=========================================== FILE: README.TXT LAST MINUTE INFO ABOUT THIS GEAR CD =========================================== This document contains the latest product information for GEAR Pro 5.02 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME. The last minute information in this document was not available at the time of printing both the manuals and the regular release notes. =========================================== GEAR Pro version 5.02 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME =========================================== This GEAR CD contains a version of the following GEAR Product: GEAR Pro 5.02 for Windows. The platforms supported by GEAR are Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium. Apart from the GEAR 5.02 software this CD contains the Adobe Acrobat reader software for the GEAR Manual. To install the GEAR Pro 5.02 package you can run the setup.exe file from the root directory of this CD. GEAR Pro 5.02 has a completely renewed graphical user interface (compared to the previous GEAR 4.x versions) and now supports the following features: - Supports almost all CD-R(W) drives on the market. - Supports ISO 9660 CD-ROM data formatting for CD-R(W) media, with the choice to format into CD-ROM XA or CD-ROM ISO/UDF hybrid format (OSTA UDF compliant). - Supports appending data to multisession CD's. - Audio CD creation, with the ability to import Wave (.wav) and MP3 audio files. Pauses and ISRC codes can be assigned to the audio tracks. Audio normalizing and declicking are also supported through additional plugins from Algorithmix. - Support for CD-ROM drives for track copy and digital audio extraction. - CD copying, including copying of Enhanced Music CD's (CD Extra). GEAR now has an easy COPY CD dialog that also supports copying from CD-ROM drives to CD-R drives. - Support for Mixed Mode CD creation (data + audio). - Supports track-at-once and disc-at-once recording methods. - Supports full erase and quick erase for CD-RW media. - Allows overburning of 2 minutes beyond the normal CD-R capacity. - Supports the Sanyo Burnproof technology with Sanyo Burnproof drives or other drives with this capability (automatic detection). - Supports the importing of foreign physical images as tracks. - Supports advanced append options. - Supports GEAR batch files and log files, and the option to run any GEAR command manually. GEAR Pro 5.02 offers a flexible and dynamic support for CD recorders. Recorder updates (new or updated driver DLL's and/or updated recorder configuration files) can be obtained from our new Website (www.gearsoftware.com). This version of GEAR does not support tape units (for premaster tape writing) and CD jukeboxes or media changers. These are supported by our products GEAR Pro DVD and GEAR Juke. For more information on these and other products, and for upgrades to GEAR DVD and GEAR Juke, please contact your dealer or GEAR Software. =========================================== Supported recorders =========================================== The GEAR Pro 5.02 software on this CD supports various types of CD recorders, both IDE interfaced and SCSI interfaced models. For the SCSI interfaced models, a SCSI interface card is required in your PC. For the IDE interfaced models, no SCSI card is needed. To support IDE and SCSI recorders under Windows 95, 98 and Windows ME, a new special device driver developed by GEAR Software is used: GEARAspi.DLL + GEARAspi.VxD. For Windows NT and 2000, the driver files are GEARAspi.dll and GEARAspiSys.sys. The appropriate driver files will be installed together with the software. Please refer to our web site http://www.gearsoftware.com for further updates or patches on new recorder support. Overview of the CD recorders supported by GEAR 5.02: + 12X10X32 CD-RW A + 12X10X32 CD-RW P + 4X IDE CD-RW + 4X4X20 IDE CD-RW + 4X4X20 SCSI CDRW + 4X4X20 SLIM CDRW + 6X4X24 IDE CD-RW + 6X4X24 SCSI CDRW + 6X4X24 SLIM CDRW + 8X4X32 IDE CD-RW + ARW4420 + ARW4420S + ARW4424E + ARW4424P + ARW4432P + ARW8432E + ARW8432P + CD-R/RW RW104S + CD-R/RW RW7040S + CD-R/RW RW7060A + CD-R/RW RW7060S + CD-R/RW RW7063A + CD-R/RW RW7080A + CD-R/RW RW7083A + CD-R/RW RW7120A + CD-R/RW RW7125A + CD-R/RW RW8040A + CD-R/RW RW8040S + CD-R/RW RW8080A + CD-RW 446USB + CD-RW 8424E + CQ8040A + CRS9624 + CRW-ES4420 + CRW1232 + CRW620 + CRW622 + CRW8432 + CRW9420 + CRW9420S + CRW9624 + CRW9624S + DRW4624 + DVD/CDRW RW9060 + DVD/CDRW RW9060A + DVD/CDRW RW9120 + DVD/RW 4X6X24 + DVD/RW 4X6X4X24 + G44A24 + G44A32 + G44P24 + G44P32 + OEM-W141 + OIP-PW2004A + OME-W141 + VIN-ES4420 + _NEC NR-7500A + _NEC NR-7700A + _NEC NR-8400A + _NEC NR-8500A + AccessTK CD-RW CW0801 + AccessTK CD-RW CW1201 + ACER CR-1420C + ACER CRW620 + ACER CRW622 + Actima ARW4420S + Actima ARW4424E + Actima ARW4424P + Actima ARW4432P + Actima ARW8432E + Actima ARW8432P + Actima G44A24 + Actima G44A32 + Actima G44P24 + Actima G44P32 + ADDONICS CD-RW 2000 + AOPEN CD-RW CRW1232 A + AOPEN CD-RW CRW1232PRO + AOPEN CRS446U + AOPEN CRW1232 + ARC XS4424 + ARC XS8432 + ARCHOS MINICDRW XS4424 + ARCHOS MINICDRW XS4432 + ARCHOS XS 4424 + ARTEC ACW-260 + ARTEC FRISBY + ARTMEDIA RW6220BI + ASUS CRW-1210 + ASUS CRW-1610 + ATAPI 2W24R + ATAPI CD-R/RW 10X4X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 10X8X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 12X4X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 12X4X40 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 12X8X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 16X10X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 16X10X40 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 16X8X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 16X8X40 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 2X2X24 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 2X2X30 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 2X2X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 2X2X6 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X2X24 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X2X30 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X2X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X2X6 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X4X24 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X4X30 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X4X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 4X4X6 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 6X4X24X + ATAPI CD-R/RW 6X4X30 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 6X4X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 8X4X24 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 8X4X30 + ATAPI CD-R/RW 8X4X32 + ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW 6230A + ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW 6232A + ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW4232A + ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW4432A + ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW6206A + ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW6206A + ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW6224A + ATAPI CD-R/RW CRW8432 + AxtrateC CRD-RW1S + BACKPACK CD-REWRITER-2A + BACKPACK CD-REWRITER-4A + BACKPACK CD-REWRITER-4B + BACKPACK CD-REWRITER-4C + BACKPACK CD-REWRITER-4D + BACKPACK CD-REWRITER-4E + BACKPACK CD-REWRITER-4F + BACKPACK CD-REWRITER-4G + BTC BCE 62IE + BTC BCE1032IE + BTC BCE128IE + BTC BCE242IE + BTC BCE424IE + BTC BCE832IE + BTC BCE833IE + BTC BCE840IE + BTC RW6220B + CAL CDR4X12 + CANON XS4424 + CARAVELL CD-R CDR-N820S + CARAVELL CDR-2X TYPE II + CARAVELL CRW-8220S + CDWriter 2W24R + CDWRITER IDE1032 + CDWRITER IDE128 + CDWriter IDE2X2X24 + CDWriter IDE4X4X24 + CDWriter IDE4x4x24 + CDWriter IDE4X4X32 + CDWriter IDE4x4x32 + CDWriter IDE8432 + CDWriter IDE8x4x32 + CDWriter IDE8x4x40 + COMPAQ CD-RW CW-7585 + COMPRO CD-RW 7586SI + CREATIVE CD-RW