Freecom FS-1

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Data tests
3. CloneCD reading tests
4. DAE tests
5. Recording tests
6. Writing quality tests
7. Conclusion

Freecom FS-1 Slimline CD-RW - Page 6

Writing Quality Tests

We burned 74/80 min media at 16x with Nero 5.5.8.2 . The produced CDs were measured by DigitalDrives and the results are illustrated in the following tables:

Brand	C1		Average Burning Time (mins)
Brand	Max	Average	Average Burning Time (mins)
Taiyo Yuden 74min 16x	18	0.2	6:04
Ritek 80min 24x	42	0.8	6:31

Freecom FS-1 produced high quality CDs. The picture above comes from Ritek 80min 24x media, burned at 16x. The maximum C1 error rate in this task was 18 and and is translated in a higher peak in the graph. The average C1 rate was 0.8. Of course, as you can see from the results, there were no C2 errors.

Other features

Overburning Writing	Not supported
CD-Text (Read/Write)	Yes/Yes
8cm CDs	Yes

CloneCD Writing Tests

CloneCD v4.0.0.1 reports that the drive supports the SAO-RAW and RAW SAO+SUB feature. We performed our usual tests and we confirmed that the drive supports the RAW SAO+SUB writing mode at the following CD protections: SafeDisc 1, LaserLock 1/2 and SecuROM 2 CD protections.

SD2 Support

For the SD2 test we used the "Emperor: Battle for Dune", "Max Payne", "Serious Sam - The Second Encounter" and "Medal of Honour Allied Assault" game titles. We used the drive both as reader/writer at the maximum reading/recording speed. The produced backups did not work in all the drives we tested.