Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product IEEE1394 Apple
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User’s Manual.
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FCC COMPLIANCE ST A TEMENTS This equipm ent has been tested and fou nd to com ply with the lim its for a Class B dig ital devic e, pursu ant to Part 15 of the F CC Rul es. These limits are design ed to p rovide reason able p rot ect ion against ha rmful interf erence in a r esidential insta llation.
TRADEMARKS MS-DOS, W indow s, Window s 95/98/Me /2000/ XP are tra dem arks of Micr osoft Cor poratio n. Macint o sh is trad emark of App le Computer In c.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................... 1 PART NAMES AND FUNCTI ONS .
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- 1 - INTRODUCTION The External DV D-ROM has the following featur es: ♦ It can attach with the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) in terface, the sp eci ficatio n o f the interface must meet: IEEE 1394 (Data Transfer Rate = up to 400Mbits/sec) standar d.
- 2 - P AR T NAMES AND FUNCTIONS Your external DVD-ROM m ay diffe r slightly from the figures show n, howe ver the c ontrols will operate as des cribed below . Fron t Pa n e l O f Th e Dr iv e 1. D isc Re ady/Re ad LED : This LED is u sed to indi cat e the disc acces s statu s.
- 3 - Rear Panel Of The Dri ve 1. Po w er Jack (DC IN): Conn ect the AC adap ter lead h ere. 2. Power Source Sw itch: DC: Means th is DVD-ROM is powered b y the AC adapter. Sw itch to this po sition always. PC: Not working with the IE EE 1394 in terface.
- 4 - HARDWARE INSTALLATION Check What Int erface Cable You Are Using There a re two type s of the IEEE 1394 interf ace cable. T he follow ing figures describe the diffe rence of these tw o type s of cable.
- 5 - Cable Connections 1. Insert the pl ug of the IEEE 1394 cable in to the Interface C onnect or of ID E dr ive. Pres s f i rm ly until the in t erface c onnecto r i s seat ed correctly. 2. Make sure the Pow er S ource Switch is at the DC positio n.
- 6 - SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 98 SE NOTE: The IEEE1394 interface only works under Win98 Second Edition or above version . 1. Boot-up y our com puter i nto W indows 98SE , m aking sure the ‘IEEE 1394 Host Controller’ device driver has been installed and is avail ab le.
- 7 - 6. Ensu re the IEEE 1394 interface cable and then the AC adapter co nnections are made as described in Hardwa re Insta lla tion. Insert th e port con nec tor of the IEEE 1 394 c able into t he IEEE 1 39 4 p ort of y our c ompute r. 7. Window s 98SE will i nstall its res ident device driv er autom atically .
- 8 - SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION FOR WINDOWS Me 1. Boot-up y our com puter i nto Wi ndows Me , maki ng sure the ‘IEEE 1394 Host Controller’ device driver has been installed and is avail ab le. To ch eck this, right-click ‘My Computer’, c lick ‘Properties’ an d then ‘Device M anager’ to open the ‘Device Man ager’ window .
- 9 - 4. If the extern al DVD-ROM d oesn’t appear in ‘My Compute r’ or doesn’t w ork pr operl y, ple ase go int o ‘Device Manag er’ t o check wheth er the d evices are installed as the table a nd fig ure. Installed Device Drivers Location IEEE 1394 CD-ROM Installed under ‘ Storage De vice’.
- 10 - SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION FOR WINDOWS 2000 1. Boot-up y our com puter i nto W indows 2000, ma king sure the ‘IEEE 1394 Host Controller’ device driver has been installed and is avail ab le.
- 11 - 4. If the extern al DVD-ROM d oesn’t appear in ‘My Compute r’ or doesn’t w ork pr operl y, ple ase go int o ‘Device Manag er’ t o check wheth er the d evices are installed as the table a nd fig ure. Installed Device Drivers Location IEEE 1394 / Firew ire IDE dev ice IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device Installed under ‘DVD/CD-ROM drives’.
- 12 - SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION FOR WINDOWS XP 1. Boot-up y our com puter i nto W indows XP, m aking sure the ‘IEEE 1394 Host Controlle r’ devic e drive r has bee n instal l ed and i s avai lable.
- 13 - 4. If the extern al DVD-ROM d oesn’t appea r in ‘My Compute r’ or doe sn’t work prop erl y, please go in t o ‘Device Manager’ to check whether th e devices are instal l ed as the t able and figu re. Installed Device Drivers Location SBP2 Complian t IEE E 1394 d evice Instal led un der ‘SBP 2 IEE E 13 94 Devices’.
- 14 - SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION FOR MACINTOSH 1. Before install the IEEE 1394 DVD-ROM, please ch eck the version of your FireWire driver in system, the versi on h igher th an 2.7 is recommended . Follo w the below pro cedur es t o check the vers ion. A.
- 15 - USING DVD-ROM WITH I EEE 1394 INTERFACE To Connect The IEEE 1394 DVD-RO M To Your Computer ♦ Wind ow s 98 SE/M e/20 00/ XP and M aci ntos h: 1. Insert th e plu g of the IEEE 1394 cable into the Interface C onne ctor of your drive. 2. Ensure the Pow er Source Sw itch is at DC position.
- 16 - 3. Wait for f ew seconds u ntil the sy stem prom pts ‘T he IEEE 1394 CD -ROM can now be safe ly removed f rom the sy stem’. Click OK , and t hen remov e the IEEE 1394 ca ble from computer . ♦ Wind o ws 20 00: 1. Double-clic k on t he icon on sy stem tray and ‘Unplug or Ejec t Hardw are ’ dialog box appea rs.
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