Sony CRX0811, CRX140E User Manual
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SPRESSA™ CD-ReWritable
Sony CD-RW Recorder
User’s Guide
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LIMITED WARRANTY
A separate warranty card is enclosed with the documentation.
OWNER’S RECORD
The model and serial numbers are located on the topside of the
drive. Record these numbers in the space provided below. Refer to
them whenever you call upon your sales representative regarding
this product.
Model No. Serial No.
WARNING
To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain
or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the unit.
Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.
CAUTION
The use of optical instruments with this product will increase
eye hazard.
The use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures
other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation
exposure.
This label is located on the drive unit’s
internal chassis.
Dieses Etikett befindet sich auf dem
inneren Chassis des Laufwerkes
This label is located on
the top of the drive.
Dieser Aufkleber befindet
sich an der Oberseite des
Gehäuses.
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This unit uses CD-ROM discs with the following mark.
When you use this unit as an audio CD player, use
compact discs with the following mark.
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by
the manufacturer responsible for compliance could void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.
THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCT COMPLIANCE:
Sony Electronics Inc.
1 Sony Drive
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
(201) 930-6972
Please Record Responsibly. Before copying anything onto a CD-RW
or CD-R disc, please be sure you are not violating Copyright laws. Most
software companies allow you to make a back-up or archive copy of
software. Check your software’s license agreement for specific details.
SAFETY NOTICE
1. Do not install or operate the product in high temperature,
humidity or dusty environment.
2. Do not attempt to open the cover to repair the product yourself.
3. Never spill liquid of any kind on the product.
4. Always follow instructions on this manual under operating
the product.
5. To prevent exposure to laser emanations (harmful to human
eyes), do not attempt to disassemble this unit.
6. Hold CD discs by their edges. Do not touch the surface of
the discs.
7. The drive is designed to be incorporated into a computer-based
system or unit which has an enclosing cover. Using the drive
alone or in any other configuration is prohibited.
CAUTION: Use of controls or adjustments or performance of
procedures other than those specified herein may result in
hazardous radiation exposure.
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FCC Compliance
If you have any questions about this product,
USA:
You may call: Sony Customer Information Service Center at (800)588-3847
or visit Sony web site: http://www.sony.com/storagesupport.
Other Countries:
You may call the phone number in your country written in the
warranty card.
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
According to 47 CFR Part 2 & Part 15
(Tested to Comply With FCC Standards)
TRADE NAME: SONY
RESPONSIBLE NAME: SONY ELECTRONICS Inc.
ADDRESS: 1 SONY DRIVE, PARK RIDGE,
NJ. 07656 U.S.A.
PHONE NO: 201-930-6972
HEREBY DECLARES THAT THE PRODUCT
PRODUCT NAME: 8X / 4X / 32X max
CD-RW Drive
MODEL NUMBER: CRX140E OR CRX0811
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to
operate the equipment.
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1
CD-R and CD-RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
How CD-R and CD-RW Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CD Formats Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Recording Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Applications, Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Media Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Recommended Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2 Controls & Indicators 9
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Busy Indicator LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Inset/Eject Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Emergency Eject Hole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Headphone Jack/Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
EIDE Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Drive Configuration Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Audio Out Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
DC Power Inlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General Use Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Inserting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3 Installing Your CD-RW Recorder 15
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 25
A few words about CD ROMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Troubleshooting Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Appendix A Contacting Technical Support 39
Specifications 40
Glossary 46
Index 48
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Table of Contents
Please read this manual before using the drive in order to
take you step-by-step through the process of setting up and
installing the CD-RW drive.
Precautions
* Do not attempt to open the drive and service it. Removing
the cover may cause exposure to harmful laser beam and
electrical voltage. User is recommended to get service by
returning the defected drive back to the original vendor
where the drive is purchased.
• Use the original packing for transporting the drive or
sending back for service. The original packing were
designed and tested to protect your drive under rough
condition.
• Do not put this CD-RW drive in direct sunlight, on heat
units, or near electrical appliances which draw large
amounts of current.
• Use a soft, dust-free cloth for cleaning your drive. Keep
your drive away from moisture or liquids including water,
cleaning-fluids, or solvents.
• Keep your CD-R/RW disc clean. Using soft, dust-free cloth
to clear the surface on the CD-R/RW disc before recording
will improve the burning data integrity.
• Do not drop or jolt the drive.
• Keep the area around the CD-RW drive clean from dust,
smoke, and other contaminants.