RW8435E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW8438E + CREATIVE 4X4X24 CDRW EXT + CREATIVE CD-RW RW121032E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW2024E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW4224E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW4424E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW4426U + CREATIVE CD-RW RW6424E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW8424U + CREATIVE CD-RW RW8432E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW8433E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW8435E + CREATIVE CD-RW RW8438E + CREATIVE CDR4210 + CREATIVE CDR4800E + CREATIVE DVD-RAM RAM1216S + CREATIVE MiniCDRW RW4426U + CREATIVE RW8436E + CyberDrv CDRW602 + CyberDrv CW017D CD-R/RW + CyberDrv CW018D CD-R/RW + CyberDrv CW028D CD-R/RW + CyberDrv CW043D CD-R/RW + DELTA CDE6121 + DELTA ODE-6121 + DELTA ODE-8141 + DELTA ODR-6121 + DELTA ODR6121 + DELTA OIP-RW2004/B + DYSAN CDRW 4424 + DYSAN CDRW 4432 + DYSAN CDRW-2216 + DYSAN CDRW-2224 + DYSAN CDRW-4216 + DYSAN CDRW-4416 + DYSAN CR-622 + DYSAN CRW-1426 + DYSAN CRW-1622 + DYSAN CRW-426 + E-IDE CD-R/RW 12X10X32 + GENERIC CD-R CRD-R800S + GENERIC CD-R/RW 2X2X6 + GENERIC CDRCB01 + GENERIC CDRRW03 + GENERIC CRD-BP1300P + GENERIC CRD-BP1400P + GENERIC CRD-BP2 + GENERIC CRD-BP3 + GENERIC CRD-BP4 + GENERIC CRD-BP900P + GENERIC CRD-RW1 + GENERIC CRD-RW2 + GENERIC CRD-RW2 + GENERIC CRD-RW8X + GENERIC CRD-RW900P + GENERIC CRD-RWF + Goldstar CD-RW CCD-8080B + Goldstar CD-RW CCD-8081B + Goldstar CD-RW CCD-8082B + Goldstar CD-RW CCD-8083B + Goldstar CD-RW CCD-8120B + Goldstar CD-RW CCD-8121B + Goldstar CD-RW CCD-8122B + Goldstar CD-RW CCD-8123B + Goldstar CD-RW CCN-8080B + Goldstar CD-RW CCN-8081B + Goldstar CD-RW CCN-8082B + Goldstar CD-RW CCN-8083B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8041B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8042B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8043B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8045B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8060B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8080B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8081B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8082B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8083B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8084B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8085B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8120B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8121B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8122B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8123B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8124B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8125B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8160B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8161B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8162B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8163B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8164B + Goldstar CD-RW CED-8165B + Goldstar CD-RW CEN-8040B + Goldstar CD-RW CEN-8080B + Goldstar CD-RW CEN-8081B + Goldstar CD-RW CEN-8082B + Goldstar CD-RW CEN-8083B + Goldstar CD-RW CEN-8084B + Goldstar CD-RW CEN-8085B + GRUNDIG CDR100IPW + HI-VAL H2242 + HI-VAL H4242 + HI-VAL H4242S + HIGHTECH CD-R1002 + HIGHTECH CD-R2000 + HP C4324/C4325 + HP CD-R 8x/20x + HP CD-Writer 6020 + HP CD-Writer 6020RW + HP CD-Writer+ 7100 + HP CD-Writer+ 7200 + HP CD-Writer+ 7500 + HP CD-Writer+ 8000 + HP CD-Writer+ 8100 + HP CD-Writer+ 8200 + HP CD-Writer+ 8200f + HP CD-Writer+ 8250 + HP CD-Writer+ 9100 + HP CD-Writer+ 9100b + HP CD-Writer+ 9100c + HP CD-Writer+ 9100e + HP CD-Writer+ 9100f + HP CD-Writer+ 9200 + HP CD-Writer+ 9300 + HP CD-Writer+ 9500 + HP CD-Writer+ 9500b + HP CD-Writer+ 9500c + HP CD-Writer+ 9600 + HP CD-Writer+ 9700k + HP CD-Writer+ 9700p + HP CD-Writer+ 9900j + hp CD-Writer+ M820 + HP