Hitachi CINEMASTAR 7K500 DATASHEET

CinemaStar™ 7K500

3.5-INCH CE HARD DISK DRIVES

Main stream storage

Highlights

SATA 3.0 Gb/s and PATA 133 interfaces

Capacities from 250 GB up to 500 GB

Silent-seek acoustics for CE applications

Low power idle for cooler system

operation Ramp load design for increased shock

protection Thermal Monitoring and Fly Height

Control for enhanced reliability SMART Command Transport optimized

streaming

Applications

HD Digital Video Recorders

DVD/HDD recorders

DVR-enabled televisions

Digital audio jukeboxes

Media center PCs

500, 400, 320 and 250 GB | 7200 RPM

PATA 133 and SATA 3Gb/s

CinemaStar 7K500

The new CinemaStar™ hard disk drive is optimized for streaming consumer electronics applications like High Definition Digital Video Recorders. Hitachi has designed CinemaStar to provide features for quiet acoustics and low power management to deliver customer satisfaction and field reliability. Advanced features include SMART Command Transport and Thermal Fly-height Control to adapt error correction and environmental system conditions to improve the streaming experience and overall video quality.

Hitachi Design Studios

Hitachi’s consumer electronics design studios provide customer hard disk drive and system qualification services. These services include but are not limited to selection of appropriate Hitachi hard drives, evaluation / optimization, integration and design-in consultation, software compatibility assessment, performance profiling, problem analysis and reliability consultation.

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CinemaStar 7K500

Speciﬁcations

Model(s)

Interface

Capacity (GB)

Data heads (physical)

Data Disks

Performance

Data buffer (MB)

Rotational speed (RPM)

Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max)

Interface transfer rate (MB/sec, max)

Seek time (read, typical) (avg. ms) 3

Reliability

Error rate (non-recoverable)

Start/stops (at 40° C)

Availability

Power

Requirement

Startup (max. A)

Idle

Physical size

z-height (mm)

Dimensions (width x depth, mm)

Weight (g, max.)

Environmental (operating)

Ambient temperature

Relative humidity (non-condensing)

Shock (half-sine wave G/2ms)

Vibration

Environmental (non-operating)

Ambient temperature

Relative humidity (non-condensing)

Shock (half-sine wave G/2ms)

Vibration random (G RMS)

Acoustics (A-weighted sound power)

Idle (Bels, typ.)

One GB is equal to one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may be less.

Buffer capacity includes 270 or less KB used for drive firmware

Does not include command overhead

Low duty cycle, non mission-critical applications in PC, nearline and consumer electronics. Customer environments are different

from application to application .

HCS725050VLAT80

HCS725040VLAT80

HCS725032VLAT80

HCS725025VLAT80

Parallel ATA 133 Serial ATA 3Gb/s

500 / 400 / 320 / 250

6 / 6 / 4 / 4

3 / 3 / 2 / 2

7200

998

133 300

1 in 10E14

50,000

24x7

+5 VDC (+/-5%)

+12 VDC (+10%/-8%)

2.0 (12V) & 1.1 A (5V) 2.0 (12V) & 1.3 A (5V)

6.0 (3 disk) 5.0 (2 disk) 7.0 (3 disk) 6.0 (2 disk)

26.1

101.6 x 147

640

0o to 70o C

8% to 90%

0.67 for horizontal

0.67 for vertical

-40o to 65o C

5% to 95%

300 (3 disk) 350 (2 disk)

1.04 (XYZ)

3.0 (3 disk) 2.8 (2 disk)

HCS725050VLA380

HCS725040VLA380

HCS725032VLA380

HCS725025VLA380

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Hitachi quality and service

The Hitachi CinemaStar 7K500 extends on the company’s reliability and performance leadership. Hitachi’s optimized features for consumer electronics products enable quiet acoustics, low power utilization and better shock protection.

Hitachi drives are backed by an array of technical support and services, which may include customer and integration assistance. Hitachi is dedicated to providing a breadth of hard disk drive solutions to satisfy all of today’s demanding computing needs.

How to read the CinemaStar model number

HCS725050VLAT80 = 500 GB/8 MB buffer H = Hitachi

C = CinemaStar S = Standard 72 = 7200 RPM 50 = Full capacity — 500 GB 50 = Capacity this model, 50 = 500 GB (40 = 400 GB, 32 = 320 GB, 25 = 250 GB) V = Generation code L = 26.1mm z-height AT = PATA 133 (A3 = SATA 3.0Gb/s) 8 = 8 MB buffer 0 = Reserved

Information and Technical Support

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North America

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Asia Pacific

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EMEA and UK

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Germany

support_uk@hitachigst.com / 49 6929 993601

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Product specifications provided are sample specifications and do not constitute a warranty. Information is true as of the date of publication and is subject to change. Actual specifications for unique part numbers may vary. Please visit the Support section of our website, www.hitachigst.com/support, for additional information on product specifications. Photographs may show design models.

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