PORTABLE CD-ROM USER’S MANUAL WITH CD-ROM+ CARD
EXP COMPUTER, INC. EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS. NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED WARRANTY EXP COMPUTER INC., AND EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS("EXP") warrants that the Portable PD/CD-ROM (“products”) manufactured or distributed by EXP to be free from failures due to defects in materials or workmanship for full one year from the date of purchase of the products.
TRADEMARKS SystemSoft is a registered trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. CardSoft is a trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. Databook is a registered trademark of Databook Inc. Cardtalk is a trademark of Databook Inc. PCMCIA is a trademark of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95, and MSCDEX are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Photo CD is a trademark of Kodak. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .........
INTRODUCTION The PORTABLE CD-ROM brings in the latest mobile computing technology to notebook computer users with portability and convenience. The PORTABLE CD-ROM compliant with the PCMCIA 2.1(PC Card) standard. Featuring flexible power options, the CD-ROM drive may operate on either AC power or batteries. It is designed for both business and entertainment solutions. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1. Notebook or desktop computer with a PCMCIA 2.1 Type I, II or III slot. 2. MS-DOS Version 6.0 or higher with MSCDEX.
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE FRONT PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE • Interface Connector: • Disc Tray: This disc tray is used to insert the compact disc. ‚ Load/Stop button: ƒ „ … † ‡ • Press this button to load the disc tray. • When playing an Audio CD, pressing this button will put it into the stop state. Power Indicator: • This indicator will light with a green LED when the power is on. • This LED will blink when battery power is low.
POWER SOURCE INSTALLING THE BATTERIES The PORTABLE CD-ROM can be either powered by the AC adapter or by the batteries as a flexible option. However, the AC adapter has a priority over the battery in powering the PD/CD-ROM. That means if you connect the AC adapter, the PORTABLE CD-ROM will operate on it regardless if the batteries are installed. The PORTABLE CD-ROM requires eight AA size batteries (not included) for operation.
INSTALLING TH CD-ROM WITH GAME ADAPTOR This user’s manual is for CD-ROM DRIVE ONLY installation, if you want to install the CD-ROM drive with GAME ADAPTER(optional) please reference the “GAME PORT UPGRADE KIT FOR PORTABLE CD-ROM INSTALLATION MANUAL” REMOVING THE BATTERIES 1. Remove the battery lid by sliding the cover in the direction of the arrow as shown in Figure 3. 2. Lift up the battery ribbon to eject the batteries from the battery compartment.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the CD-ROM drive. Press firmly until the CD-ROM connector is seated, and tighten the two screws on the cable connector. 2. Place the CD-ROM drive in the horizontal position. The CD-ROM is designed to operate only in the horizontal position. Operating the CDROM drive in any abnormal position is not recommended.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 The INSTALL program helps you install the device driver into the computer easily. Please follow the instructions below to proceed with automatic installation. 1. Insert the device driver diskette into a floppy disk drive on your computer. 2. Change the working directory to the floppy drive containing the device driver diskette by typing “A:” or “B:” then press ENTER. 3. At the DOS prompt (A:\> or B:\>), type “INSTALL” followed by the ENTER key. 4.
/D is used to set the device name. It can be any name up to 8 characters. This name must be the same as the name you will MSCDEX.EXE option /D: name in the next step. specify in the 4. Add the following line at the TOP of your AUTOEXEC.BAT: drive:\path\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:4 where drive:\path specifies the DOS directory or the directory containing the file MSCDEX.EXE. Note: If your AUTOEXEC.
USING THE CD-ROM WITH A COMPUTER Make sure the AC adapter is properly connected or the batteries are installed. CAUTION Connect the PCMCIA interface cable to the CD-ROM drive before inserting the PCMCIA interface card into your computer. DO NOT connect/disconnect the PCMCIA interface cable to/from the CD-ROM drive while the card is inserted and the system is in power-on state. SETTING UP YOUR CD-ROM SOFTWARE DOS/Windows 3.x Most of the CD-ROM titles for Windows 3.1/3.11 contain the SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.
The other procedure is from ‘Control Panel.’ Click on ‘Add/Remove Programs’ icon, click on the ‘Install’ button then follow the on screen instructions. HOW TO PLAY THE AUDIO CD NOTE: The CD-Audio CDs can be played on your PCMCIA CD-ROM by using CD Audio software utilities, such as the Media Player in Windows 3.1. To use Media Player, you must have the [MCI] CD Audio driver installed. Make sure the CD-Audio disc is installed in the CD-ROM drive. The CD Audio driver is installed through the Control Panel.
TROUBLE SHOOTING Windows 95 The Windows 95 32-bit mode plug-n-play drivers will automatically allocate the hardware resources for PORTABLE CD-ROM, therefore, you do not need to choose the I/Os during the installation. However, if the system is not working properly you still can select the I/Os by proper procedures. Be sure you have the card inserted before doing the configuration change. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Error messages generated by EXPCDG.EXE: v Error: PCMCIA card is not present! If the above message appears, it means EXPCDI.EXE can't find any PCMCIA card in your PCMCIA slots. Make sure the card is inserted firmly. v Error: Illegal I/O port! The above message means invalid I/O ports in the EXPCDI.EXE line of CONFIG.SYS has been selected. The legal I/O port numbers are: 320, 340, and 360.
PCMCIA(PC CARD) SOFTWARE INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft or Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDG.EXE will call this PCMCIA software to enable the card. If you don’t have one, the EXPCDG still can directly access your hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or another compatible controller.
The device driver names of the major PCMCIA software are listed below: Software/Device SystemSoft Driver CardSoft Award IBM Cardware ThinkPad PCMSS.EXE SSPCIC.EXE IBMDSS02.SYS CS.EXE PCMCS.EXE PCCS.EXE IBMDOSCS.SYS CSALLOC.EXE PCMRMAN.SYS PCRM.EXE DICRMU02.SYS IDE/ATA Driver ATADRV.EXE PCMATA.SYS SRAM Card Driver MTSRAM.EXE Flash Card Support MTAA.EXE, Socket Services SS365SL.EXE, Phoenix SS365LP.EXE, SSCIRRUS.EXE, SSDBOOK.EXE, SVADEM.EXE, SSVLSI.
IBM PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE POWER SAVING LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\HIMEN.SYS/TESTMEM:OFF /MACHINE:2 DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-DFFF BUFFERS=40 FILES=40 STACKS=9,256 DOS=HIGH DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDSS02.SYS /S0=2 DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDOSCS.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:THINKPAD\DICRMU02.SYS /MA=D000-DFFF DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\$ICPMDOS.SYS DEVICE=C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.SYS C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.INI REM FOLLOWING EXAMPLE ENABLE CD-ROM AND GAME PORT DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDG.
