Features Of The Px-504A - Plextor PX-504A Installation And User Manual

Section 1. Getting Started

Features of the PX-504A

• ATAPI interface: Easily installs in virtually any PC with an E-IDE ATAPI
interface.
• High speed transfers: Supports PIO Mode 4, DMA Mode 2, and Ultra DMA33.
• MMC compliance: Supports the MMC-3 command set.
• Flash memory: Allows upgrading the PX-504A to the latest firmware revision
(available from the Plextor web site) without opening the computer or physically
accessing the drive.
• Black tray: Reduces the effect of optical distortion on the laser beam, enhancing
read quality.
• Plug and Play: Supports Windows Plug and Play.
DVD Features
• Lossless linking: Allows DVD+RW discs to be edited and still play on DVD-
ROM players.
• Wide DVD+R and DVD+RW media compatibility: Compatible with a wide range
of DVD+R and DVD+RW media.
• DVD+VR: Supports DVD+VR format.
• Multiple DVD types: Supports DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, multi-border for
DVD-RW read, multi-session for DVD+R/RW read and write.
• Versatile recording modes: Including sequential write, random access write, disc
at once.
CD-R and CD-RW Features
• Variety of recording modes: Supports track-at-once, disc-at-once, session-at-
once, and multi-session, as well as variable and fixed packet writing.
• Buffer-Underrun-Proof technology: With 2-megabyte buffer, eliminates buffer
underrun errors, so you can safely use your computer for other tasks while you're
writing to a CD-R or CD-RW disc.
• Wide compatibility: Wide CD-R and CD-RW media compatibility.
• Orange Book compatibility: Compatible with Orange Book, Parts II and III.
• UDF support: UDF file system implemented through packet writing.
• OPC and ROPC: Optimum Power Control and Running Optimum Power
Control, which adjust the laser power for the optimum write strategy.
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