Sony BKMFW50 Stereo Receiver User Manual
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1. that the 1600L i LINK drive can record a full 650 megabyte CD R disc in about 5 minutes At 8x speed the 1600L i LINK can record a full 650 megabyte CD RW or CD R disc in about 9 minutes The 1600L i LINK drive is a multi function device since the drive is also capable of reading at 32x Maximum 4 800 kilobytes per second 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 32x and so on Buffer The 1600L i LINK drive has a 4 megabyte data buffer which protects against buffer underruns when writing to a disc 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 and the recorder needs a constant stream of data A buffer 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 1600L i LINK drive records these popular CD formats e CD Digital Audio the format used for audio CDs playable on audio CD players e CD ROM Mode 1 the format used for most CD ROM applications e 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 e CD I Mode2 Form 1 and Mode 2 Form 2 CD I Rea2. enS 3 How CD R and CD RW work ssssesseseseseessesesesrssrseeeese 4 Performan ea Fs ren csi aus conve r E ARSE E E he 4 Buffers tiea ia T E E EATR aT 5 CD Formats Supported ssesseseseseeeeseeeeseesrerrsrerssreersrreese 5 Recording Methods eee eee eeeeeeeecseeeeecreessecseeeaeenees 6 APPLICATIONS ereer ein sE raene hosts E E eE 6 Media Compatibility s e eeeeseeeeeseeeeseeerresssrerssrrrrsresrsreee 7 Recommended Media ss nseeesseseseseeseseseesseeseeresseeseese 7 Reliability nnee nnne na n R R 7 Chapter 2 Controls and Indicators csesseee 8 Front Panel sets coe nennen ona A ie E G 8 Rear Panel is ahi cei intin dinate R 10 IEEE 1394 Cable and Connectors cesceeeeeeeseeeeeees 11 Chaining Multiple i LINK devices eee 12 Restrictions Of IEEE 1394 oo eeeeesseeeneecseeeeneceenees 13 i LINK Signal Types 00 ceeeeeeseeeceeceseeneeeseeeeees 14 General Use Suggestions 0 eee eee cee csseeseeeseeseeeeees 14 Inserting CD Discs oo eee eee eee ceeeeseceeeeseceeeeseeeseeseees 15 Chapter 3 Connecting to a Macintosh 00 16 System Requirements 2 0 0 0 eee eeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeaes 16 Installation Instructions 20 0 eeeeeseeceeeeeneceeeeeeteeeneeees 17 Chapter 4 Connecting to a PC csssseeeseeteseeeeeeeees 20 System Requirements 2 0 0 0 eee cee eeeceeeeeeseeeeeeeeneenee 20 Installation Instructions 2 00 eeeeeseeceeeeeeeceeeeeeteeeeeees 21 Chapter 5 Troubleshoo
3. is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help If you have any questions about this product you may call the Sony Customer Information Service Center at 800 588 3847 or visit the Sony web site http www sony com storagesupport Declaration of Conformity Trade Name SONY Model No CRX1600L Responsible Party Sony Electronics Inc Address 680 Kinderkamack Road Oradell NJ 07649 USA Telephone No 201 930 6972 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 The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer responsible for compliance could void the user s warranty and authority to operate the equipment THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCT COMPLI
4. linked devices while data is being transferred The i LINK Interface Sony along with other industry leaders helped develop the IEEE 1394 standard IEEE 1394 is an industry standard serial communications common interface protocol as published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Designed to provide a high level of connectivity and ease of use between audio video components and personal computers and their peripheral devices not only is IEEE 1394 exciting from a technical viewpoint it is a relatively inexpensive technology which means many types of IEEE 1394 devices should be available in the near future at reasonable prices The Future of IEEE 1394 There are a great many devices either already existing or being developed with i LINK technology e Computers and their peripheral devices DVD ROM CD RW CD R CD ROM Magneto Optical high capacity tape drives AV hard disks printers and scanners e Audio devices such as digital audio tape DAT decks synthesizer units and other MIDI devices such as keyboards e Digital Video products such as digital still cameras digital camcorders antennas digital monitors and digital editing decks e Even digital analog converters that allow users to connect analog video devices to i LINK ports These converters can convert component YUV signals to the DV signal digital video signal format which i LINK uses This means users may use the analog camcorders
