The drive ships in an OEM package.

The box contains:

• 16x CD-R and High Speed CD-RW (4x-10x) from Primedisc ;
• 4 screws and an Eject Stick
• Analog cable for connecting the drive to a sound card;
• IDE cable.

Character and method of recording:

In our lab we had a preproduction sample.

That is why there is neither a user manual nor software for CD recording. Although the recorder had some software with it, it wasn't officially announced when we received it, and NEC workers recorded on a CD-R an unreleased version of the Nero Burning ROM - v5.5.5.7. This version was used in the tests.

The tests show that the drive doesn't like much our technological cyanine CD-R discs with ATIP 4M. There was an error at the first minutes of recording (note that these low-quality discs are recorded at 4x, which is the low limit of the most of high-speed CD-RW drives).

Thus, instead of the cyanine disc we tried a CD-R from SKC in a bulk package. But the recorder considered it too poor in quality as well for recording at 24x and suggested the recording was implemented at 3 other speeds with the highest being 16x.

The appearance is somewhat square and rectangular, though the most of manufacturers today move toward roundish forms. However, such square forms create a NEC's own style.

On the front panel you can find one LED which works in one-color mode, a headphones jack, a mechanical volume control, an emergency ejection hole and a rectangular tray button which produces a sharp click when pressed. When going out the tray buzzes. The rear panel has a digital-out.

Ejected discs are quite warm. But the drive works rather quietly, without vibrating much.

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