The AOpen CD-952E/AKU Pro 52X CD-ROM Drive
Last updated: 5/31/00

BOTTOM LINE.  I have previously used and sold 32X, 36X, and 48X versions in the series and was very pleased with their reliability and performance.  I am not pleased with the "X" charade and the obvious misrepresentation that it makes to the end customer.  Many manufactures seem to be guilty of the Latest and Greatest phenomena.

Larry

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FEATURES

• 52X-MTRP Speed - 7800KB/sec. Data Transfer Rate
• Multi-Read Function: Can Read CD-RW Media Data
• ATAPI IDE Interface
• Complies with MPC 3
• User-friendly Front Panel with Audio Play/Skip Track Control
• Compatible with CD-DA, CD-ROM/XA, CD-I/MPEG, Photo CD, Karaoke CD, CD-Extra (CD+), I-TRAX CD, CD-RW, Packet write
• Vertical Mount Applicable
• CAV/CLV
• High Speed Audio Playback
• Ultra-DMA 33 Supported
• Audio Extraction

SPECIFICATIONS

• Disk Data Capacity
  Mode 1: 656MB
  Mode 2: 748MB

• Max Play Time
  74 Minutes and 42 Seconds

• Data Transfer Rate
  Mode 1, Normal Speed 150 KB/s
  Mode 1, 52X-MTRP Speed 3900 KB/s ~ 7800 KB/s
  Mode 2, Normal Speed: 171 KB/s
  Mode 2, 52X-MTRP Speed 4446 KB/s ~ 8208 KB/s

• Data Buffer Size
  128 Kbytes

• MTBF
  100,000 POH (25% duty cycle at room temperature)

• Disk Format
  CD-Audio, CD-ROM (Mode 1 and 2)
  CD-ROM/XA (Mode 2, Form 1 and Form 2)
  CD-I, Photo-CD (Single and Multiple Sessions)
  CD-EXTRA, I-TRAX CD, CD-RW, Packet Write

• Disk Size
  3.15" (80mm) and 4.72" (120mm) discs

• Interface
  E-IDE(Confirms to SFF8020 v1.2)

• Audio Performance
  Sampling Frequency 44.1KHz

• Audio Quantization
  16 bits

• Power Requirement
  DC 5V+- 5%, DC 12V+- 5%

• Mount Position
  Both Horizontal and Vertical

• Temperature
  Operating: +5^oC~ +45^oC
  Non-operating: -20 ^oC~ +55^oC

• Dimensions
  5.87"(W) x 1.65"(H) x 7.74"(D)

• Weight
  2.2 lbs.

• Front Panel
  Load/Eject Button, Play/Skip Button, Power On/Busy LED,
  3.5 mm Stereo Headphone Jack, Rotary Volume Control Knob

• Compliant Rear Panel Power Supply
  Connector, IDE Interface Connector,
  Analog Audio Output Connector (2 stereo channels for each output port), Master / Slave Jumper, Digital Audio Output Connector

• EMI Requirement
  FCC-B, CE, C-tick

• Safety Requirement
  UL, CUL, DHHS, NEMKO

• Typical Value
  MTRP-Maximum Transfer Rate Performance 10%

Test Computer: AMD 500 Mhz K6-2 processor, EpoX MVP3G2 motherboard, 1 MB cache', 64 MB, 8 ns PC100 memory, Western Digital 64AA, 6.4 GB, 9.5 ms, 5,400 RPM ATA/66 hard disk with a 2 GB partition wand FAT32 file system (defragged), Windows 98 OEM, Diamond V770 AGP display adapter with 32 MBytes.