5. to send electricity over long distances Alternating Current provides power to and throughout your house Electronic devices like your computer have a power supply which takes alternating current and changes it into the Direct Current needed by your computer Defragment There are defragmentation utilities which put all files into contiguous locations on a hard drive Another way to defragment is to copy files to a newly reformatted hard drive since files will be written contiguously until there are open locations between files caused by erasing See Fragmented Hard Drive Digital Discrete information that can be broken down to one or zero bits Driver s A software component that drives devices or components such as drives or EIDE or SCSI buses Digital Video Format Format standard for Digital Video devices DVD DVD ROM Digital Versatile Disk an enhancement of CD ROM technology with greater capacity DVD media have a minimum capacity of 4 7 GB anda maximum capacity of 17GB while CD ROM CD R and CD RW media have a maximum capacity of 650 MB roughly two thirds of a single MB EIDE Enhanced IDE supports two IDE ports unlike IDE s single port Commonly referred to as IDE FireWire The trademark for IEEE 1394 proposed and registered by Apple Computer 30 Fragmented Hard Drive Files are not always stored on a hard drive in contiguous locations on the drive but where there is space available Parts of a
6. A a i If a device has three i LINK connectors branching may also be done While 63 devices may be connected the limitation is still that only sixteen cables can be between any two devices for counting purposes these connectors are called hops Using the example the printer marked E is seven hops from the keyboard marked J Likewise the digital video camera marked B is 4 hops from the digital monitor H Each cable can be up to 4 5 meters long about 14 feet 9 inches Because maximum cable length is determined by the sixteen hop maximum the overall cable length is 16 x 4 5m or a total of 72 meters Restrictions of IEEE 1394 You cannot violate the 63 device limitation If an additional device is added beyond the 63 device limit none of the devices will be able to determine their position in the i LINK chain and so all devices will be unable to communicate You cannot violate the sixteen hop limitation between any two devices A device beyond the 16 hop limitation will make the amount of time it takes for the signal to complete between the two farthest devices longer than the time allowed to complete so the devices will not be able to communicate Another restriction of i LINK technology is that you cannot loop connections Some devices such as computers or cards within computers will not be able to pass signals through if they are not powered on Please consult with the owner s manual for the
7. ANCE Sony Electronics Inc Value Added Products Division 3300 Zanker Road San Jose CA 95134 USA 408 432 1600 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 Copyright 2000 Sony Electronics Inc All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or part without prior written approval from Sony Electronics Inc is expressly prohibited IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY ELECTRONICS INC NOR ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OR CREATION OF THIS MANUAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF Sony the Sony logo and i LINK are registered trademarks of Sony Apple Mac Macintosh and FireWire are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries MultiRead is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners WARRANTY A separate warranty card is enclosed with the documentation Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ccsecceeseessseeeeeeteeeseeeeneeeeees 1 The i LINK Interface oe eee ceeceseeceeeeeseceenceeseeeeneeeees 1 CD R and CDRW a erea E e EE AE
8. D RW disc Insert Eject Button Pressing on the eject button when the power is on will eject the CD tray Depending on the software being used with the 1600L i LINK drive this button may not appear operational Some of the software provided with the 1600L i LINK drive will lock the tray in during certain processes so that the eject button will not eject the tray for example during a write operation CD Tray The tray slides out of the unit Place the media label side up with the reading and writing side down Putting anything other than CD CD R or CD RW media may damage the unit and void your warranty Emergency Eject Hole In the event that a CD cannot be ejected with the Eject Button and no software is controlling the drive an emergency eject operation will eject the CD tray Insert a small metal poker such as an unbent paperclip into the opening until it presses against the manual eject mechanism You will feel the mechanism eject the CD tray Use this method only when the other method of ejecting a CD the Eject Button is not working gT Headphone Jack Volume Control To listen to an audio CD from the CD ROM unit you may insert a standard headphone cable into the headphone jack on the front of the unit Most CD ROM playing software packages have a utility that will allow you to listen to audio CDs directly from the 1600L i LINK drive The software functions like a stereo CD player letting you choose tracks to
