Plextor PX-B310U Installation And User Manual page 13

Section 1. Getting Started
Take control of several powerful features of Plextor drives. With the
power of PlexUTILITIES you have now have extra support for your
Plextor hardware. PlexUTILITIES allows you to view basic and
advance drive information as well as offering high quality audio and
multimedia capabilities. By allowing you to measure and control the
burn quality of every disc, PlexUTILITIES makes coasters a thing of
the past. The distinctive design in PlexUTILITIES allows ease of use
for newcomers without compromising on the powerful features that
experienced burners demand.
PlexUTILITIES also features:
- View Basic and Advanced Drive Information List the drive's hardware,
including serial number, firmware version and jumper settings, and
shows the capabilities of the drive. Concurrently, you can reveal
extensive information about the inserted disc— like format, sessions and
tracks, manufacturer, and CD TEXT.
- Permitting Drive Identification and Control allows you to control
different features of your Plextor drive.
- Measure Disc Burning Quality Test the quality of a written or pressed
disc by counting the number of errors, measure the mechanical
characteristics of blank media, show the write quality by checking the
jitter rate and the beta value of written media, and measure the quality of
the written DVD media by checking the pits and lands for compliance
with the DVD specifications.
- Automatic software and firmware updates immediately notify you of
pending updates to your Plextor drive so that you always have the most
current applications.
For details on software that is available for writing to DVDs or CDs,
please visit the web sites of the companies whose software you are
interested in, refer to their user's manuals, or look at the help option
within the software.
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PX-B310U/ PX-B310SA Installation and Users Manual