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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 7 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS................................................................7 Features..............................................................................................7 Package contents ..................................................................................... 8 Caution ........................................................................................................
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (OPTIONAL PARALLEL PORT) ........................................................................... 21 Windows 95/98........................................................................................ 21 Windows NT 4.0 ..................................................................................... 23 Linux (Red hat distribution) .................................................................... 25 PLAYING AN AUDIO CD .............................................
INTRODUCTION The CD Station is a portable external CD-ROM drive, equipped a highspeed PC Card (PCMCIA). The CD station is connected to a PC through a PC Card Type I slot, Type II slot or a Parallel port (parallel cable sold separately). An AC adapter is included to supply the necessary external power to the drive. The drive can read CD-ROM standards such as, CD-R and CD-RW.
PACKAGE CONTENTS The items shown below are included in the CD-Station package. 1. 2. 3. 4. CD-ROM drive AC Adapter Input: 120 VAC Output: 12 VDC 1 Amp. Device Driver diskette PC Card CAUTION • Condensation can form on the lens if the CD-ROM drive is moved from a cold temperature to a warmer environment. This can hinder the lens’s ability to properly read the disc. If this does occur, remove the disc, but leave the power on. After one hour, reinsert the disc and try again.
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS FRONT PANEL The front panel of your CD-ROM may look slightly different from the figure shown below. However, the following parts and functions are the same regardless of their location on the drive. 1. Eject button: Press this button to eject the tray. 2. Access LED: This LED will blink when the drive is accessing the disc. 3. Emergency Hole: Insert a pin shaped item to manually eject the tray when the power is OFF. 4. 5. 6. 7.
REAR PANEL 1. Power Button: (Optional in some models) Press the button to manually power on/off the drive when it is powered by an AC adapter. 2. DC in Jack: Connect AC adapter into here. 3. Interface Connector: Connect the PCMCIA interface card or Parallel Port cable into here. 4. Audio Line-Out Jack: Sends audio signal to an external amplifier. Figure 2 POWER SOURCE An AC adapter powers the CD-ROM DRIVE. The POWER LED (on the front panel) indicates the power status.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION (PC CARD) Turn OFF your system before connecting the PCMCIA CD-ROM to your computer. 1. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the CD-ROM drive. Press firmly until the connector is seated, and tighten the two screws on the cable connector. 2. Place the drive in a horizontal position. The drive is designed to operate only in a horizontal position. Operating the drive in any other position is not recommended. 3.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (PC CARD) SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98 If you are inserting the PCMCIA CD-ROM into your computer for the very first time, depend on version of Windows 95/98. Listed below are the screen displays to use for reference. (Your PC Card name may be different) Windows 98 The Add New Hardware Wizard window will be displayed Click Next twice in order to diplay the screen below.
Windows 95 (B) If the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box appears, as below, it means your Windows 95 is version 4.00.950B, i.e. OSR 2. In this case, perform the following steps for installing the PCMCIA CDROM under Windows 95. Otherwise, ignore this section and skip to the next page for installing the PCMCIA CD-ROM for Windows 95 (Older versions). 1. Insert the PCMCIA CD-ROM device driver disk into the floppy drive. 2. Click the Next button. 3. Click the Finish button.
Windows 95 (Older Versions) The following dialog will appear. If you are using the PCMCIA CD-ROM under Windows 95 for the very first time and your Windows 95 is version 4.00.950 or 4.00.950a. (If this dialog box does not appear and the CD-ROM folder cannot be found in My Computer, please refer to the section titled “Installing 32-bit Card Support”.) Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer and then click the OK button.
Installing 32-bit Card Support Note: The following procedures apply to the notebook that has install or reinstall the original release of the Windows 95 version 4.00.950 or 4.00.950a. Your system should be ready for the PCMCIA socket support prior to operating the PCMCIA CD-ROM. To check whether your computer has the PCMCIA Socket supported, double-click on the System icon from the Control Panel folder. (You can find the Control Panel folder by going to the Start menu. Under the Start menu, select Settings.
After the PCMCIA 32-bit Card Support is installed, Windows will ask you to reboot your computer. You should now refer to the previous section for installing the PCMCIA CD-ROM device driver. If the PCMCIA Socket is not found, then you must add a PCMCIA socket to your system. Click on the Adding New Hardware icon in the Control Panel folder and select PCMCIA socket. Select the appropriate type of PCMCIA Controller that matches yours, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS NT Make sure of the following before you begin: ♦ Windows NT must be version 3.51 or higher. ♦ Since Windows NT does not support the “Hot Insert/Remove” feature, the PCMCIA CD-ROM should be connected with your computer prior to starting Windows NT. Likewise, do not remove the PCMCIA CDROM before you shut down Windows NT. ♦ In Windows NT, the I/O and IRQ settings of PCMCIA CD-ROM cannot be changed.