9. ERMOST TRACK 1200 rpm 2x 2400 rpm 4x 4800 rpm 8x 7200 rpm 12x 7000 rpm 13 32x CAV ROTATIONAL SPEED OUTERMOST TRACK 460 rpm 2x 920 rpm 4x 1840 rpm 8x 2760 rpm 12x 7000 rpm 13 32x CAV ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Temperature and humidity Operating 5 C to 40 C Maximum 41 F to 104 F 20 to 80 relative humidity no condensation Transportation 20 C to 50 C 4 F to 122 F 20 to 90 relative humidity no condensation within 72 hours Gradients 10 C hour 10 hour MTBF 100 000 POH duty 25 MOUNTING Horizontal or vertical POWER REQUIREMENTS AC 100 240V POWER CONSUMPTION Approximately 18W DRIVE DIMENSIONS 192mm W x 60mm D x 272mm H DRIVE WEIGHT 2 6 kg LASER Type Semiconductor laser GaAlAs Wave Length 777 787 nm at 25 C Output Power from OP 1 0 mW read 43 5 mW write Glossary Access times The average amount of time to access an item of data Amorphous Lacking shape or in mineral terms not crystalline Amorphous could be taken to mean a liquid or gel like state In terms of CD RW the important aspect is that the material will remain stable in this state not change out of this state unless acted upon by an outside force of great heat AND that the amorphous state has a different reflective quality than in a crystalline state Analog as opposed to digital where digital is defined discrete items which can be reduced to zero and one bits Analog is co
10. N ABDECKUNG GEOFFNET NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSET ZEN ADVARSEL USYNLIG LASERSTRALING VED BNING UNDGA UDS ETTELSE FOR STRALING ADVARSEL USYNLIG LASERSTRALING N R DEKSEL PNES UNNG EKSPONERING FOR STR LEN VARNING OSYNLIG LASERSTRALING N R DENNA DEL AR PPNAD STRALEN R FARLIG VAROI N KYM T N AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTINA LASERS TEILYLLE L KATSO S TEESEN This CD R RW drive unit is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT label is located at the top of the enclosure Bei diesem CD R RW Laufwerk handelt es sich um ein Laser Produkt der Klasse 1 Das Etikett mit der Aufschrift LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT befindet sich auf der Oberseite des Geh uses CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT FCC Compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user
11. S O NY 4 654 827 11 1 CD R RW Drive Unit User s Guide CRX1600L 2001 Sony Corporation Safety Regulations WARNING For U S A customers Any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard do not expose the unit to rain or moisture To avoid electrical shock do not open the cabinet Refer servicing to qualified personnel only CAUTION The laser beam in this CRX1600L is harmful to the eyes Do not attempt to disassemble the cabinet Refer servicing to qualified personnel only 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 This label is located on the drive unit s internal chassis Dieses Etikett befindet sich auf dem inneren Chassis des Laufwerkes DANGER INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVIOD DIRECT EXPOSIRE TO BEAM VORSICHT UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GEOFFNET NICHT DEMSTRAHL AUSSETZEN This label is located on the top of the drive unit enclosure Dieses Etikett befindet sich am Boden des Laufwerksgehiuses DANGER INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM DANGER RADIATIONS INVISIBLES DU LASER EN CAS D OUVERTURE EVITER TOUTE EXPOSITION DIRECTE AU FAISCEAU VORSICHT UNSICHTBARE Tee WEN
12. 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 1600L 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 Back up Archiving CD Personal Distribution Prototyping File Storage CD R e e CD RW e e 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 Most newer drives are Multi Read drives which have the capability to read stamped CD CD R and CD RW discs Recommended Media CD R Sony 650 MB and 700 MB CD Recordable disc CD RW Sony 650 MB high speed CD ReWritable disc To achieve trouble free 12x recording speeds be sure the CD R media is certified for 12x or faster recording To achieve trouble free 8x CD RW recordings be sure the CD RW media is certified for 8x or higher compatible high speed recording Reliability The 1600L i LINK drive has a mea
13. by newer CD ROM and DVD 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 1600L i LINK drive can write to CD R media which can be read by standard CD ROM drives and CD players 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 1600L i LINK 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 1600L i LINK drive is capable of writing CD R media at 12x MAX speed and CD RW media at 8x MAX speed 12x speed means