• The copyright law of each country governs the reproduction of copyrighted works. The person using the CD-RW
drives may be liable for its use to make unauthorized
copies of copyrighted works.
• It will increase the success rate for copying the data from
HDD, instead of copy the data by “copy on the fly mode”.
Therefore we recommend user reserving sufficient buffer
spate (at least 800 MB).
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Introduction Chapter 1
How CD-R and CD-RW work
CD-ROM drives (CD-R and CD-RW drives as well) read
the one and zero bits by difference in reflectivity. Mass
produced Compact Discs are created by stamping “pits”
in the CD. These “pits” reflect differently than the “land”
which is the area between “pits.”
CD-R drives work by using a laser beam to heat the
recording layer, causing a chemical reaction in that
spot so CD-ROM players will see this as a “pit” and
the unburnt area as “land.”
CD-RW uses what is known as a “Phase Change”
technology. In the CD-RW media is a substance which
can be changed from an amorphous “mark,” that very
closely resembles the pits of a stamped CD, to a crystalline
state which resembles “land.” The laser beam of the Sony
CD-RW Recorder Drive changes the crystalline state to the
amorphous state by use of a laser to quickly heat the spot
on the disc, forming a mark. To change the amorphous
state back to the crystalline state, the laser beam uses a
lower power setting to transition the mark back to the
crystalline “land.”
Performance
The CD-RW Recorder drive is capable of writing
CD-R discs at 8X speed and CD-RW discs at 4X (quad)
speed. Quad speed or 4X means that the drive can write
(also called record or burn) a CD-RW disc at 600 kilobytes
per second. This rate allows the drive to record a full 650
megabyte CD-RW disc in about 18 minutes. At 8X speed the
drive can write at 1200 kilobytes per second, or record a full
650 megabyte CD-R disc in only 9 minutes.
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CD-R and CD-RW
CD-R is the term used to denote CD-Recordable media.
CD-R discs are recorded permanently. Once information
is written, it cannot be erased. Data can be added until
the disc is full. CD-R is good for creating archived
information that need not be changed, or for distribution,
because the price of CD-R media has dropped rapidly in
the last few years.
CD-RW is the term used to denote CD-ReWritable media.
CD-RW discs can be written to many times. CD-RW media
is rated for one thousand different writes to the media.
CD-RW is perfect for personal file storage or for creating
reliable backups that can be added to as necessary, and
even rewritten as your backup scheme requires.
While CD-RW media is more expensive than CD-R media
it has a lower cost per megabyte than other competing
technologies, such as Magneto–Optical or even magnetic
removable media drives.
CD-RW drives are very versatile for transporting
information to both older and newer CD-ROM and
DVD-ROM drives. CD-RW media can be read by newer
CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives. These newer drives are
known as Multi-Read (MR) drives. And even though
CD-RW media cannot be read by older CD-ROM drives,
the Sony CD-RW Recorder can write to CD-R media
which can be read by standard CD-ROM drives and
Audio CD Players.
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• CD-ROM XA (Mode 2 Form 1 and Mode 2 Form 2);
CD-ROM Extended Architecture. This standard was
created for smoother playback of multimedia content.
• CD-I* (Mode 2 Form 1 and Mode 2 Form 2), CD-I Ready;
CD-Interactive is used for home entertainment systems.
•CD-G
• Karaoke CD
•†CD-Bridge; a format for a mixture of Kodak Photo
CDs and Video CDs, playable on TV set top players
and personal computers.
•†Photo CD (single and multisession); Kodak Photo CD.
• UDF
•†Video CD; playable on TV set -top video CD Players
and most DVD systems.
* The drive does not have the necessary audio circuitry
and decoding functions for CD-I playback, but can
read and record.
† With additional software.
Recording Methods
The drive has the capability to use several different
recording methods. The descriptions of these methods in
this manual are overviews of the subject. The methods are
covered in greater detail in the software documentation.
• Disc at Once; this is a recording method in which the
entire disc is written in a single pass. Data cannot be
added at a later time.
• Session at Once; a complete session is written in a
single pass (one at a time). Multiple sessions are
typically recorded in Track at Once mode, where the
track is written first, then the session information.
• Track at Once; a track can be copied to the disc
incrementally (one at a time).
• Multi–session; several sessions can be written to a disc.
Each session has at least one track.
