About Your Iomega^® Predator^™ CD-RW Drive

Drive Compatibility

Your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive is capable of reading and writing many types of CDs, such as audio CDs, CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs. Your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive can be used in the following ways:

1. Play/Read most types of CD media.


2. Write CD-R discs.


3. Write and Rewrite CD-RW discs.

	Media	Description
	CD-DA CD-ROM CD-R CD-RW	Compact Disc-Digital Audio Compact Disc-Read Only Memory Compact Disc-Recordable Compact Disc-ReWritable

Your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive is compatible with the following CD formats:

Disc Type	Format	Description
	CD-DA CD-ROM CD-Extra CD-ROM XA Photo CD* CD-i* CD+G CD Text Video CD	Compact Disc-Digital Audio Compact Disc-Read Only Memory Enhanced Music CD (formerly CD Plus) Multitrack CD-ROM Photo CD Compact Disc-Interactive Compact Disc Plus Graphics Compact Disc Text Compact Disc-Digital Video

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Performance Information

CD drive performance is measured by how quickly the drive can copy a 74-minute audio CD. A standard 1x CD recorder can record an entire 74-minute audio CD (650 MB) in 74 minutes.

	Speed	Description
	4x	CD-R—Your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive can record a full CD 4 times faster than a standard 1x CD recorder; therefore, your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive can record a full CD in about 18 minutes.
	4x	CD-RW—Your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive can create a full rewritable CD 4 times faster than a standard 1x CD recorder; therefore, your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive can create a full rewritable CD in about 18 minutes.*
	6x	CD Read—Your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive can read data from a CD-ROM 6 times faster than a standard 1x CD-ROM.

* Assuming that the CD-RW media is preformatted.

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Drive Controls and Indicators

Your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive has controls and jacks on the front and back panel of the drive that are labeled with various indicators. The following section describes these controls and indicators.

The Iomega Predator CD-RW drive has two LED indicator lights on the front of the drive that work together to show the status of the drive.

1. The General Status LED will either be green or red. It indicates that a disc is spinning up, the drive is ready, the disc is being accessed, or there is an error.

2. The Write Status LED will be orange. It indicates that a write (or test write) is in progress.

The General Status LED and Write Status LED work in combination to indicate drive functions and error messages. The following table lists some of these combinations:

General Status LED	Drive Function
Blinking Green	Disc loading
Solid Green	Disc loaded and ready
Blinking Red	Disc not readable
Blinking Red	Operation failed
Solid Red	Unrecoverable drive error
Solid Red	Firmware operation failed
See troubleshooting for solutions to many common problems.




3. The Eject Button opens the Iomega Predator CD-RW drive lid so that you can insert or remove a disc.

4. The Headphone Jack can be used to plug in headphones.

5. The Volume Control lets you raise and lower the volume output.

1. The Connector is used to attach your USB adapter.

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Identifying the Drive Letter Assigned to your Iomega Predator CD-RW Drive (PC Only)

If you have more than one CD drive connected to your computer, you may not know which drive letter is assigned to your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive.

In order to find the drive letter for your Iomega Predator CD-RW drive, double click the My Computer icon on your desktop. Right mouse click on the CD Drive icon and select Eject from the menu. The tray of the selected CD drive will open.

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