14. device 13 i LINK Signal Types Even though different devices may be connected together two devices may not be able to share signals The printer and the keyboard will not be able to exchange signals however for the G3 from the example to communicate with the printer both the video camera and the keyboard will pass the signals through to the printer General Use Suggestions 14 The 1600L i LINK drive should be used in an environment suitable for computer equipment Dust moisture and lack of adequate ventilation are common causes of device failure You should install your CRX1600L in a location which is e Clean e Dry e Well Ventilated e Dust Free e Out of Direct sunlight Inserting CD Discs Put the writable readable side of the CD media facing down in the tray the label side up 12 i LINK Press the Insert Eject button to retract the tray 07 10 ilo Insert only CD ROM CD R or CD RW media into the 1600L i LINK CD tray to avoid damaging the unit and voiding the warranty 15 Chapter 3 Connecting to a Macintosh This chapter describes the installation procedure for connecting the 1600L i LINK drive to a Macintosh G4 Blue and White G3 iBook and iMac DV computer with FireWire built in For connecting the 1600L i LINK drive to a PC please consult Connecting to a PC on page 20 System Requirements 16 e Apple G4 Blue and White G3 iBook and iMac DV with built in FireWire ports The 1600L i LINK dr
15. dy CD Interactive is used for home entertainment systems The 1600L i LINK drive does not have the necessary audio circuitry and decoding functions for CD I playback but can read and record the format The 1600L i LINK drive also supports these formats but additional software is required to record these formats e CD Extra Audio and data in multi session format e 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 e 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 e Video CD playable on TV set top video CD Players and most DVD systems Continued 5 Recording Methods The 1600L i LINK 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 e 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 e Session at Once a complete session is written in a single pass one at a time e Track at Once a track can be copied to the disc incrementally one at a time e Multi session several sessions can be written to a disc Each session has at least one track e Variable
16. faster CPU e Windows 98 Second Edition SE Windows 2000 Windows ME e 32 Mb RAM e i LINK IEEE 1394 built in or with expansion card Make sure that your package contains all the items listed LY CRX1600L external CD RW drive L 6 foot i LINK cable L AC power cord Software CD ROM for Windows 1 blank high speed CD RW disc User s Guide Quick Start Guide UoUowu If any item is missing from the above list please contact your dealer 1 Unpack all essential materials and verify that all items are present Install the i LINK IEEE 1394 FireWire expansion card per the manufacturer s installation instructions 3 Insert the connector of the i LINK cable to the i LINK port of the expansion card 21 22 4 Attach the power cord to the CRX1600L 7 Power on the PC if it was shut down 8 Install the software and load the drivers as instructed by the software documentation or from the Quick Start guide 9 Restart the PC 1 Othe 1600L i LINK drive is now ready to use Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This Chapter discusses the basics of troubleshooting the 1600L i LINK drive A few words about CD ROMs The laser in a CD ROM player reads the difference in reflectivity from one spot to the next This difference in reflectivity is simply created from a difference in the depth of pits stamped into the CD ROM Media Large production runs of CDs are stamped to create the pits The Sony 1600L i LINK dri
17. fore the drive reaches a standard readable speed for each track See CLV CD R drive A drive that can write to recordable CD R media CD RW drive A drive that can write to recordable CD R and Rewritable CD RW media CD ROM drive A drive that can read from CD media CLV Constant Linear Velocity Rotating a disc at such arate to keep the length of track read at a constant speed Since a track at the outside of a circle is much longer than tracks near the center the outside track will be moving faster than interior tracks for each revolution To keep the length of track read at the same speed CLV drives speed up when reading tracks near the center and slow down when reading tracks near the outside Older CD ROM devices use CLV Crystalline The recording material can be made to stabilize in a crystalline state with greater reflective qualities than the amorphous state See Amorphous Data stream The flow of data that accomplishes a task usually related to moving data from storage to computer RAM or between storage devices 29 DC Power Direct Current Power Electronic components require direct current which is a current maintained at a constant level not alternating in a sine wave like alternating current Because of this property direct current can be used by the computer not just to power components but at different voltage levels to send electrical signals by means of pulses Alternating Current has the ability