CD-Writer+9100ei + HP VersaWriter 3100 + IDE-CD R/RW 12x8x32 + IDE-CD R/RW 2x2x24 + IDE-CD R/RW 4x2x24 + IDE-CD R/RW 4x4x24 + IDE-CD R/RW 4x4x30 + IDE-CD R/RW 4x4x32 + IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 + IDE-CD ReWritable-2x2x24 + IDE-CD ReWritable-2x2x6 + IMATION CD-R IMR080020 + IMATION CD-RW IMW040420 + IMATION CD-RW IMW080220 + IMATION IMW121032IA + IMATION IMW121032IAB + IMATION MINICDRW XS4424 + IMATION MINICDRW XS4432 + IMS CDD2000 + IMS CDD2600 + IMS CDD4000 + IMS CDD521 + IMS CDD522 + IODATA SOCRATES + IOMEGA ZIP CD 650 6XC + IOMEGA ZIP CD 650 8XI + IOMEGA ZIPCD + IOMEGA ZIPCD 4x650 + IOMEGA ZIPCD 650 + IOMEGA ZIPCD 650 USB + IOMEGA ZIPCD-DVDROM + IOMEGA ZIPCD1024EXT + IOMEGA ZIPCD1024INT + IOMEGA ZIPCD1024INT-A + IOMEGA ZIPCD3840INT + IOMEGA ZIPCD3840INT-A + IOMEGA ZIPCDINT1536 + JCCOM JCD-1622RW + JCCOM JCD-1642RW + JCCOM JCD-62RW + JCCOM JCD-64RW + JCI CDRW-622 + JCI JCD-62RW + JVC R2626 + JVC XR-R2060 + JVC XR-W2001 + JVC XR-W2010 + JVC XR-W2040 + JVC XR-W2042 + JVC XR-W2060 + JVC XR-W2080 + JVC XR-W2080S + JVC XR-W2082 + JVC XR-W2082S + JVC XR-W4080 + JVC XR-W4080S + JVC XR-W4082 + JVC XR-W4082S + JVC XR-W4083S + JVC XR-W4424 + JVC XR-W4424S + JVC XR-W4424SB + KENWOOD UCW-501 + KODAK CDR-240 + KODAK KHSW/OB-01 + KODAK PCD225 + LACIE CDBP-121032A + LACIE CDBP-121032S + LACIE CDBP-12432A + LACIE CDBP-12432S + LACIE CDBP-161040A + LACIE CDBP-161040S + LACIE CDR-RW12432S + LACIE CDRW-12432S + LACIE CDRW-BOOSTER + LEOPTICS CDD-3620 + LG CD-RW CCD-8080B + LG CD-RW CCD-8081B + LG CD-RW CCD-8082B + LG CD-RW CCD-8083B + LG CD-RW CCD-8120B + LG CD-RW CCD-8121B + LG CD-RW CCD-8122B + LG CD-RW CCD-8123B + LG CD-RW CCN-8080B + LG CD-RW CCN-8081B + LG CD-RW CCN-8082B + LG CD-RW CCN-8083B + LG CD-RW CED-8041B + LG CD-RW CED-8042B + LG CD-RW CED-8043B + LG CD-RW CED-8045B + LG CD-RW CED-8060B + LG CD-RW CED-8080B + LG CD-RW CED-8081B + LG CD-RW CED-8082B + LG CD-RW CED-8083B + LG CD-RW CED-8084B + LG CD-RW CED-8085B + LG CD-RW CED-8120B + LG CD-RW CED-8121B + LG CD-RW CED-8122B + LG CD-RW CED-8123B + LG CD-RW CED-8124B + LG CD-RW CED-8125B + LG CD-RW CED-8160B + LG CD-RW CED-8161B + LG CD-RW CED-8162B + LG CD-RW CED-8163B + LG CD-RW CED-8164B + LG CD-RW CED-8165B + LG CD-RW CEN-8040B + LG CD-RW CEN-8080B + LG CD-RW CEN-8081B + LG CD-RW CEN-8082B + LG CD-RW CEN-8083B + LG CD-RW CEN-8084B + LG CD-RW CEN-8085B + LICUS MSJ-6122 + LITE-ON LTR-0840 + LITE-ON LTR-0841 + LITE-ON LTR-12101B + LITE-ON LTR-12101C + LITE-ON LTR-12102B + LITE-ON LTR-1240 + LITE-ON LTR-1240B + LITE-ON LTR-16101B + LITE-ON LTR-16101C + LITE-ON LTR-16102B + LITE-ON LTR-16102C + LITE-ON LTR-511 + LITE-ON LTR-512 + marantz MZ-R5040U + marantz MZ-R5140U + MATSHITA CD-R CW-7501 + MATSHITA CD-R CW-7502 + MATSHITA CD-R CW-7503 + MATSHITA CD-R CW-7582 + MATSHITA CD-R LK-MW602 + MATSHITA CD-RW CW-7121 + MATSHITA CD-RW CW-7585 + MATSHITA CD-RW CW-7586 + MATSHITA CDRCB01 + MATSHITA CDRRW01 + MATSHITA CDRRW02 + MATSHITA CDRRW03 + MATSHITA CDRRW04 + MATSHITA CDRRW05 + MATSHITA CDRW 4420-NB + MATSHITA KME CD-R/RW01 + MATSHITA UJDA310 + MATSHITA UJDA320 + MATSHITA UJDA330 + MATSHITA UJDA340 + MATSHITA UJDA710 + MAXELL MCD-RW12-1032 + maxell MCD-RW64-24 + maxell MCD-RW84-32 + maxell MCDRW8X4X32 + maxell MDVDRW6424 + MBI PLAYWRITE 2002 + MBI PLAYWRITE 8200 + MELCO CDRW-S4224 + MELCO CDRW-S4432 + MELCO CDRW-S8432 + MELCO CRWS-SB1210 + Memorex CD-RW 12432S + Memorex CD-RW 8220S + Memorex CD-RW2224 + Memorex CD-RW4224 + Memorex CD-RW4424 + Memorex CD-RW8220S + Memorex CDRW 4424 + Memorex CDRW 4432 + Memorex CDRW-2216 + Memorex CDRW-2224 + Memorex CDRW-4216 + Memorex CDRW-4416 + Memorex CDRW-4416S + Memorex CDRW-4420 + Memorex CDRW-4420s + Memorex CDRW-6424S + Memorex CDRW-8432 + Memorex CDRW/DVD 6424-4 + Memorex CDRW4420 + Memorex CDRW4420S + Memorex CDRW6424 + Memorex CDRW6424S + Memorex CR-622 + Memorex CRW-1622 + Memorex CRW-2642 + MEMOREX TwelveMAXX 1032 + MEMOREX TwelveMAXX 1032A + MEMOREX TwelveMAXX 1032P + MEMOREX