Blaster ® CD-RW 4224 CD-RW The Smart Way to Create CDs Blaster® CD-RW 4224 lets you do it all – distribute large graphics and database files with clients, send copies of your vacation photos to friends and family, put all your favorite songs on one CD, or share the latest independent MP3 music with your friends. With easy-to-use software, simply drag-and-drop your files to a blank CD or copy the whole disc, and you're ready to go. Store up to 650MB of data or over 74 minutes of audio on each CD, write CD-Rs at 4X and CD-RWs at 2X speeds, and read CD-ROMs at up to 24X. Blaster CD-RW looks, installs, and works like a CD-ROM, so not only can you create CDs, you can play audio CDs, run popular applications, or read other CD-R and CD-RW discs. For the smart way to create CDs that you can use everywhere, Blaster CD-RW is the only answer. • Record and copy data directly to discs • Back-up and archive important CDs • Create music and MP3 compilations • Distribute and share files Specifications Features Creative® CD-RW 4224 Drive Record and copy data directly to discs • Maximum CD-ROM data transfer rate of Moving your data to a CD is just a click away ® 3,600KB/second (24X) with Blaster CD-RW. Copy a complete CD or 4224 select only the files you want to record, and • Maximum CD-RW data read transfer Blaster CD-RW does the rest. You can also rate of 1,200KB/second (8X) drag-and-drop files right onto the CD, just like Blaster CD-RW 4224 is copying to a floppy or hard disk. For more backed by a one year • Maximum recording rate of flexibility, use a CD-RW rewritable disc so you limited hardware warranty 600KB/second (4X) for CD-R and can add and delete files as needed. 300KB/second (2X) for CD-RW Back-up and archive important CDs • 140ms average access time Technical Support Blank CDs can store up to 650MB of data, the • 2MB integrated cache same amount as 450 floppies or 6 1/2 100MB Telephone and facsimile support is available seven days a week, Zip® disks, making CDs a great, cost-effective • Front panel headphone jack, volume 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, Central Time. way to back-up precious data. Blaster CD-RW control, busy indicator, and close/eject Weekend hours may vary. provides two ways to save your information – Automated technical support, button routine back-ups to rewritable CD-RW media Bulletin Board service, and Web- • Internal design or permanent archives to a CD-R disc. In based information are available at addition, CDs are more cost-effective than www.creativehelp.com 24 hours a day, seven days a week. • Front-loading tray mechanism other media and their durability surpasses • Supports DMA (Direct Memory Access) their magnetic media counterparts. mode for faster transfer rates and lower Create music and MP3 compilations Minimum System CPU utilization Instead of changing CDs to listen to your Requirements • Horizontal and vertical installation and favorite tracks, you can create one CD with all operation your favorite music. Blaster CD-RW gives you • 100MHz Pentium® the power and freedom to create your own processor • Reads various disc types including: mix for a party, a trip, or a special occasion CD-Audio, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, by copying only the audio tracks you want, or • 16MB RAM Photo CD®, CD-R, CD-RW, Video CD, and by making a copy of a whole CD. Compile CD Extra music and audio tracks stored as MIDI and • 10MB available hard .WAV files, or download the latest disk space for software independent MP3 songs from the Internet and store them on a CD, freeing up valuable hard installation disk space. • Available Enhanced Distribute and share files IDE connector on Using expensive, proprietary, removable motherboard media to share your files can quickly become supporting DMA a costly process, and you can never be confident that the recipient can use the disk. transfers Blaster CD-RW delivers the low-cost solution by using inexpensive CD-R and CD-RW discs • Available half-height that can be read by standard CD-ROM drives. drive bay (drive rails may be required for Included Software some systems and are not included) Nero® 4.0 ® Nero 4.0 is a high-performance CD recording • Microsoft Windows 95 software that's the perfect solution to back-up or Windows 98 almost any type of CDs, including audio and game CDs. With advanced read options, Nero enables you to store and back-up your files and create your own CDs in a fast, reliable, and intuitive way. Nero 4.0 supports all major formats and can be used under Windows® 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT®. Prassi™ abCD™ Prassi abCD CD-RW packet writing gives the user drag-and-drop drive letter access to CD Information Hotline: recordings and makes writing data to CD-RW media as simple as writing to a floppy disk. As 800.998.5227 simple as abCD... Requires Windows 95/98. CompuServe: Go Blaster #54651-ACFHDiBBS: 405.742.6660 ©1999 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. Sound Blaster, Creative, the Creative logo, the Sound Blaster logo, the Blaster logo, and Blaster are Part No. 0430001061 4/99 registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, NT, and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Nero is a registered trademark of Ahead Software GmbH. Prassi and abCD are trademarks of Prassi Software USA, Inc. All other brand and product names listed are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Use of this product is subject to a limited warranty. Actual contents may differ slightly from those pictured. Prior to using the software enclosed in the box, you must accept and agree to be bound by the terms of the enclosed License Agreement. If you do not accept the terms of the License Agreement, you may not use the software and you should promptly return the product to the place of acquisition for a refund. The software may not be used separately from the hardware with which the software is sold..