Features and Benefi ts:
• Burns DVD+R discs at 16X max, capable of
burning a full disc in about 6 minute.
• Burns 8.5GB DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs
capable of storing up to 4 hours of MPEG-2
Video on single sided disc with 2 recording layers.
Recorded DVD+R DL discs compatible with many
consumer DVD players and DVD-ROM drives
• Burns standard 4.7GB DVD+R and DVD+RW
Discs and CD-R/RW too - One drive does it all!
• Maximum fl exibility & compatibility – Choose the
optimal DVD recordable media for your project
without sacrifi cing compatibility with your playback
hardware
• Award winning Nero™ Software bundle for burn-
ing all your video, music, and data to DVD or CD
• Includes Black replacement front bezel for match-
ing the drive to a black PC case
• Short form-factor drive fi ts well in smaller footprint
PC cases
• Music
• Photo
• Video
• Data
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trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Non-metric weights and measurements are approximate. Features and specifi cations subject to change without notice.
B132 - 1.0
Sony Electronics Inc. Information Technology Products Division 3300 Zanker Road, San Jose, California 95134
DRU-710A
http://www.sony.com/dvdburners
Specifi cations:
PART NUMBER DRU-710A
DRIVE TYPE Internal Combination DVD-R/-RW,
DVD+RW/+R/+R DL, CD-R/RW Drive
MEDIA & MODES SUPPORTED DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/DVD+R DL/+RW:
DVD-ROM, DVD-Video
CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM (XA), CD Extra, Video
CD, Photo CD*, CD Text, multi-session
READ/WRITE SPEED Write (DVD-R) 1X, 2X, 4X, 8X Z-CLV max.**
Write (DVD-RW) 1X, 2X, 4X max. **
Write (DVD+R) 2.4X, 4X**, 8X ~ 12X P-CAV
max. **, 16X CAV max.**
Write (DVD+R DL) 2.4X max. ***
Write (DVD+RW) 2.4X, 4X max. **
Write (CD-R) 8X,16X, 24X ~ 40X P-CAV max.**,
48X CAV max**
Write (CD-RW) 4X, 10X,16X, 24X Z-CLV max. **
Read (DVD-ROM) 16X max.
Read (CD-ROM) 40X max.
SUSTAINED DATA TRANSFER RATE 16.2 MB/s max. (12X DVD-ROM)
AVERAGE ACCESS TIME 135 ms (DVD 16X)
140 ms (CD 48X)
INTERFACE EIDE (ATAPI)
BURST TRANSFER RATE 66 MB/s Ultra DMA66
BUFFER MEMORY 2MB
POWER CONSUMPTION +5V 1.5A max., +12V 1.5A max.
DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 5.75 X 1.63 X 6.75 inches
WEIGHT 2lbs.
PACKAGE CONTENTS Internal DRU-710A Double Layer DVD drive
Ahead NeroVision® Express DVD video editing
& authoring software
Ahead Nero® Burning ROM CD/DVD
mastering software
Ahead InCD® drive letter recording software
Ahead Nero Showtime™ soft DVD player software
Ahead Nero® BackitUp™ backup software
Black front panel replacement kit
ATAPI cable and mounting hardware
User’s Manual
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Pentium® III 800 MHz or faster (or equivalent)
CPU minimum
Pentium IV 1.6GHz or faster (or equivalent)
CPU is recommended for real time video
authoring/editing
128 MB of RAM
(256 MB or more for Windows XP Systems)
10GB of hard disk space
Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP Home or
Professional Operating Systems
WARRANTY One Year Limited
Not supported with the bundled software,
additional software required.
High-speed DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW,
DVD+RW CD-RW discs required.
