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From:Stephen Webber
Date:22 May 2001 at 22:09:06
Subject:Re: CDRW-It works (with posb. problems)

Hi Lewis

On 22-May-01, you wrote:

> Hi all,

> Got myself a CDRW today. It's a Teac 54EK. I have successfully written a
> CDRW (Audio format) and it is recognised and plays back okay in the CDRW
> drive.

> However the resultant CDRW will not play back ineither my cdrom drive or the
^^^^^^^^^^^

There is your problem. CD-RW discs have a much lower reflectivity value than
normal CD's, reflecting only about 15-20% of light (if a normal CD is
considered to reflect all 100%). Therefore, the laser in most CD-ROM drives
(or audio CD players) is simply not strong enough to play back the disc.

Regards



Stephen Webber
stephen@cold-fusion.demon.co.uk

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