Using The Led Indicator - Plextor PX-712 Installation And User Manual

Section 4. Using Your PX-712

Using the LED Indicator

The color and blink rate of the front-panel LED indicator give you
information about the drive's operation.
When you are writing to a CD-R or CD-RW disc, the color and blink
rate of the front-panel LED indicator indicate the speed of writing, as
follows:
Operation LED color
No disc –
Eject Yellow
Loading –
Initialize Yellow
Standby Green
Read Yellow
DVD write, Amber
8X and higher
DVD write, Amber
4-7X
DVD write,
Amber
less than 4X
CD-R write, Amber
32X and
higher
CD-R write,
Amber
16-31X
CD-R write, Amber
less than 13X
CD-RW write,
Amber
24X
CD-RW write, Amber
10-23X;
10X CLV
CD-RW write,
Amber
4X
Buffer Green
Underrun
Proof / DVD
linking active
48
PX-712 Installation and Users Manual
On/Off/Blink Blinking
interval
Off –
On –
Off –
On –
On –
On –
Blink 40ms
Blink 80ms
Blink 150ms
Blink 40ms
Blink 80ms
Blink 150ms
Blink 40ms
Blink 80ms
Blink 150ms
On –