18. ive does not support the Apple Fire Wire PCI card e Mac OS 8 6 9 0 4 9 1 e 32 Mb RAM e Apple FireWire 2 1 or higher software required Make sure that your package contains all the items listed LY CRX1600L external CD RW drive L 6 foot i LINK cable L AC power cord Software CD ROM for Macintosh 1 blank high speed CD RW disc User s Guide Quick Start Guide UoUowu If any item is missing from the above list please contact your dealer Installation Instructions 1 Unpack all essential materials and verify that all items are present 2 Locate the port with the FireWire symbol G4 and Blue amp White G3 3 Insert the connector of the i LINK cable to the FireWire port of the Macintosh G4 and Blue amp White G3 iMac DV 18 4 Attach the power cord to the CRX1600L Power on the Macintosh if it was shut down Install the software and load the drivers as instructed by the software documentation or from the Quick Start guide Restart the Macintosh Othe 1600L i LINK drive is now ready to use 19 Chapter 4 Connecting to a PC This chapter describes the installation procedure to connect the 1600L i LINK drive to a PC equipped with an i LINK IEEE 1394 FireWire expansion card For instructions on connecting the 1600L i LINK drive to a Macintosh please see Connecting to a Macintosh on page 16 System Requirements 20 e PC with Pentium 400 MHz or
19. l support troubleshooting CLV 29 23 24 25 Compatibility 7 Track at Once 6 Crystalline 4 29 Tray CD 8 9 Data stream 5 29 Troubleshooting 24 25 Defragment 30 Variable packet writing 6 Digital 30 Video CD 5 Disc at Once 6 Volume Control 8 10 Driver s 30 Warranty iv DVD 4 30 Writing speed reading speed interaction 5 EIDE 30 Eject button 8 Emergency eject hole 8 9 Environmental conditions 14 28 FCC Compliance iii FireWire 1 30 Fixed packet writing 6 Fragmented Hard Drive 30 Headphone 8 10 Headphone jack 8 10 Hops 12 30 Host 30 33 http www sony com storagesupport Printed on recycled paper Printed in Malaysia TI
20. large file may be stored in several actual physical locations Fragmentation occurs when files are erased and then new files are written Erasing files can leave open locations between existing files As these open locations are used they cause the files to be fragmented Reading from fragmented files is slower than reading from contiguous locations on the disk because the read head will have to move to the proper track like moving to the proper track on record then wait for the proper place on that track to rotate under the read head The more a drive is used the more fragmented it will become Hops The way of counting the number of cables between i LINK devices Host A device on the SCSI bus is either a host or target The host is also known as the initiator i LINK The trademark for IEEE 1394 proposed and registered by Sony Electronics Jumper Configuration Jumper A metal bridge encased in plastic that when placed across jumper configuration pins will complete an electric circuit In this way this configuration is chosen Jumpers are used instead of more costly and less reliable means of changing configurations such as switches kb kilobyte Basically this means 1000 bytes but is actually 1024 bytes kb s kilobytes per second Means of measuring throughput Kilobyte See kb Land or Pits Mass produced CD ROM are a stamped media with indentations physically stamped into the recording layer of the media which i
21. much slower operation so the sustained transfer test is usually a much better test for determining the usability of a device in a real application such as recording a CD 31 System Intensive An operation that requires the greatest speed from the computer system If other programs are running at the same time or in the background they may slow the overall speed of the computer so that the system intensive operation will fail WORM Write Once Read Many Sometimes drives using CD ROM and CD R media are called WORM drives because once data is written to media the data cannot be erased or altered Write Once Media that can only be written to once 32 Index AC power 10 11 i LINK 1 2 3 11 12 13 14 Access times 27 29 IEEE 1394 i LINK Amorphous 4 29 1 2 3 11 12 13 14 Analog 29 Insert Eject Button 8 Archiving 3 6 29 Kodak Photo CD 5 ATAPI 29 Land 4 Bi directional Cable 3 29 Lead in 31 Buffer 5 Lead out 31 Buffer size 5 24 Media recommended 7 Buffer underrun 5 Media scratched smudges 23 24 Busy Indicator LED 8 MTBF 7 CAV 27 28 29 Multi Read MR drives 4 31 CD Extra 5 Multi session 6 31 CD speeds 4 24 Performance 4 CD TEXT 5 Phase change 4 31 CD Bridge 5 Photo CD 5 CD Digital Audio 5 Pits 4 CD I 5 Reading speed writing speed interaction 5 CD R 3 4 Real Time Transfer Mode 2 31 CD ROM Mode 1 5 Recommended media 7 CD ROM XA 5 Technical Support contacting 26 CD RW 3 4 Technica
22. n No more than 63 devices No more than 16 hops between any two devices Get FireWire 2 1 or later software from www apple com Unable to Create Multisession disc Is there enough space left on the media for another session e Writing a session requires lead in and lead out overhead about 15 megabytes per session in addition to the data that is recorded Failed writing a CD using CD R or CD RW media Buffer Underrun Something has interrupted the stream of data to the recorder Following is a partial list of possible causes Software related interruption Is a screen saver your internet or email program or other software application interrupting the write process Is media clean Fragmented hard drive Is it an older hard drive conducting a thermal recalibration in the middle of the write Bad or scratched media CD RW media full of data Select a slower write speed Disable functions that will interrupt the write operation Make sure there are no fingerprints or dirt on the recording surface of the CD R or CD RW media Defragment hard drive with defrag utility Consult with manufacturer or vendor e Replace media e Erase or Format media before writing 24 Symptom Good Questions Actions Unable to eject CD e Is software locking the Tray Unmount or eject through software first e Use eject button Shutdown computer and p
