User’s Manual
FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................... 1 PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS................................................................................ 2 FRONT PANEL OF THE CD-RW DRIVE .............................................................. 2 REAR PANEL OF THE CD-RW DRIVE .........................
INTRODUCTION The external CD-RW is a high performance external CD Recordable/ReWritable drive, it can be easily connected to computer by using PCMCIA interface, and can even be disconnected and re-connected while the computer is running. It is a complete CD-Recording solution, which makes writing CDs easier, faster and more affordable than ever before.
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS Your external CD-RW may differ slightly from the figures shown, however the controls will operate as described below. Front Panel Of The CD-RW Drive 1. Eject Button: Press this button to open the disc tray. To close the disc tray, press this button again (external type of drive), or gently push the front of the tray (Ultra-slim type of drive). 2. Disc Tray: This disc tray is used to insert the CD media. 3.
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Rear Panel Of The CD-RW Drive 1. Power Button: Press this button to manually power on/off the CD-RW drive. 2. Power Jack (DC IN): Connect the AC adapter lead here. 3. Line Out Jack: This jack provides audio signal output to your amplifier. 4. Interface Connector: Connect the PCMCIA interface cable here.
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HARDWARE INSTALLATION Note: ♦ This external CD-RW should only be powered by the AC adapter provided by manufacturer, using an incorrect AC adapter can result in permanent and unpredictable damage to the drive. ♦ This external CD-RW supports Hot Insert/Remove function only under Windows 95B/98/Me/2000/XP, with the other operating systems, please insert the PC Card of interface cable before power-on computer, and remove this card after power-off computer. 1.
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 98/95B Note: ♦ This external CD-RW won’t work under earlier version of Windows 95, please check the version of your Windows 95 (you may right-click ‘My Computer’, and then click ‘Properties’, the version will be shown as the figure), make sure the version is 4.00.950B. If your Windows 95 is version 4.00.950 or 4.00.950A, it is probably causes problem. ♦ The following installation procedures are extracted from the Windows 98SE installation.
3. If this is the very first time you are connecting the drive to computer, the ‘Add New Hardware Wizard’ dialog box appears as shown. 4. Click Next, then select ‘Search for the best driver for your device’ box, and click Next. 5. Select ‘Floppy disk drives’ box and insert the device driver diskette into floppy drive. Click Next. 6. Wait for few seconds, Windows will find a driver from the floppy diskette, make sure the file that Windows found is ‘A:\ PCMCDF.INF’. Click Next.
7. After the necessary files are copied into your internal hard disk, a screen will appear as the figure, click Finish. 8. Windows will then detect the CD-RW drive, you will find a new drive letter has been assigned for the drive in ‘My Computer’. 9. If the external CD-RW doesn’t appear in ‘My Computer’ or doesn’t work properly, please go into ‘Device Manager’ to check whether the devices are installed as the table and figure.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS Me 1. Boot-up your computer into Windows Me, making sure the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Socket’ has been installed and is available. To check this, right-click ‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ and then ‘Device Manager’ to open the ‘Device Manager’ window. Refer to the figure shown alongside to see if the PCMCIA Controller is installed without error. 2. Ensure the PCMCIA interface cable and then the AC adapter connections are made as described in Hardware Installation.
5. Windows will install the driver from the diskette. After the necessary files are copied into your internal hard disk, a screen will appear as the figure, click Finish. 6. Windows will then detect the CD-RW drive, you will find a new drive letter has been assigned for the drive in ‘My Computer’. 7. If the external CD-RW doesn’t appear in ‘My Computer’ or doesn’t work properly, please go into ‘Device Manager’ to check whether the devices are installed as the table and figure.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 1. Boot-up your computer into Windows 2000, making sure the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Adapters’ has been installed and is available. To check this, right-click ‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ then ‘Hardware’ and then ‘Device Manager’ to open the ‘Device Manager’ window. Refer to the figure shown alongside to see if the PCMCIA Controller is installed without error. 2.
5. Insert the device driver diskette into floppy drive, only select ‘Specify a location’, leave the other check boxes be empty (don’t select them), and click Next. When the wizard asks for the path, type ‘A:\WIN2000’ in ‘Copy manufacturer’s files from’ location, click OK. 6. Wait for few seconds, Windows will find a driver from the floppy diskette, make sure the file that Windows found is ‘A:\Win2000\PCMCDF2K.INF’. Click Next. 7. Click Yes on the ‘Digital Signature Not Found’ screen.
8. After the necessary files are copied into your internal hard disk, a screen will appear as the figure, click Finish. 9. Windows will then detect the CD-RW drive, you will find a new drive letter has been assigned for the drive in ‘My Computer’. 10. If the external CD-RW doesn’t appear in ‘My Computer’ or doesn’t work properly, please go into ‘Device Manager’ to check whether the devices are installed as the table and figure.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS XP 1. Boot-up your computer into Windows XP, making sure the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Adapters’ has been installed and is available. To check this, right-click ‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ then ‘Hardware’ and then ‘Device Manager’ to open the ‘Device Manager’ window. Refer to the figure shown alongside to see if the PCMCIA Controller is installed without error. 2.
