Hi Audrey, Welcome to THE forum. I agree with Alec. I have a 24 speed Yamaha CD writer in my desktop PC and it will only write at 24 Speed, blank CDs, which are specifically manufactured for 24 speed use and marked as such. The ones I use most are 16 speed, which are generally available for around a Fiver or less, in packs of ten, including a Jewel case. The software which will probably be supplied with the recorder, should allow you to write at several speeds - usually 2, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 24 times. More important than very high speed is that the recorder has 'BURN proof' technology incorporated. This is a facility which prevents Buffer UnderRuN during the recording. If Buffer under run occurs, the recording process stops and the blank CD becomes unuseable. Most of the modern CD RW drives include this technology but it is worth checking.


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Willum

[This message has been edited by Bill Norrie (edited 04-09-2002).]

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