Click the Add button, and then click the Have Disk... button. Windows NT will then prompt you to insert the manufacturer installation disk. Insert the device driver disk into your floppy drive. Specify the directory as A:\WINNT (or B:\WINNT whichever contains the diskette) and select OK. When the below dialog box appears, select PCMCIA CD-ROM/CDR/CD-RW/DVD-ROM and click the OK button. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR LINUX (RED HAT DISTRIBUTION) In order to install the PCMCIA CD-ROM, the computer or notebook must have a PCMCIA package install first. The PCMCIA package consists of base kernel modules and card specific modules. The PCMCIA CD-ROM card requires an ATA/IDE card module. To Install Linux from the PCMCIA CD-ROM (PC Card interface) 1. To start the Linux installation program, boot the computer from the Red Hat boot disk. 2.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION (OPTIONAL PARALLEL PORT) Before you begin, make sure you turn OFF all power to your system before connecting the CD Drive to your computer. CAUTION The CD and electronic components installed on the CD drive are very sensitive to damage from static electricity. Before handling the unit, touch a grounded metal surface. DO NOT connect/disconnect the CD drive unit to/from the parallel cable when the system is ON.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (OPTIONAL PARALLEL PORT) For Windows 95/98 Check all the connection as states in the “Hardware Installation” section. From the Desktop click the My Computer icon. Next click the Control Panel icon, and then click the Add New Hardware icon. You should now see the window Add New Hardware Wizard. 1. Click the Next> button to begin. 2. When asked to search for your new hardware, Select NO. Then click the Next> button. 3. Open SCSI controllers. Click Have Disk....
4. Insert Installation Diskette into the drive selected, Then click OK. If you're installing from a directory containing downloaded installation files, specify the full path of the directory and click OK. 5. Select PHT Parallel-Port PHT-Series Win95/98 Driver, And click Next>. 6. Click the Finish button to complete installation. 7. Remove Installation diskette. 8. Restart system, when prompted to do so. VERIFY YOUR INSTALLATION Go to your Desktop and click on the My Computer icon.
Windows NT 4.0 1. Click on My Computer > Control Panel > SCSI Adapters. 2. Choose Drivers tab and the click on Add. From the Install Driver click the Have Disk button. 3. The Install From Disk dialog box will prompt for device driver diskette. 4. Click the Browse button or type in the path A:\winnt. Click OK to finish the installation.
5. Select PHT Parallel-Port PHT-Series NT Driver. Click OK 6. Restart the computer when prompted to do so. VERIFY YOUR INSTALLATION Once your computer has booted up, and your Desk Top appears, click on the My Computer icon. You should now see an additional CDROM icon in My Computer.
Linux (Red hat distribution) The parallel port CD-ROM IDE modules consist of three parts: 4. There is a base paride module required to access the parallel ports. (Support EPP and Bi-Direct, NOT ECP mode) 5. The second module (to load) is the manufacturer specific protocol driver. EXP using the following drivers. fit2 Fidelity Intl. fit3 Fidelity Intl. TD-3000 6. The third module is a CD-ROM driver pcd for ATAPI CD-ROM 7. Use modprobe -l to locate the three modules. On the RedHat 5.2: paride.
PLAYING AN AUDIO CD USING THE CD PLAYER UTILITY IN WINDOWS 95/98. 1. Connect the 3.5 mm stereo audio cable from the Line-Out Jack of your CD-ROM to your notebook’s Line-In Jack, or to a self-amplified speaker. 2. Make sure the CD Player utility has been installed in your Windows 95/98. If not, please go to My Computer > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Click the Windows Setup tab, and then select Multimedia to add the CD Player utility. 3. Place an Audio CD in your CD-ROM. 4.
To display the PC card indicator on the task bar, perform the following steps: 1. Double-click the PC Card (PCMCIA) icon on the Control Panel. 2. Make sure the box showing the control on the task bar is checked. If the PC Card (PCMCIA) wizard appears when you click the button in step one, restart you computer and repeat the above steps.
HELPFUL HINTS The following are solutions to some problems that you may encounter while using the PCMCIA CD-ROM. IF YOU CANNOT ACCESS A CD-ROM Solutions: # Make sure there is power to your drive. If you are using power directly from the PCMCIA socket, be sure that your system has enough power. Otherwise, you will need an AC adapter to power the drive. # Make sure the tray has been closed properly. Press gently and firmly until it clicks into place. # Make sure that the tray is clean.
