Getting Started; About This Manual; Meet Your Plexwriter 40/12/40U; What The Plexwriter 40/12/40U Does - Plextor PX-W4012TU Installation And User Manual

1. Getting Started

Congratulations! Thank you for purchasing the PlexWriter 40/12/40U, a reliable,
high-performance external CD rewriter, recorder and reader that connects to your
computer with a USB cable. We appreciate the confidence you have shown in us.
Our goal is to put you—and keep you—on the leading edge of CD technology.

About this Manual

This manual explains how to connect and use your external PlexWriter 40/12/40U
drive. With USB, the installation process is simple. And if you have problems, fear
not. We have successfully walked through installation with millions of customers
who previously had lived in mortal terror of their computer.
Please read this manual carefully and keep it handy for easy reference. Use the
manual for installation, operation and troubleshooting. See your dealer or call
Plextor's Technical Support Department if your drive needs service. And if you run
into a problem that doesn't seem to be covered, please contact us. (See "Appendix B:
Technical Support" for the different ways you can contact us.) You will be
connected to our friendly, helpful band of tech support engineers, people who know
their stuff. What might seem like an uncooperative drive to you could very well be a
30-second fix to them. But we will never know unless you contact us.

Meet Your PlexWriter 40/12/40U

The PlexWriter 40/12/40U is a CD-ReWritable drive that provides professional
quality CD performance for writing, rewriting and reading.

What the PlexWriter 40/12/40U Does

The PlexWriter 40/12/40U writes to CD-R (recordable CD) media at up to 40X
speed, and it writes to high-speed CD-RW (rewritable CD) media at up to 12X
speed. (Naturally, the drive can also write to normal CD-RW media at 4X speeds.) It
reads all CD-ROM and CD-R media at a maximum of 40X speed with a typical
access time of less than 120 milliseconds.
The PlexWriter 40/12/40U has a high-speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
interface. You can also use it with USB version 1.1 (although with USB 1.1 the
drive's top performance is 4X for CD-R and CD-RW, and 6X for reading a CD-
ROM). The PlexWriter 40/12/40U supports the ATAPI command set.
Reliable writing is virtually guaranteed, thanks to unique PoweRec-II (Plextor
Optimized Writing Error Reduction Control) circuitry. This feature automatically
detects the type of media being recorded and adjusts the PlexWriter 40/12/40U to
provide the optimum laser power and length of burn—which means the highest
quality playback.
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PlexWriter 40/12/40U Installation and Users Manual