TwelveMAXX1032 + MEMTEK CDRW4420 + MEMTEK CDRW4420S + MiniCDRW XS4424 + MiniCDRW XS4432 + MiniRW CD-R/RW 4X4X24 + MiniRW CD-R/RW 4X4X6 + MiniRW CD-R/RW 6X4X24 + MITSBISH CDR4X12 + MITSBISH CDR4X12T + MITSBISH CDRW226 + MITSBISH CDRW226I + MITSBISH CDRW4420 + MITSBISH CDRW4420a + MITSBISH CDVR + MITSBISH CDVR-2x4 + MITSBISH CDVR2X6 + MITSBISH CDVR4X4 + MITSBISH CDVR4X6 + MITSUMI CD-R CR-2200CS + MITSUMI CD-R CR-2201CS + MITSUMI CD-R CR-2401TS + MITSUMI CR-2600TE + MITSUMI CR-2801TE + MITSUMI CR-2802TE + MITSUMI CR-4801TE + MITSUMI CR-4801TS + MITSUMI CR-4802TE + MITSUMI CR-4803TE + MITSUMI CR-4803TE USB + MITSUMI CR-4804TE + MITSUMI CR-4804TE USB + MITSUMI CR-4805TE + MITSUMI CR-4822TU + MITSUMI CR-4845TE + MITSUMI CR-4848TE + MITSUMI CR-4849TE + MITSUMI CR-48X5TE + MMAGIC MCR-265 + NEC DVD-ROM DVR1700A + NEC ODX658 + NEC PD-1 ODX658 + NEC PD-1 ODX659 + NEWMAX Taeil CDE-4432 + NOMAI 680RW + OCTEK RW260 + Olympus CDS615E + OLYMPUS CDS620E + OLYMPUS CDS630E + OPTIMA CD-R 1300 + OPTIMA CD-R 650 + OTI-975 SOCRATES + PHILIPS 228 CDRW + PHILIPS 4220 CDRW + PHILIPS 4220 CDRW USB + PHILIPS 428 CDRW + PHILIPS 428 CDRW USB + PHILIPS 4424 CDRW + PHILIPS 4424 CDRW USB + PHILIPS 8432 CDRW + PHILIPS CDD2000 + PHILIPS CDD2600 + PHILIPS CDD3600 + PHILIPS CDD3610 + PHILIPS CDD3801 + PHILIPS CDD3814 + PHILIPS CDD4201 CD-R/RW + PHILIPS CDD4801 CD-R/RW + PHILIPS CDD4851 CD-R/RW + PHILIPS OMNIWRITER26 + PHILIPS OMNIWRITER26A + PHILIPS PCA267CR + PHILIPS PCA382RW IDE + PHILIPS PCA460RW + PHILIPS PCRW 406 + PHILIPS PCRW 506 + PHILIPS PCRW1208 + PHILIPS PCRW404 + PHILIPS PCRW804 + PINNACLE MP6200S + PINNACLE RCD 4X4 + PINNACLE RCD-1000 + PINNACLE RCD4X12 + PINNACLE RCD5020 + PINNACLE RCD5040 + PINNACLE RCDW226 + PIONEER CD-WO DR-R504X + PIONEER CD-WO DW-S114X + PLASMON CDR4220 + PLASMON CDR4240 + PLASMON RF4100 + PLASMON RF4102 + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R24CS + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R412C + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R820T + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-S88T + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210S + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W124TS + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1610A + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4220T + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W8220T + PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W8432T + Portable CD-R/RW 4X4X24 + Portable CD-R/RW 4X4X6 + Portable CD-R/RW 6X4X24 + Q-lity CD-R/RW ECW-043 + QPS CD-R PX-W1210A + QPS CD-R PX-W1210S + QPS CD-R PX-W124TS + QPS CD-R PX-W1610A + QPS CD-R PX-W1610S + QPS CD-R PX-W4220T + QPS CD-R PX-W8432T + QPS CD-W512EB + QPS CD-W54E + QPS CD-W58E + QPS CRW2100E + QPS CRW2100S + QPS QPS-R8220S + QPS XR-W4083S + QPS XR-W4424SQ + QSI CD-R/RW SCW-081 + REXON CD-R/RW RX-E1622 + RICOH CD-R/RW MC104S + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7040A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7040S + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7060A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7060S + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7063A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7080A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7083A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7120A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7125A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP7420A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP8040A + RICOH CD-R/RW MP8040S + RICOH CD-R/RW RW7040A + RICOH CD-R/RW RW7040S + RICOH DVD/CDRW MP9060 + RICOH DVD/CDRW MP9060A + RICOH DVD/CDRW MP9120 + RICOH MP6200A + RICOH MP6200S + RICOH MP6201S + RICOH MP6211S + RICOH MP8040A + RICOH MP8040S + RICOH RO-1420C + RICOH RW8040A + RICOH RW8040S + RWD RW2224 + RWD RW2224S + RWD RW4224 + RWD RW4224S + RWD XR-RW4424 + RWD XR-RW4424S + SAF CD-R2000 + SAF CD-R2004 + SAF CD-R2006 + SAF