PORTABLE PD/CD-ROM USER’S MANUAL EXP COMPUTER, INC.
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 PD TRAVELER brings in the latest mobile computing technology to notebook computer users with portability and convenience. The PD TRAVELER is a • PD drive which reads and writes 664 MB optical phase-change cartridges • CD-ROM drive which reads CD-ROM discs and plays CD-Audio music discs • Back-up device to store data Featuring flexible power options, the PD TRAVELER may operate on either AC power or batteries. The PD TRAVELER is designed for both business and entertainment solutions.
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE FRONT PANEL OF THE PD/CD-ROM DRIVE • Interface Connector: • Disc Tray: To insert the PD cartridge, CD-ROM or Audio CD. ‚ Load/Eject button: ƒ „ … † ‡ Press this button to load the disc tray. Power Indicator: • This indicator will light with a green LED when the power is on. • This LED will blink when battery power is low. Busy Indicator: This LED will blink when the drive is busy reading or writing.
POWER SOURCE INSTALLING THE BATTERIES The PD TRAVELER 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 PD TRAVELER will operate on it regardless if the batteries are installed. The PD TRAVELER requires eight AA size batteries (not included) for operation.
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. 3.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 USING PD TRAVELER UNDER WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you are using the PD TRAVELER under Windows 95 for the very first time. If the dialog box does not appear and the CD-ROM folder can not be found in My Computer, please refer to the section titled “Enabling 32-Bit Card Support”.
MANUAL INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINOWS 3.1 You may also manually install the PD/CD-ROM device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedure to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy the files EXPCDI.EXE and NTLPD.SYS from the device driver disk to your hard disk. 2. Add “LASTDRIVE=Z” to the TOP of your CONFIG.SYS file. If you already have a LASTDRIVE line with a letter other than Z, change it to Z. 3. Add the following lines to the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.
ENABLING 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 95 Your system should be ready for PCMCIA socket support prior to operating the PD TRAVELER. To check whether your computer is PCMCIA Socket supported, first, double-click on the “System” icon from “Control Panel” folder (you can select the “Control Panel” under “Settings” from the “Start” menu to open the “Control Panel” folder). Click on the Device Manager Tab.
PD TRAVELER’S DRIVE LETTERS FORMATTING PD CARTRIDGES Just as your existing disk drives are referred to by letters(A:, C:, etc.), PD Traveler has two drive letters associated with it, one for PD, the other for CD-ROM. For example, when using DOS/Windows 3.1, you may see following message during boot-up: Under Windows 95: 1. Insert a PD cartridge in PD Traveler 2. Click the mouse’s right button while point at the PD icon under “My Computer” 3. Select Format and select any desired options 4. Press OK .
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.
HOW TO PLAY THE AUDIO CD TROUBLE SHOOTING Windows 3.1 Windows 95 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. Go into the Drivers and ADD [MCI] CD Audio.
5. Double click at the device you choose and select the “Resource” at the pop-up windows, uncheck the “use automatic settings” 6. You can change the I/Os or IRQs by clicking at them 7. Make sure the “Conflicting device list” shows “No conflicts”. 8. Click “OK” when finishing, system may ask you to reboot the computer to enable the new settings If any error occurs or the PD TRAVELER does not work, you should reboot your computer again. When the system displays 'Starting MS-DOS...
PCMCIA interface card cable and the power cord is connected(or batteries are loaded). Error message generated by MSCDEX.EXE: v Device driver not found: 'MSCD001' This means that EXPCDI.EXE is not installed properly or you have entered a different /D: switch in the MSCDEX line of AUTOEXEC.BAT. The /D: switch must be the same as the /D: switch in the EXPCDI.EXE line of CONFIG.SYS.
The Card Installation Utility detects the insertion and removal of PC cards, and automatically determines the card type upon insertion so the card and socket will be configured properly. 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.
SYSTEMSOFT PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF FILES=40 BUFFERS=20 STACKS=9,256 DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARSOFT\SS36SSL.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE REM** The REM’s should be removed from the following REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.
POWER SAVING The PD TRAVELER may operate with an AC adapter or batteries. Use of the supplied AC Adapter will provide the power for use as a portable CD player, or to extend the computer’s battery life. The PD TRAVELER drive will automatically enter the sleep mode (spindle off) when it has not been accessed for about 5 minutes. Also, you can manually get to the sleep mode by removing the Compact Disc (CD) from your CD-ROM drive. The operating current will then be reduced to 120 mA.
