Tested typical functions and appears to work well. The burner uses CD-R music discs, not typical CD-R discs. Please see pictures and video for cosmetic and functional condition. Will ship carefully packaged and fully insured by me. Thank you. Escients FireBall E2-300 lets you access your digital music library all through a single convenient source even if you have a good-sized CD collection. The FireBalls 300-gigabyte hard drive can hold many of your favorite songs. No more searching the shelves for a misplaced CD, or tying up your computers memory with thousands of tracks. With the E2-300s fast CD ripper, you can transfer a disc in less than five minutes. The server connects to the Internet via your home computer network to automatically download release information and album cover art. You can also quickly transfer music stored on your computers hard drive to the FireBall. This versatile music manager can control up to three compatible 400-disc changers, such as the Sony ES DVP-CX777ES, to expand your listening options. Escients intuitive on-screen menu lets you use your TV and the included remote to browse through all the tracks stored on the FireBalls hard drive or discs loaded in your connected CD changer. You can create custom playlists using any number of criteria, such as genre, artist, year of release and more. Or create mix discs to enjoy on the go using the E2-300s built-in CD burner. The FireBalls network connections give it remarkable flexibility. Listen to hundreds of free Internet radio stations available through Escients website. A built-in web interface lets you control the music server remotely from your PC or just use the included wireless keyboard to edit text information, control playback, or make other changes. When you sync your portable MP3 player with your computer, you can access songs stored on the E2-300s hard drive. The server connects directly to your home audio/video system, so you can listen through your best-sounding amplifier and speakers. And because you can store hundreds of discs worth of music in a lossless audio format known as FLAC, you dont have to sacrifice sound quality for convenient access. To enjoy playback in another room, just add a FireBall MP-150 music player. Or use another Escient FireBall server and increase your storage capacity in the process. Product highlights: 300GB hard drive stores: up to 5,000 hours at 128 Kbps up to 3,000 hours at 192 Kbps (default setting) up to 800 hours of CD-quality FLAC other bitrates supported plays CD-Audio, MP3, WMA, and FLAC formats built-in CD-RW drive automatic CD identification (Gracenote CDDB for text, AMG for cover art) can control one or more compatible disc changers from Sony, Kenwood or Pioneer (up to 1,200 discs total capacity) customizable playlists and menu skins plays WMA and Shoutcast Internet Radio stations compatible with PC and Mac web interface for remote control and music streaming PDA interface for remote control with any pocket-sized web-enabled device requires TV or other video display device front-panel display Ethernet port for connection to home computer network compatible with Roku and Sonos digital music systems analog audio inputs for recording directly to hard drive from external sources optical digital audio output analog stereo RCA output 17-3/8W x 4-9/16H x 12-3/4D