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MCE Technologies Xcarét Pro User Manual

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Xcarét Pro
Expansion Bay CDRW Drive
User's Guide
http://www.mcetech.com

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Summary of Contents for MCE Technologies Xcarét Pro

  • Page 1 Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive User’s Guide http://www.mcetech.com...
  • Page 2 Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive Introduction Thank you for purchasing the MCE Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive! We are sure that your new drive will enrich your PowerBook computing experience. If at any time you are unsure about or are having difficulty with the operation of your new product, you may contact MCE Technical Support via email at support@mcetech.com or by telephone at (949)458-0800.
  • Page 3: Getting Started

    Features In addition to reading data on CD discs, the Xcarét Pro CDRW drive also reads and records data on CD-R discs, and also allows one to read and update or rewrite data on CD-RW discs. It also provides the follow- ing features: •...
  • Page 4 Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive recommended that you perform a Custom Install of the Toast software, selecting the “Toast only” option. The Toast CD Reader extension is automatically installed in your Extensions folder. You may disable it. When you launch the Toast application, a warning message may appear indicating that an unknown driver is installed and suggests disabling this driver if there are any problems.
  • Page 5 To insert the Xcarét Pro CDRW drive into your PowerBook: 1) make sure any right-side expansion bay device has been removed and that the bay is empty, 2) carefully insert the drive into the expansion bay and 3) very gently push the drive all the way into the PowerBook expan- sion bay from the rightmost side until an audible click is heard.
  • Page 6 Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive 2) simultaneously press the Command and Y keys on the PowerBook’s keyboard; 3) drag the icon of the CD onto the Trash icon on the Desktop; or 4) select "Make Right Module Removable" using the expansion bay control strip.
  • Page 7 Booting from the Xcarét Pro CDRW Drive In order to boot the PowerBook from the Xcarét Pro CDRW drive, 1) insert a bootable CD into the drive while your PowerBook is on and wait for the CD to mount onto the Desktop 2) open the Startup Disk control panel (usually located under the Apple menu), 3) select the bootable CD as the Startup Disk,...
  • Page 8: Troubleshooting

    Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive Important Usage Notes The MCE Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive is designed to withstand the normal, reasonable handling involved with mobile use. It is not designed to handle abrupt shock such as that experienced in dropping, pounding, banging or otherwise smashing the Xcarét Pro CDRW drive.
  • Page 9 Why won't the Xcarét Pro CDRW drive’s tray disengage when I push the eject button? The following conditions must be met for the eject button to disengage the CD tray: • The Xcarét Pro CDRW drive must be inserted in the PowerBook and the PowerBook must be powered on.
  • Page 10: Laser Information

    Xcarét Pro Expansion Bay CDRW Drive This is not recommended. The reason is that the uninterrupted transfer of data is the most critical condition for successfully writing a CD-R or CD- RW. Applications running in the background run the risk of interrupting this data flow and causing a fatal error while writing.
  • Page 11 © 2001 Mac Components Engineered MCE, the MCE logo, and Xcarét Pro are trademarks of Mac Compo- nents Engineered. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, the MacOS logo, Macintosh, and Pow- erBook, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Products and company names are trademarks of their respective com- panies, and are mentioned for informational purposes only and con- stitute neither an endorsement nor a recommendation.