PC Card CD ReWritable Installation Manual CRW-726
EXP COMPUTER, INC. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS. NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED WARRANTY EXP COMPUTER INC., AND EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS ("EXP") warrants that the Disk Traveler (“products”) manufactured or distributed by EXP to be free from failures due to defects in materials or workmanship for a full one year from the date of purchase of the products.
INTRODUCTION The CD ReWriter is a portable CD-ROM drive, which consists of a lowpower CD rewritable drive, a small 26 pin universal connector, a cable for Parallel port (printer port),. It is compatible with either computer’s Parallel Port or PC CARD (PCMCIA) 2.1 Type II or I slot. (sold separately). The CD Rewriter can write to CD-R (write-once) or CD-RW (rewritable) disk and read other variety of CD formats. The drive required an external power supply adapter (included).
INSTALLATION SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98 The installation procedures have two sections for each type of interface. 1. Parallel Port interface 2. PC Card (PCMCIA) interface (sold separately) Check all the connection as states in the “Hardware Installation” section. From the Desktop Click ‘My Computer’ icon, ‘Control Panel’ and then ‘Add New Hardware’ The procedure includes hardware and software installation. Just follow along the interface of your choice.
3. Open "SCSI controllers". Click "Have Disk...". VERIFY YOUR INSTALLATION From “desk top” click on “my computer” icon. There should be addition CD-ROM drive’s icon displayed. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS NT 4.0 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 "F.I.T. Parallel-Port Trans-Series Win95/98 Driver", and click "Next>".
INSTALLATION FOR PCMCIA INTERFACE (OPTIONAL) SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98 NOTE: The PC Card interface is sold separately as an option component The “New Hardware Found” dialog box* will appear when you insert the CD ReWriter card under Windows 95 for the very first time. for the CD ReWriter. Please contact EXP, if you wish to purchase the PC Card.
For user with a newer revision of Windows 95 od Windows 98, “Update Device Driver Wizard” box * will appear. Click on “Next” button, let Windows 95 search for driver. Make sure to insert the CD device driver diskette into your floppy drive. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS NT 4.0 PC CARD Interface Currently there is no Plug and Play support for PC Card (PCMCIA) on the Windows NT 4.0.
Install from disk dialog box will prompt for device driver diskette. Either using “Browse” button or type in the path A:\winnt the click OK to finishing the installation. INSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE From “Start” go to “Setting”, “ Control Panel” then “Add/Remove Program” Click on “Install” button. The installation program will search for ‘Setup.exe’ program from the CD-ROM. Usually the application will start automatically.
TROUBLE SHOOTING Symptom: The EXP CD starts to become excessively slow or does not work at all. Solution: The parallel port on your machine may be able to a number of different modes, standard, Bi-directional, EPP or ECP. These different setting can effect performance of the EXP CD. In some cases, the standard setting will even shut off signals the EXP CD needs, while if the same port is set to Bi-directional or EPP produce an excellent performance.
PCMCIA INTERFACE Symptom: No “New Hardware Found” dialog box display. Solution: 1. The EXP card is NOT fully inserted. If you see the screen below, it means the PCMCIA device driver is not using 32-Bit Card Support. Follow on screen instructions by except all the default setting. At the end of the installation, you will be asked to restart the computer. The card status will show empty if Windows PCMCIA driver did not detect any card.
Symptom: No additional drive icon in “My Computer”. The EXP CD driver installed without any incident. Solution: 1. System resources for the EXP CD are not available. Click on “Start”, “Settings”, “Control Panel” from the “Control Panel” folder Click on “System” then “Device Manager” The EXP entry may have a yellow circle with an exclamation point. This is an indication that the EXP CD did not working properly.
REMOVING OR RE-INSTALLING THE DRIVER PARALLEL PORT INTERFACE Go to “My Computer” icon, “Control Panel”, “System”,“ Device Manager” Click on “SCSI Controller ”. The EXP CD should be listed PCMCIA INTERFACE (OPTIONAL) If you need to remove or reinstalling the driver, make sure the EXP CD-ROM disk card is inserted. • Go to “My Computer” icon, “Control Panel”, “System”,“ Device Manager” Click on “Hard Disk Controller”. The EXP CD should be listed To remove EXP CD-ROM. • Click on the EXP entry line (F.I.T.
APPENDIX A 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.
