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Created	2006-10-02
Modified	2007-02-14
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Product Description

Up to 99 minutes of recording time on a single CD. These premium grade 99 minute capacity CD's will work as 80 minute discs on any modern CD writer, and together with specific software and hardware, can go all the way to 99 minutes.

Packed in protective locking cake boxes, these are truly the next generation of compact disc media.

Some CD Writers will not work as expected when you set maximum CD length to 99 minutes. Lite-ON has already confirmed that you must set the maximum length to 98:58. Your writer may need to have maximum length set as low as 89:59 to work. Please check with your hardware manufacturer!

How Can It Be Done?

By making the data spiral of a finer pitch - in other words moving consecutive spiral tracks closer together, and secondly by utilising overburn mode in conjunction with DAO (Disc at once) mode - a process that allows discs to burn more data than their nominal capacity.

View our extensive instruction sheet that explains step by step how to set up Nero Burning ROM to write a 99 minute CD-R here.

Potential Problems

Hardware problems:
These discs take existing CD writing technology to the max - margin for error has been reduced to almost nothing, so they can be more difficult to write than, say 80 minute discs.

You may not be able to use your writer's full write speed - in fact in most cases, we recommend a slower write speed.

Which software can I use?
The only software solution we recommend is Nero Burning Rom. It is the only software used for our tests.

What about playback?
Playback on older readers may be slower, or not possible at all. Modern high quality readers will work fine, though.

What if my drive doesn't work?
There are a number of things to check:

Make double sure you have a compatible drive
Make sure you have the latest firmware
Make sure you have compatible software
Make sure you have selected "overburn" mode in the options
Make sure you are using DAO (Disc-at-once) mode
Make sure you have set the maximum capacity of the disc to the highest setting
Make sure you have selected "No multisession"
If burning audio, make sure you have selected "Audio CD" format. Selecting "Data" format and burning WAV files may not work
Try writing at different speeds - some drives will only work on a particular speed. Slower is not necessarily better - some writers will write at 8x, but not at 4x, and not at 12x.

Best Hardware

In our independent opinion, the Yamaha CRW-F1

http://www.yamahamultimedia.com/yec/products/cdrw/crwf1.asp

The best we have ever seen is in the Yamaha CRW-F1 drive. It beats all the drives that we tested, hands down, and comes with Nero Burning ROM in the box!

Disclaimer

We have a list of drives and software but we have still experienced isues.

Medea International takes no responsibility and gives no guarantees for any drive/software combination on the usability of 99 minute CDR in a particular system configuration.

The only way to be 100% sure if they work on your system is to try them out. We cannot guarantee either that the list of all compatible drives is exhaustive. These are just the drives we have tested ourselves, or where users of our discs have submitted results.

Drive Compatibility

BRAND	MODEL	CAPACITY
AOPEN	CRW-1232	89:59
	CRW-1232A	89:59
	CRW-1232 PRO	89:59
	CRW-161032	99:05
	CRW-201040	99:05
	CRW-2440	98:39(°°°)
	CRW-9624	89:59
	CRW-5224	94:43
	EHW-4048U	89:59(ΩΩΩ)
ARTEC	52x writer	99:05(°Ω)
	WRR-4048	98:00(°**)
CREATIVE	CD-RW 4224E	89:59
	CD-RW 4424E	89:59
	CD-RW 8432E	89:59
EVERSPRING	40/12/48	96:55 (°*)
FREECOM	4/4/20	89:59
LG	8080B	99:05
	8083B	99:05
	8084	89:59
	8120B*	99:13
	8320	99:13
	8160	99:55
	8400b 40x12x40	99.55(°°°°)
	8480B	99.55(°†)
LITE-ON	12101B	89:59
	16102B	90.05
	24102B	99.05
	32102B	99.05
	32123S	90.04†††
	LTR 40125s	98.59(§)
	LTR 48246s	98.49(§†)
	LXR 40423	99.00(ф)
MEMOREX	CD RW 8432	89:59
	CD RW 4420s	89:59
MITSUMI	4804	99:05
	4805	99:05
	4808	99:05
	4809TE	99:05
	480ATE	99:05
PHILIPS	CDRW1208	96:00 (§§)
	CDRWDVD3210	95:00
	PCRW2412A	99:00 (§§§)
PIONEER	A03	97:59(ΩΩ)
	A04	97:59(ΩΩ)
PLEXTOR	W124T	89:59
	W8432T	89:59
	PX-820T	89:59
	PX-4220T	89:59
	1210	89:59
	PX-W121032A	89:59
	PX-W121032S	89:59
	PX-8220T	89:59
	PX-W161040A	89:59
	PX-W241040	94:57††
	4012TA	94:57
	PX-W8432T	89:59
RICOH	MP 6200	89:59
	7040S	89:59
	7060S	89:59
	7063A	89:59
	7080A	89:59
	7120A	89:59
	7125A	99:05
	7163	97.31°
	7200A	96.59
	8040A	89:59
	9060A	89:59
	9120	89:59
MATSHITA	CDRRW01	89:59
MEMOREX	CDRW8432	89:59
	CDRW2216	99:00**
	CDRW4420	89:59
SAMSUNG	208B	89:59
	212B	89:59†
	216B	99:59†
	304	89:59
	308	89:59
	408	89:59
SANYO	CRD-RW2	89:59
	CRD-BP2	89:59
	CRD-BP4	89:59
	CRD-BP5	89:59
	CRD-BP1500	89:59
TEAC	CD-R55S	92.59
	CD-W54E	98:54(Ω)
	CD-W58E	97:00
	CD-W512	89:59
	CD-W516	89:59
TDK	VeloCD 12x	89:59
	Cyclone 16x10x40	92:09***
	Cyclone 24x10x40	92:09
TRAXDATA	CDR 4120 PRO	92:59
WAITEC	T-Rex	93:59
YAMAHA	CRW-F1	99:59(ΩΩ)
	2100e	89:59
	2100s	90:52°°
	2200e	91:59
	3200e	93:52
	6416s	87:59
	8424e/s	87:59
	8824e/s	87:59

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