In this Booklet... Kit Contents This Is Your Adaptec Media Reader Installing Your Adaptec Media Reader Installing the Device Drivers Inserting and Removing Memory Cards...
This Installation Guide provides instructions for installing the Adaptec AUA-7500 Media Reader and its device drivers, and for inserting memory cards. More detailed information, including a list of supported memory cards, is available in the User’s Guide on the CD.
This Is Your Adaptec Media Reader Your Adaptec AUA-7500 Media Reader has these features: Front of Media Reader Floppy Disk LED Memory Stick/PRO Slot Memory Card LED CompactFlash/Adapter and Microdrive Card Slot SD/MMC Slot Back of Media Reader Floppy Disk Drive Connector...
3 Prepare the drive bay for the installation of a new drive, following your computer manufacturer’s instructions. 4 Hold the Adaptec Media Reader by its sides, top side up (see the Figure on page 3) and insert it into the drive bay, aligning the screw holes on the side of the Media Reader with the mounting holes of the drive bay.
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2.0 host adapter. If you don’t have an internal USB port, you can use the cable converter (shown below left) to connect the Adaptec Media Reader to a 5-pin USB terminal on your motherboard. Read your motherboard’s documentation to locate the USB terminal and identify the pin that provides power, then connect that to Pin 1 (shown above right) on the USB 5-pin connector.
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Note: If you do not plan to use the Floppy Disk drive, you don’t have to complete this step. Skip to your Adaptec Media Reader are fully functional even when the Floppy Disk drive is not active. ■ Use an internal power cable to connect a Floppy Disk drive power connector to the Floppy Disk drive power connector on the Adaptec Media Reader.
Installing the Device Drivers After you’ve installed the Adaptec Media Reader and powered on your computer, you must install the device driver. To install the device drivers: 1 Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. Note: The Installation Wizard opens automatically. If it doesn’t, use Windows Explorer to display the CD contents, then click autorun.exe.
Inserting and Removing Memory Cards The Figure below illustrates how to align your memory cards when inserting them into the Adaptec Media Reader. MMC or SD Memory Card Memory Stick or Memory Stick PRO SmartMedia Card CompactFlash or Microdrive Card...
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