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Features
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The
Media Station Writer has some switches on the back of the drive to change
the lighting to either blue, red or purple. I can tell you that these
didn't work well and blue looks best. The red is really orange and the
purple still looks blue except for a hint of color from one LED near the
rear of the unit. You'll probably end up sticking with blue as
it looks best.
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10 sec video clip
The
lighting also acts as a visual indication when the drive is in use.
The video clip above is a demonstration when in use. Macromedia flash
is required to view the video clip. You can download it
here.
Other features include:
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Create your MP3/Audio/Data CDs with the
included CD Mastering Software
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External design gives you the freedom to
move around!
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Hot Plug capability
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Integrated USB 1.1 Card reader reads 6
types of media
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Transfer rates up to 480Mbits/sec
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USB 2.0 and 1.0 compatible
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Windows XP, 2000, Me & 98 Plug ‘n Play
compatible
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Writes CD-R at 52X, CD-RW at 24X and reads
CDs at 52X speed
Installation
The install went through without incident.
Before you connect the hardware to the computer, simply load the driver CD and
install the 6-in-1 Card Reader drivers first (without rebooting) and then
install the USB 2.0 drivers. Reboot, and you're done!
Now, here is the confusing part. After it
is recognized in WinXP, the drive actually showed up in Device Manager as an
Optorite CW5205. I contacted I/O Magic to see if this was indeed a re-badged
Optorite but they stated it should show up as a "I/OMagic MediaStation".
I installed the drive on two machines and they both identified the drive as an
Optorite. I'm a bit baffled about this myself and cannot confirm its
identity at this time, however, we will provide you with what I/O Magic has
given us regarding its identity below.
Using Nero InfoTool, it correctly identified all
its supported features. The firmware revision on the drive was 170E,
which does not match any of the revisions put out by Optorite for their 5205
model. There is a reason for this, and below is the response we got from I/O Magic regarding the drive:
"The CD-RW drive portion of the MediaStation was
designed and built specifically for I/OMagic, per I/OMagic's specs,
specifically for the MediaStation. Hence, the firmware is unlisted. However,
the firmware is supposed to read "I/OMagic MediaStation."
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