Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CRX-1611 Sony
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CRX - 1611 CD-R/R W Drive Unit User’ s Guide Printed in Australia © 2001 - Sony A ustralia Limitied. This manual is subject to change without notice.
DANGER INVISIBLE LASER RADIA TION WHEN OPEN. A VOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM. V ORSICHT UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GEOFFNET NICHT DEMSTRAHL AUSSETZEN Owner’ s Recor d The model and serial numbers are located on the top of the driv e. Record these numbers in the spaces provided belo w .
1 T rademarks • MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. • IBM PC, PC/XT , and PC/A T are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. • HP V ectra is a registered trademark of the Hewlett-P ackard Company .
3 Contents Introduction 6 Location and Function of Parts and Controls 7 F ront Panel...........................................................................................7 Rear P anel ..............................................................
4 5 P ar ts and Controls Front P anel 1 Disc tray Accepts a CD-R OM, CD-R and CD-R W disc on its tray . 2 Emergency eject hole Insert a ne rod into this hole to eject the tray manually in emergen- cies. 3 Eject button Opens and closes the disc tray .
6 7 Precautions Installation • A void placing the dri ve in a location subject to: – high humidity – high temperature – excessi ve dust – mechanical vibration – direct sunlight. W e recommend to use the dri ve in a horizontal or vertical position.
8 9 Setting the Jumper s Set the jumpers on the rear of the driv e in accordance with the conguration of your computer system. The illustration below sho ws the jumpers set to the “MASTER” position, this is the default set by the factory . Y our computer should ha ve a PRIMAR Y IDE bus and a SECOND AR Y IDE bus.
10 11 Connecting the Drive The driv e should be connected to the computer with the following connectors: • DC INPUT connector . • A UDIO OUT connector (if you plan to connect audio equipment). • IDE INTERF A CE connector . DC INPUT connector The pin assignment for the DC connector is as follows.
12 13 Closing the Computer Refer to your computers user manual for instructions on ho w to close the computer . Using Discs Storing Discs • Do not store the disc in a location subject to: – high humidity – high temperature – excessi ve dust – direct sunlight Care of Discs • Hold the disc by its edge.
14 15 Installing the Software T o use the drive as a CD-Rom Reader . W indows 95, 98, NT 4.0, Me, 2000 systems or a Macintosh (with a IDE interface) should detected the dri ve at start up and the appropri- ate A T API driv ers be installed automatically to read discs.
16 17 4 Gently push the tray or press the eject b utton to close the tray . The dri ve will begin reading the T able of Contents (TOC) data when it accepts the disc.
18 19 How to Use the Disc Loc ks The disc tray has four disc locks that prev ent the disc from falling when the driv e is set up in vertical position. Note: When the driv e is used in horizontal position, you do not need to lock the disc.
20 21 Specications General Host interface A T API compliant E-IDE (MMC2 compliant Read Function This dri ve conforms to the “Multiread” specication.
22 23 Dimension diagram Important: Screws must not e xtend more than 6.0mm into the side panels or the bottom plate. Drive performance Data transfer rate Sustained rate: 2700 to 6200 Kbytes/s (16 to 40 X CA V) Max Data T ransfer mode: 16.6 MB/s (A T A PIO Mode 4) 16.
24 T echnical Support If you experience an y difculty with your CRX1600LEK i.LINK driv e, please follow the troubleshooting suggestions in this manual and the software manuals. If you continue to experience problems, please visit the approporiate support web site as listed below: CD Writer issues www .
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