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The drive can also record CD-R discs at quad speed (4X) as
well as record CD-RW and CD-R discs at double speed (2X),
and even record CD-R discs at single speed (1X).
The drive is a multi-function device. Since the drive is also
capable of reading at up to 32X Max. (4,800 kilobytes per
second) it is a good general use CD-ROM drive as well as
recorder.
The speed at which a CD-ROM is written does not affect
the speed at which that CD-ROM can be read. For example,
a CD-ROM which was written at 2X can be read at 1X, 2X,
4X, 8X, 12X, 24X and so on.
Buffer
The Spressa CD-RW Recorder drive has a two or four
megabyte data buffer, which reduces buffer underruns
when writing to CD-RW and CD-R media with some
software. Buffer underrun is a condition where the drive’s
buffer runs out of data while the CD-R or CD-RW media is
still being written. The recording of a CD is a system
intensive process with some software, and the recorder
needs a constant stream of data. Abuffer underrun occurs
when the data stream to the recorder is not fast enough to
keep the recorder’s buffer full, causing the recording to abort.
CD Formats Supported
The drive records these popular CD formats:
• CD-Digital Audio; the format used for audio CDs,
playable on audio CD players.
• CD Extra; Audio and data in multi-session format.
• CD TEXT; Audio CD with album name; song titles
encoded. CD TEXT information is displayed on CD
TEXT Compatible CD Players and CD-ROM drives.
• CD-ROM (Mode 1); the format used for most CD-ROM
applications.
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Recommended Media
CD-R: Sony 74/80 min. CD-Recordable disc.
CD-RW: Sony 74/80 min. CD-ReWritable disc.
To achieve trouble free 8X recording speeds, be sure the
CD-R media is certified for 8X recording.
To achieve trouble free 4X CD-RW recordings, be sure the
CD-RW media is certified for 4X recording.
Reliability
The CD-RW Recorder has a mean time between the
following (MTBF) rating of as high as 100,000 power on
hours (POH) at 25% duty. 25% duty means the CD-RW
Recorder is in actual use a quarter of the time the unit is
turned on. MTBF is an average failure rate based on the
total power on hours divided by the drive Annual Failure
Rate. A failure is any malfunction of the drive that prevents
you from using it. This includes failure to power up, load
or unload a CD, and read or write data. Faults are not
considered failures when they relate to incompatible
software or discs, or from mishandling and/or abuse.
Reliability ratings are derived from a large statistical
sample, and are not indicative of the performance of a
single unit.
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• Variable and fixed packet recording; typically used by
back-up software and Drive Letter Access software to
add files and folders at a time, instead of
tracks/sessions at a time.
Applications
CD-R and CD-RW discs are each ideal for slightly different
applications. Both can be recorded with the Spressa
CD-ReWritable recorder. CD-R discs can’t be erased, but are
compatible with standard CD-ROM drives and CD players.
CD-RW discs can be erased and re-written, but have some
inter-change limitations. Here are some typical applications
for both discs:
Data CD Personal
Distribution Back-up Archiving Prototyping File Storage
CD-R • • •
CD-RW • • •
Media Compatibility
Due to the different makeup of CD-R and CD-RW discs,
these discs have different reflective qualities, and can be
used with the following units.
CD-R All CD-ROM drives and CD players
CD-RW Multi-Read and CD-RW compatible
CD-ROM drives and DVD-ROM drives
Most newer drives are Multi-Read drives which have the
capability to read stamped CD, CD-R and CD-RW discs.
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This chapter shows the connectors, controls, and indicator
lights of the drive. For instructions on connecting and
installing the drive to the computer, please consult
“Chapter 3, Installing Your CD-RW Recorder Drive”
located on page 15.
Using the CD-RW Drive
1. Earphone Jack Stereo mini-jack for headphones and
powered speakers.
2. Volume Control Control volume of earphone jack.
This control has no effect on rear panel
audio output.
3. Emergency Eject In case the Eject button isn’t working,
insert and push the end of a small paper
clip into the hole to eject the tray.
Note: Turn off the power before doing this manual ejection.
4.Busy/Write LED The Busy/LED will be flashing while
the CD-RW drive is busy.
LED light indicated CD-RW drive is
busy, when turning power on,
detecting disc activity or doing
reading. LED blinking indicates data
is writing.
5. Disc Tray The user can open or close the disc tray
by pressing the Open/Close button.
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Controls and Indicators Chapter 2
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ReWritable
MultiRead
8X/4X/32X
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