CD-R2006PLUS + SAF CD-R4006 + SAF CD-R4012 + SAF CD-R6024 + SAF CD-R8020 + SAF CD-RW12432 + SAF CD-RW2224A + SAF CD-RW2224S + SAF CD-RW226 + SAF CD-RW4224A + SAF CD-RW4224S + SAF CD-RW4416 + SAF CD-RW4420P + SAF CD-RW4424A + SAF CD-RW4424S + SAF CD-RW4432A + SAF CD-RW6424A + SAF CD-RW6424S + SAF CD-RW8220 + SAF CDR4012 + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW DRIVE SCW-230 + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW RW-208 + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SCW-230 + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SCW-430 + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-204 + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-206 + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-207 + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-208B + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-208F + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-208T + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-212B + SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B + SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-304B + SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-308B + SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-308N + SAMSUNG COMBO SM-304B + SAMSUNG COMBO SM-304F + SANYO CD-R CRD-R800S + SANYO CRD-BP1300P + SANYO CRD-BP1400P + SANYO CRD-BP2 + SANYO CRD-BP3 + SANYO CRD-BP4 + SANYO CRD-BP900P + SANYO CRD-R24S + SANYO CRD-RW1 + SANYO CRD-RW2 + SANYO CRD-RW8X + SANYO CRD-RW900P + SANYO CRD-RWF + SCSI-CD ReWritable-2x2x6 + SONY CD-R CDU920S + SONY CD-R CDU924S + SONY CD-R CDU926S + SONY CD-R CDU928E + SONY CD-R CDU948S + SONY CD-R CRX080E + SONY CD-R CRX100E + SONY CD-R CRX110E + SONY CD-R CRX510E + SONY CD-R ROX5004 + SONY CD-RW CRX50A + SONY CD-RW CRX100E + SONY CD-RW CRX10U + SONY CD-RW CRX120E + SONY CD-RW CRX130E + SONY CD-RW CRX140E + SONY CD-RW CRX140S + SONY CD-RW CRX145E + SONY CD-RW CRX145S + SONY CD-RW CRX160E + SONY CD-RW CRX160S + SONY CD-RW CRX200E + SONY CD-RW CRX500E + SONY CD-RW CRX55A + SONY CD-RW CRX700E + SONY CD-RW CRX75L + SONY CD-RW CRX0811 + SONY CD-RW CRX1211 + SONY CDW-900E + SONY CRX0821 + SPINCO CDR-Y2000 + SPINCO DVD/CRW 24X10X40 + T.YUDEN CD-WO EW-50 + TDK CDRW121032 + TDK CDRW121032X + TDK CDRW161040X + TDK CDRW8432 + TEAC CD-P520E + TEAC CD-R50S + TEAC CD-R55S + TEAC CD-R56S + TEAC CD-R58S + TEAC CD-W24E + TEAC CD-W28E + TEAC CD-W512E + TEAC CD-W512EB + TEAC CD-W512SB + TEAC CD-W54E + TEAC CD-W58E + TEAC PD-1 CD-P520E + TEAC PD-1 CD-P540S + TORiSAN CD-RW CDW-U4424 + TORiSAN CD-RW CDW-U8424 + TORiSAN DRW-U88424 + TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1002 + TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1102 + TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2002 + TOSHIBA IPC5025A + Traxdata CDR4120 + TRAXDATA CDR4800 + Traxdata CDR6240 + Traxdata CDRW2224 PLUS + Traxdata CDRW2260 PRO + Traxdata CDRW2260+ + Traxdata CDRW4260 PRO + Traxdata CDRW4424 PLUS + Traxdata CDRW4432 PLUS + Traxdata CRW2260 PRO + USB CD-R/RW 4X4X6 + USDrives CDRW602 + USDrives CDRW62D + VORTEC CDR-R/W VCW-620 + WAITEC CD-R WT2082 + WAITEC CD-R WT3284 + WAITEC CD-R/RW 3284 + WAITEC CELERUS + WAITEC FRISBY + WAITEC RAPTOR + WAITEC RAPTORRED + WAITEC SHUTTLE + WAITEC WT2036 + WAITEC WT2036EI + WAITEC WT2082 + WAITEC WT2422EI + WAITEC WT2444EI + WAITEC WT3244EI + WAITEC WT3284 + WAITEC WT4046 + WAITEC WT412 + WAITEC WT624 + WAITEC WT824 + WDC WDC12432SS + WPI CDR-432 + WPI CDR-622 + WPI CDR-632P + WPI CDRW-12832 + WPI CDRW-1622 + WPI CDRW-1622e + WPI CDRW-1642 + WPI CDRW-1642e + WPI CDRW-1688 + WPI CDRW-2422 + WPI CDRW-4424 + WPI CDRW-4432 + WPI CDRW-622 + WPI CDRW-642 + WPI CDRW-642e + WPI CDRW-8432i + YAMAHA CDE102 + YAMAHA CDR100 + YAMAHA CDR102 + YAMAHA CDR200t + YAMAHA CDR400c + YAMAHA CDR400t + YAMAHA CDR401c + YAMAHA CDR401t + YAMAHA CRW2100E + YAMAHA CRW2100S + YAMAHA CRW2216E + YAMAHA CRW2216S + YAMAHA CRW2260 + YAMAHA CRW2261 + YAMAHA CRW4001 + YAMAHA CRW4216E + YAMAHA CRW4216S + YAMAHA CRW4260 + YAMAHA CRW4261 + YAMAHA CRW4416E + YAMAHA CRW4416S + YAMAHA CRW6416E + YAMAHA CRW6416S + YAMAHA CRW8424E + YAMAHA CRW8424S + YAMAHA CRW8824E + YAMAHA CRW8824IX + YAMAHA CRW8824S =========================================== Newly developed GEARAspi drivers for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 =========================================== To interface with SCSI and IDE recorders on Windows 95, 98 and ME, GEAR now supplies a new special driver: GEARAspi.DLL + GEARAspi.VxD. For Windows NT and 2000, the driver files are GEARAspi.dll and GEARAspiSys.sys. This drivers are necessary, because Microsoft does not provide a standard driver solution for applications like GEAR to interface with IDE and SCSI recorders on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT and 2000. The appropriate driver files will be installed together with the software. =========================================== GearCDR.VxD driver for auto insert notification protection =========================================== GEAR supplies an additional driver (GearCDR.VxD), in order to prevent any problems related to the auto insert notification feature of Windows 95 and 98. This driver is automatically installed when you install GEAR, and is automatically invoked when GEAR detects and initializes your recorder. This avoids any interference from Windows during the writing of your CD-Rs. =========================================== Cyclic buffering with GEAR =========================================== By default, GEAR uses a Cyclic Buffer Cache when writing to SCSI and IDE recorders. The default settings for Cyclic Buffering are set for systems with 32MB memory on board. In the case you have less then 32 MB, it is recommended to decrease the amount of buffers: 32MB Ram or higher -> 100 buffers 24MB Ram -> 96 buffers 16MB Ram -> 64 buffers Restriction: For the total amount of buffer space it is recommended not to exceed 6 MB. Bufferspace = number of buffers * buffer size. The default buffer size is 60000. WARNING: Too high settings for the number of buffers may force allocation on the windows swap file and cause dramatic performance loss! =========================================== Copying a CD =========================================== GEAR allows you to make copies of existing CD's. The easiest way to do this is by using the 'Copy CD' button. You can use the recorder or another CD-ROM drive as reader for the copy process, and enough free hard disk space is required as temporary storage. The advantage of this method is that a fatal read error on the source disc will not result in wasting any CD-R discs. By default, GEAR performs a sector by sector verification after the copying process. =========================================== GEAR for Backup =========================================== GEAR can be extremely useful for CD-R backups. Two special options in GEAR give you all the functionality to do backup on CD-R. The Generator setup contains the items Archives Only and Archives Reset. When the Archives Reset check box is enabled GEAR will reset the archive bit for each file that is loaded in to the image. When the Archives Only check box is enabled GEAR will only load files with the archive bit set and then after loading reset the archive bit (Note: The Archive bit of a file is set by DOS when a file has been modified). These powerful features can be used in the following way: 1. Enable the Archives Reset feature 2. Create a new CD-Image 3. Load all files in to this new image. All archive bits will be reset. 