
A write-once format used to master DVD Video and DVD-ROM discs. Good

for archiving data and recording home movie discs.

DVD-RW (DVD ReWritable)
The DVD Forum’s format with a read-write capacity of 4.7GB per side. It

can be re-written up to 1000 times. Suitable for backups, DVRs, and
movies.

DVD+R (DVD Recordable)
A write-once format. Good for archiving data and recording DVD movies.

DVD+RW (DVD ReWritable)
The DVD+RW Alliance’s fast, 1000-times-rewritable format. Excellent for

backups, good for movies, real-time video recording & random data
burning

DVD-RAM (DVD Random Access Memory)
The DVD Forum’s 100,000-times-rewritable format. Suitable for backups

and DVRs.

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