Connecting An Optical Disc Drive - Sony VAIO VGN-UX100 Series User Manual

Connecting an Optical Disc Drive

To use optical CDs and DVDs with your computer, you need to connect an external optical disc drive of your own via the port
replicator.
Connecting an Optical Disc Drive
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Make sure to connect an external optical disc drive before you launch any preinstalled CD/DVD software.
To connect an optical disc drive
1 Attach your computer to the port replicator.
See Attaching Your Computer to the Port Replicator
2 Plug one end of an i.LINK cable (not supplied) (1) to an external optical disc drive (not supplied) (2), and the other end to
the i.LINK port (3) on the back of the port replicator.
3 Connect the external disc drive (2) to a AC power source (4) with an AC adapter.
See the manual that came with your external optical disc drive for the detailed instructions on connecting the i.LINK cable
and the AC adapter to the drive.
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