4. Write the CD-Image to CD-R in multi session format. Your files are now all saved on CD-R. To update your backup on this CD you can do the following: 1. Enable the Archives only feature 2. Put the CD back in the Recorder and choose Append Next Session 3. Load all files in to the next session. Only modified files will be loaded because only the modified files will have the archive bit set by DOS. 4. Write the CD-R. The modified files will be saved on CD-R. The CD will now contain 2 sessions, together forming the complete backup! You can repeat this as long as there is space left on your CD! =========================================== GEAR for Automated image generation =========================================== GEAR has options which allow you to create images completely unattended! The GEAR batch utility can run in unattended mode. In this mode all user dialogs will be automatically handled by GEAR. The default value for each dialog will be selected. Error dialogs will always appear to assure the high data integrity of GEAR. The automated option can also be used if GEAR is called from within another program by using: GEAR [] [/A] [/X] When the /A is specified, GEAR will run in automated mode. When the /X is specified, GEAR will exit automatically after completion of the batch file. =========================================== GEAR for CD-Enhanced Music CD's =========================================== GEAR has options for creating CD-Enhanced Music CD's (aka CD-Extra). CD-Enhanced discs allow you to 'hide' the audio from the data and vice versa. CD-Enhanced discs are multisession discs with multiple audio tracks in the first session and data in the other session(s). CD Audio players will only 'see' the first session and thus only play the audio. Multi session CD ROM players will automatically present the last session on the disc and thus only show the data. CD-Enhanced discs can be created as follows: 1) Create a new GEAR CD-image with a number of audio tracks. 2) Write the image to CD-R and make sure multi session is enabled. 3) Choose Append Next Session and use the last track on the CD-R as starting point for the next session. 4) Enter the name and type of the data part of the CD-R. 5) A new session will be created and you can add data as with any other image 6) Write the session to CD-R and your CD-Enhanced disc is ready! =========================================== Checks before calling Tech support =========================================== - Does the power LED of the recorder light up? - Is the SCSI bus terminated correctly? - Is the SCSI ID set correctly? - Are the SCSI cables less than 1 meter in length? - Are the other SCSI devices on the bus working correctly? - Is the software driver installed correctly? - Have you tried to burn with only the recorder active on the SCSI bus? =========================================== Placing a service call =========================================== Please contact your supplier. The following information is required: - Registration number - Version and date of GEAR (see the about box) - Recorder brand - SCSI controller brand - software driver used for SCSI controller - Operating system version - general system information (computer mainboard, hard drive, memory) - GEAR.INI information - Exact error message with the additional sense code if given - The way to produce the failure - LOG file with problem log, if possible - Discinfo dialog - Please be in front of your computer with GEAR running when you call! =========================================== World Wide Web =========================================== You can find GEAR Software on the world wide web at www.gearsoftware.com =========================================== CONTACT DETAILS =========================================== GEAR SOFTWARE USA 1061 E. Indiantown Road, Suite 500 Jupiter, FL 33477 Phone: +1 561 575-3200 Fax: +1 561 575-3026 sales.us@gearsoftware.com GEAR SOFTWARE EUROPE Zuidende 31 5701 KX Helmond The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0) 492 594094 Fax: +31 (0) 492 476110 sales.eu@gearsoftware.com GEAR SOFTWARE ASIA/PACIFIC GEAR Software Australia Unit 5, 18-20 Floriston Road Boronia, VIC, 3155 sales.ap@gearsoftware.com =========================================== END OF FILE ===========================================