23. n time between failure MTBF rating of 100 000 power on hours POH at 25 duty 25 duty means the 1600L i LINK drive 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 number of drive failures A failure is any malfunction of the drive that prevents usage including 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 Chapter 2 Controls and Indicators This chapter shows the connectors controls and indicator lights of the 1600L i LINK drive For instructions on connecting and installing the drive to the computer please consult Chapter 3 Connecting to a Macintosh located on page 16 or Chapter 4 Connecting to a PC located on page 20 Front Panel Emergency Volume Control CD Tray Eject Hole Power On LED Headphone Jack Busy Indicator Load Eject Power On Off Button Button Busy Indicator LED The Busy Indicator LED shows the condition of the 1600L i LINK drive e When the Busy Indicator light is on full amber it means the drive is seeking playing audio or reading e When the Busy Indicator light is flashing amber it means the drive is recording a disc or erasing a C
24. ntinuous so on any graphic representation of analog data there are an infinite number of points between any two points Digital approximates analog by adding data points Archive To save files or records usually in a safe place for later retrieval ATAPI AT Compatible Attachment Packet Interface An enhancement to EIDE which allows CD ROM type devices to use the EIDE interface Bi directional Cable Signals can transfer both ways on the same cable rather than requiring a separate cable for each direction as with video in and video out Buffer RAM Cache that is faster than the data is being delivered Buffers are used so data may be stored and delivered to the receiving item as it is needed Buffer Underrun When a function such as writing to CD R media requires a constant stream of data attempts to pull data faster from the buffer than data can be input from a source drive and the data buffer becomes empty Burn a CD Recording a CD R Because a laser is used to write a CD it is also known as burning a CD Burst transfer The fastest a device can transfer usually from its buffer CAV Constant Angular Velocity Constant Angular Velocity means the drive or media spins at a constant rate rather than spinning faster or slower as was common with older CD ROM devices which used CLV Constant Linear Velocity CLV drives cause performance degradation at higher speed because there is a lag time or latency period be
25. o connect the left audio out signal of one device to the left audio in signal of another device right audio out to right audio in The same is true for video cabling which can use up to three cables for component signals For these audio video devices if you want to change recording or editing direction between devices or change which two of multiple devices you want to work together you have to dive into the spaghetti of cables and reconnect them the other way 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 media 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 a perfect medium 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 and DVD ROM drives CD RW media can be read
26. one 800 588 3847 Sony Computer Peripherals Technical Support Web Site http www sony com storagesupport Apple Technical Support Web Site http www apple com support Specifications HOST INTERFACE IEEE 1394 i LINK or FireWire READ FUNCTION Acceptable Discs CD ROM mode 1 data discs CD ROM XA discs CD Audio discs Mixed Mode CD Extra CD Text CD I discs D I Ready Discs Photo CD Single and Multisession Video CD CD R and CD RW discs WRITE FUNCTION Applicable Formats CD ROM Mode 1 CD ROM XA CD Audio Audio combined CD ROM Mixed Mode CD I Video CD CD Text CD Extra WRITING METHOD Disc at Once Session at Once Track at Once Multi session Fixed and Variable Packet Writing WRITE READ SPEED Read CD ROMI CD R 4x 8x 13 32x CAV Read CD RW 4x 8x 8 20x CAV Read unfinalized CD R CD RW 2x 4x 8x 8 20x CAV Write CD R 2x 4x 8x 12x speed Write CD RW 2x 4x 8x speed SUSTAINED DATA TRANSFER RATE 300 Kbytes sec Mode 1 2x read write 600 Kbytes sec Mode 1 4x read write 1 200 Kbytes sec Mode 1 8x read write 1 800 Kbytes sec Mode 1 12 CD R write 2 000 4 800 Kbytes sec Mode 1 13 32x CAV BURST DATA TRANSFER RATE 400 Megabits per second RANDOM ACCESS TIME 150 ms average including latency BUFFER MEMORY Read Write 4 Megabytes DISC DIAMETER 12 cm 8 cm Read Only Video CD CD Text CD Extra require additional software 27 28 ROTATIONAL SPEED INN