4. On this screen, select ‘Search for the best driver in these locations’ and ‘Include this location in the search:’, type ‘A:\WINXP’ in the box. Don’t select ‘Search removable media’. Now, insert the driver diskette into floppy drive, and then click Next to continue. 5. Windows will find driver from the diskette and install it automatically. 6. After the necessary files are copied into your internal hard disk, a screen will appear as the figure, click Finish. 7.
8. If the external CD-RW doesn’t appear in ‘My Computer’ or doesn’t work properly, please go into ‘Device Manager’ to check whether the devices are installed as the table and figure. Installed Device Drivers Location PCMCIA IDE Card (F2) (WINXP) Installed under ‘SCSI and RAID Controllers’. The real name of the CD-RW drive Installed under ‘DVD/CD-ROM Drives’ (the name list in the figure may differ from your CD-RW drive).
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS NT Note: ♦ Make sure the Windows NT system is version 3.51 or higher. ♦ Since Windows NT does not support ‘Hot Insert/Remove’ feature, this external CD-RW should be connected to computer prior to starting Windows NT. Likewise, do not remove this drive before you shut down the computer. ♦ In Windows NT, the I/O and IRQ settings of PCMCIA IDE device cannot be changed.
5. Select ‘PCMCIA CD-ROM/ CD-RW/DVD-ROM/HDD’ and then click OK. 6. Follow the on-screen instruction to continue. After the installation is complete, Windows will prompt you to restart to activate the new device driver. Restart and power-off the computer. 7. Ensure the PCMCIA interface cable and then the AC adapter connections are made as described in Hardware Installation.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 Automatic Installation 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: then press ENTER. 3. At the DOS prompt (A:\>), type INSTALL followed by the ENTER key. 4. Press ENTER or click OK button to continue.
7. Reboot your computer and the CD-RW drive will be defined as the next available drive letter. For example, if the last hard drive of the computer is drive C, the CD-RW drive will be assigned to drive D. Manual Installation You may also manually install the external CD-RW device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedures to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy the file ARICDF.EXE from the device driver diskette to your hard disk. 2.
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.BAT file loads a menu program such as DOSSHELL or Windows, you have to add the above line in front of your menu program. Otherwise, MSCDEX will not have a chance to load before your menu program begins. The example above shows the default setting. The /D: switch indicates the device name.
If any errors occur or the external CD-RW does not work, you should reboot your computer again. When the system displays ‘Starting MS-DOS...’, press the F8 key to execute CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT step by step. You can consistently press the Y key to see each command’s message. Error Messages Generated By ARICDF.EXE: ♦ Error: PCMCIA CD-ROM/DVD-ROM card is not present! If the above message appears, it means ARICDF can’t find the PCMCIA interface card in your PCMCIA sockets.
♦ CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive is not found! The above message means ARICDF.EXE can’t find the external CD-RW drive. Please make sure the CD-RW drive is properly connected to the PCMCIA interface card cable, and the AC adapter is connected properly. Error Messages Generated By MSCDEX.EXE: ♦ Device driver not found: 'MSCD001' This means that ARICDF.EXE is not installed properly or you have entered a different /D: switch in the MSCDEX line of AUTOEXEC.BAT.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR OS/2 WARP Before installing the external CD-RW device driver for OS/2 WARP, make sure your computer is PCMCIA supported. If you are not sure about this, please refer to the last part of this chapter for ‘Adding PCMCIA Support’. Automatic Installation 1. Insert the device driver diskette into floppy drive on your computer. 2. Open ‘OS/2 WARP’, and then open ‘Drives’. 3. Select Drive A or B depending on which floppy drive contains the device driver diskette. 4.
Manual Installation You may also manually install the external CD-RW OS/2 device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedures to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy the ARICDF2.FLT file from A:\OS2WARP to the BOOT subdirectory of the OS/2 directory (for example: C:\OS2\BOOT.) 2. Add the following line to the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.SYS file: BASEDEV=ARICDF2.FLT /P:320 /I:11 The parameters of ARICDF2.
2. Check if PCMCIA Support has been installed in the System Configuration window, if yes, you may exit now, otherwise, perform the following steps to continue. 3. Select the check box to the left of PCMCIA Support to display the Select PCMCIA system window. 4. Select the appropriate system (this should either be a direct match with your target install system or a known compatible system). 5.
USING CD-RW WITH PCMCIA INTERFACE To Connect The PCMCIA CD-RW To Your Computer ♦ Windows 95B/98/Me/2000, and WindowsXP: 1. Boot into the Windows system. 2. Insert the plug of the PCMCIA interface cable into the Interface Connector of drive. 3. Connect the AC adapter lead to the Power Jack (DC IN) at the rear panel of the drive. And then attach the AC adapter to the AC power outlet. 4.
3. Wait for few seconds until the system prompts ‘The PCMCIA CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM (F2) can now be safely removed from the system’. Click OK, and then remove the PC Card of the cable from computer. ♦ Windows 2000: 1. Click on the icon on system tray and a dialog box appears beside this icon. 2. Click ‘Stop PCMCIA CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM (F2) (Windows 2000)’ in the dialog box. 3.
CD-R/CD-RW MEDIA When using the external CD-RW to record your own CDs, you can use both CD-R disc and CD-RW discs. The CD-R/CD-RW discs must comply with the Orange Book Part II standard. Media Compatibility CD-R discs are readable by CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW drives. CD-RW discs are only readable by Multi-Read CD-ROM drives, CD-RW drives, and some CD-R drives.
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