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I'm looking at buying a plextor 716A I also see 716UF anyone know the difference

716a ide

716uf external

 Main difference is the 716uf is an external IEEE firewire or usb.....

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Whatever you do do not get teh Plextor px740. It is not cdg compatible. I know this from testing with it.

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Just received my Plextor 716A yesterday. Only problem I found is that the firmware is not up to date. So you have to go to the Plextor website and update it. Small price to pay for a great drive.

CDRWin 3.9 and lower does not support the 716 drive.

well I've been using a PX-740A now for umm like 3 weeks and it works just fine for me *shrugs*

What happens (like with me) is that the drives come out but the software does not yet support it (like CDRWin)
The same goes for the .net versions I found. The older version (.net 1.1) is supported but all my software, but .net 2.x is not.

Dr D, download the latest demo version of your software, that's how I found out. I now have CDRWin 4.0b and that works fine.

You are correct Cindy, this drive is CDG compatible like most drive on the market.  CDRWin & MTU still uses the same old system to communicate with the player but if I'm correct, things will change on Microstudio & Hoster (maybe already done).

In fact, Plextor will soon stop producing CDG compatible drives, so, it's good to know that there is another way to read the graphic part.  Most karaoke software manage to make the changes about two years ago!

Oh, your drive is not really a Plextor BTW, it's a Ricoh, yep, that big company who makes photocopier!  Ricoh don't sell their optical drives in North America under their own label but they do under some Aopen, some Plextor and many more brands.  Excellent drive and yes, fully CDG compatible when using the MMC Deinterleave method.  Check the Ricoh UK site and you'll find your drive.

Allstar........ I bought a 716 external off ebay its in new condition, it came with the book and 2 discs 1 dvd writing and 1roxie toast lite..I plug it in it showes up in my computer but will not read anything, in microstudio it shows as reading drive but not copy drive...do you think I need to check the  slave, master, jumper, this is external and it a bear to get to the jumper....am I missing something or do have any idea what my problem may be......thanks

I purchased the PX716UF plextor external drive, computer says installed  ready for use, system hardware divice shows as good, tried upgrading firmware etc. will not read a disc, any disc.any suggestions thanks.....

what operating system are you using?
what burning software are you trying to use?
what are you trying to burn?

The last Plextor drive I bought off eBay is in the trash.

It too was in almost new condition, but it was broke and that's why the jerk sold it on eBay.

It's become a common practice/joke....if you have something electronic that breaks, go buy a new one and sell the broken one on eBay.

I hope your not right keith, but you could be, I bought it on ebay it looks like new......Knight I;m running xp, microstudio, and hoster, when you do the detect drives in microstudio it shows as a reading drive only...when you put in a disc and ask it to read ,,message comes up  (no disc) in drive,, as far as I've been able to tell it needs no drivers,,,the plextor web site was not much help..thanks for looking......

Can you import cd's with Hoster? I had to upgrade the firmware and microstudio as well. The old version did not support the 716.

What does your system information say about the drive? ((My Computer -? Manage -> Device Manager))

have you tried audiograbber? free download...

I don't know anything about microstudio... sorry!

it could be a problem with his ASPI setup on his PC... XP can be a pain in the butt sometimes... welcome to windows...- tig

yep... ASPI on win2000 or xp is a pain, in that sometimes you have to manually add it in there, because those OS versions have an "equivilant" thing.

CDRWin is notorious for that... so you go to www.goldenhawk.com and download their ASPI drivers for XP or 2000!

had trouble wirth Microstudio reading any drives at all untill I installed Goldenhawk's ASPI driver. Go figure. Not sure about rules about talking about posts from other forums to back statements up but if you have heard a rumor of Plextor running away from CD+G, it is not true. the admin at another forum did a little investigation and from a rep from plextor's tech support that while they will be making non cdg compatable drives, they will still be making cdg cable drives as well.

That's good news, Plextor sure makes good drives!!  Most drives are cdg compatible btw, of course, if you use the good software.

I have Hoster and I also just got my PX-716A (External) from MTU.  They took an 716A and put it in an external case.  It's SWEET!

Kelly

Great, but keep in mind that the latest version of Hoster now supports most drive, not only the Plextor brand.  I own a Pioneer and it reads cdg perfectly.