27. ower off device Wait 45 seconds power on device only and attempt to use eject button again Use emergency eject hole if other methods fail Unable to Read a session after completing a successful write Can you read the CD in another CD ROM Player Can you see previous sessions e Did you close the session e Bad CD R or CD RW disc It is possible that directory information is corrupt on the volume making it unreadable Check software documentation for troubleshooting suggestions Use Sony Recommended Media CD R 74 min Sony CD Recordable discs CD RW 74 min Sony High Speed CD ReWritable discs 25 26 Appendix Contacting Technical Support Whenever you have any difficulty with your 1600L i LINK drive please follow the troubleshooting suggestions in this manual and in the software manuals Please keep track of the steps you have taken with as much information about your computer system as you can If you have any trouble resolving the problem please call the Sony Technical Support Center and convey your troubleshooting steps Please have your model number serial number date of purchase and sales receipt available when you call Technical Support the first time Free technical support is offered for 90 days from your first call Technical Support can be reached from 8 am to 8 pm Central Time Monday through Saturday Sony Computer Peripherals Technical Support Ph
28. play However with some software the sound does not go through the computer but instead plays directly from the headphone jack The volume control next to the headphone jack controls the volume To play from the G4 Blue and White G3 or PC speaker see the RCA Style Line Out Connectors information below Rear Panel 10 i LINK Interface Connectors AC Power Inlet RCA Style Audio Outputs i LINK Interface Connectors See the discussion of the i LINK connections on page 11 RCA Style Line Out Connectors These connectors provide two channel analog line level audio output which may be connected to audio equipment such as pre amps receivers speakers and to the audio input on a G4 Blue and White G3 or PC AC Power Inlet The 1600L i LINK drive uses a 100 to 240V 50 60 Hz 1 2 amp maximum power supply This will allow the unit to be attached to either 110 volt or 220 volt circuits IEEE 1394 Cable and Connectors TEEE 1394 is commonly called either i LINK or FireWire Each uses a different symbol though FireWire and i LINK are compatible 4 i LINK FireWire The cable ends are identical so there is no worry about putting the right connector into an i LINK port W 6 pin i LINK connector D 11 Chaining Multiple i LINK devices 12 Most devices have two connectors so you can chain devices link to link up to 17 devices serially However some devices have three ports so you can also branch devices R
29. s then covered by a hard clear plastic A laser beam focused at these indentations reflects differently than the parts of the media that are not indented The indentations are called Pits Land is the area that is not indented Rather than use actual Pits and Land CD R and CD RW use heat to alter the reflectivity of the chemical of the recording layer A laser optical device can read the difference in reflectivity of different states of these chemicals much like reading the difference in reflectivity of the Land and Pits in a stamped CD Lead in Session information written at the beginning of a session Lead out Session information written at the end of a session LED Light Emitting Diode A light device that is designed to not burn out Mb Megabyte Basically means one million bytes but is actually 1024 kilobytes or 1024 X 1024 bytes which is 1 048 576 bytes Mb s Megabytes per second Means of measuring throughput Megabyte see Mb Multi Read The ability for CD ROM CD R CD RW and DVD ROM drives to read CD ROM CD R and CD RW media Multi Session Multi Session means several sessions can be written to and read from CD ROM CD R or CD RW media PC Personal Computer Sometimes also a term for IBM PC or Windows Compatible PC In this user s guide the term PC means Windows or Windows NT compatible PC as opposed to Macintosh or a UNIX based computer Phase Change The ability of a subs
30. tance to change states and then be stable in the new state In CD RW media the recording layer can change from an amorphous state which does not reflect strongly to a crystalline state which does reflect strongly See Reflectivity Pits or Land See Land or Pits Real Time Transfer Mode The ability to present sound and image at the same speed they were recorded Record a CD Burn a CD Writing a CD Uses special CD Recordable discs which can be altered by the laser in a CD R drive Reflectivity In the sense of laser optical devices differences in reflectivity can be read as 0 and bits The intensity of a laser will reflect differently from a crystalline glass like state than an amorphous or non crystalline state Much like a flashlight will reflect more brightly from a mirror than from a white painted wall Session Data written to CD R media at one time Source drive The drive which contains information that will be written somewhere else In CD recording the source drive contains the information that will be written to the CD Recorder Sustained transfer The rate which data can be transferred from one device to another This rate is an average over a longer period of time than a burst transfer rate Because the sustained transfer test is longer it means the testing will take into account both reading or writing from the storage device s buffer as well as from the media Reading and Writing from the media is a
31. they already own with i LINK technology Features and Benefits of IEEE 1394 TEEE 1394 has high volume high speed capabilities Currently able to provide up to 400 Megabits per second IEEE1394 should be capable of greater speeds in the future Compare i LINK technology s 400Mbps Megabits per second to USB s 12Mbps or even to SCSI s fastest Ultra2 speed of 80 Megabytes per second Additionally real time transfer mode provides uninterrupted transmission of sound and picture And because the signals are digital signals there is virtually no degradation in picture and sound quality IEEE 1394 has advantages in connectivity both on the computer side as well as the audio video side On the computer side i LINK technology allows up to 63 devices to be linked together without many of the rules and limitations of competing technologies such as SCSI There are no addresses to set on the devices no terminator needed at the end of the bus The SCSI maximum is 15 devices with only a single host IEEE 1394 allows more than one computer system to be connected via i LINK technology to the same devices which makes shared peripherals much easier to connect and use than the current means via networked computers And since IEEE 1394 is multiplatform it does not matter which Operating System different personal computers are using On the audio video side only one cable is required and the cable itself is bi directional No longer is there the need t
32. ting c cssseeeeseesseeeneeees 23 A few words about CD ROMs 1 0 00 eeeesceneeceeeeeneeeenees 23 A few words about the i LINK interface 0 0 ee 23 Appendix Contacting Technical Support 26 Specifications ccseeeeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeenseeeeseneeseseeneeeees 27 GOSS AMY a EE AAEE te tganded sat eresedeccaus TT 29 To gt ie 33 Chapter 1 Introduction The Sony 1600L i LINK also referred to as the CRX1600L is a high performance external CD RW Recorder Player with the IEEE 1394 also called i LINK or FireWire Interface The 1600L i LINK drive is capable of recording and playing rewritable CD RW and write once CD R media as well as being able to read mass produced stamped CDs This drive is equipped with the i LINK interface which can be easily connected to iBook iMac DV G4 and Blue and White Macintosh G3 computers with built in FireWire ports as well as PCs with built in i LINK ports or with the addition of iLINK cards The 1600L i LINK drive does not support the Apple FireWire PCI card Unlike most other interfaces for storage devices the i LINK bus is not only very fast but extremely easy to connect and use without severe limitations as to the number of devices and the distances of the cabling between devices And the i LINK connector is hot pluggable meaning that it can be installed or removed while the computer is running Please be careful never to disconnect the drive or other
33. ve burns recordable CD media or alters the state of the substance within CD RW media to change its reflectivity by means of a finely controlled laser beam The pits that the laser of the CD reader senses are either the one or the zero bits that are interpreted as data music photographs depending on the format with which the disc is recorded The CD is covered in a transparent shield that the laser can read through or burn through Scratches smudges or particles on the bottom read write surface can impede the functioning of your CD RW CD R or CD ROM device A few words about the i LINK interface Because the i LINK interface allows for insertion and removal while the computer is running it is easy to overlook whether the unit is connected Please be sure the unit is connected before conducting other troubleshooting steps 23 Symptom Good Questions Actions You cannot access the device through software Are both ends of the i LINK cable connected Are i LINK devices connected and turned off that cannot pass the signal through when powered off Are there too many devices 63 maximum devices Are there too many hops between any two devices 16 maximum hops Is Apple FireWire 2 1 installed e Use the CD Software to verify the drive is seen Once the connections are verified restart the computer if there is more difficulty Any devices that need power to pass the signal should be powered o
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