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- Page 1 MITSUMI MITSUMI MITSUMI MITSUMI MITSUMI FX Series CD-ROM Drive INSTALLATION MANUAL VERSION 9.1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
If the Disc Tray Does Not Open ............. 16 Troubleshooting ................. 17 Windows 95/98 and FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drives ....18 The Drive Does Not Operate After Software Installation....19 CD-ROM Drive(s) Can No Longer Be Accessed By the System... 19 Error “Not Enough Drive Letters Available”........ -
Page 3: Introduction
FX Series drive as a second device on its cable. Alternatively, you can connect the FX Series drive to an IDE interface card. This may be required if all IDE connec- tors are being used by built-in hard disk drives in your system. If you do not have an IDE card, or if your IDE card is now controlling two hard drives on the same cable, you will need a second IDE card to control the CD-ROM drive. -
Page 4: Care And Handling Of Your Drive And Discs
- Headphone Volume Control: Adjusts sound level from Headphone Jack. - Open/Close Button: Press to open or close the disc tray. - Emergency Eject Hole: Use to open the disc tray only when there is no power available. 4 Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual... - Page 5 - Avoid touching the disc surface. Always handle discs by their edges. - Never write on a disc with a ball-point pen or pencil. A scratch on the label side of a disc can damage the data layer. Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual 5...
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Page 6: What You Need To Install The Drive
Contact your sound card manufacturer for the proper cable. Pin-outs are labeled on the back of the CD-ROM drive and are shown in this manual. 6 Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual... -
Page 7: Hardware Installation
- If your drive has only 2 notches, then mount it so that the notches are at the bottom. Before installing or removing the CD-ROM drive, make sure that there is no CD Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual 7... -
Page 8: Device Configuration
You have three options for installing a new IDE device into your system: Option 1: Attach the FX Series CD-ROM drive as a “slave” to the same cable on which your hard disk drive is connected. (This is known as “daisy-chaining.”) On the back of your CD-ROM drive you will find the device configuration jumper. - Page 9 Follow the instructions in your sound card manual. If you are getting the error “Unable to Detect ATAPI IDE CD-ROM Drive,” then: 1. Make sure this 40-pin connection is not labeled Mitsumi. This is an old propri- etary interface and is not compatible with our new IDE drives. Many older sound cards will not have 40-pin ports for IDE CD-ROM drives.
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Page 10: Software Installation
Updates of the MS-DOS IDE device driver are available through our World Wide Web site, www.mitsumi.com, as they are released. If you did not receive a floppy diskette with the label that is pictured below, please download the driver and utilities from our web page. -
Page 11: Installation For Windows 95/98
Use the Device Driver & Setup Utilities diskette that came with your CD-ROM drive for drive testing and MS-DOS driver installation. Updates of this diskette are available for you to download from our web site at www.mitsumi.com. The Disc Inspector (DI.EXE) program must run from MS-DOS, not DOS Windows. For Windows 95/98, be sure to reboot the system in MS-DOS by selecting “Restart the... - Page 12 14. Follow the instructions on the screen using the driver default settings. 15. When the installation is complete, remove the diskette and reboot the system. If the Mitsumi CD-ROM drive was not detected when your system was analyzed by Disc Inspector, you have an IDE configuration problem. See the Device Con- figuration section of this manual for troubleshooting assistance.
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Page 13: What The Installation Procedure Does
In order for your computer to recognize the CD-ROM drive, a device driver file must be copied to your computer and loaded by CONFIG.SYS when you start your computer. The device driver for your FX Series CD-ROM drive is named MTMCDAI.SYS. The installation program will create a subdirectory named MTM (unless you specify another directory name) on your C: drive, or the drive you specified. -
Page 14: Custom Installation
If connected to the Primary IDE port: DEVICE=C:\MTM\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:MTMIDE01 /P:1f0,14 If connected to the Secondary IDE port: DEVICE=C:\MTM\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:MTMIDE01 /P:170,15 [/A:n] Specifies the audio play mode. For a stereo CD, /A:0 or /A:1 is accept- 14 Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual... -
Page 15: Smartdrive - Disabling Cd-Rom Disc Caching
CDs (such as Photo CD) may not work properly. In this case, you should add a /U switch to the end of the smartdrv line in AUTOEXEC.BAT to disable CD-ROM caching. SMARTDRV.EXE /U Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual 15... -
Page 16: Drive Operation
MTMCDAI.SYS in it. If the disc tray still does not open, turn the computer’s power off and push the emergency eject gently with a large paper clip extended as shown on the next page. 16 Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual... -
Page 17: Troubleshooting
Pin 1 on the 40-pin cable is not lined up with the colored stripe on cable. Verify the alignment. c. You are plugging the 40-pin ribbon cable into a Mitsumi proprietary port. This is not compatible with the newer Mitsumi IDE drives. A Mitsumi port is an older technology and works only for the models FX001D, FX001, LU005S, and LU002S. -
Page 18: Windows 95/98 And Fx Series Ide Cd-Rom Drives
- Select “Shutdown” - Select “Restart the Computer in MS-DOS mode” When the DOS prompt appears, install the FX Series IDE real-mode device driver (MTMCDAI.SYS) as described in the Software Installation section. The Microsoft CD-ROM extensions, MSCDEX.EXE, can be found in the directory C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND. -
Page 19: The Drive Does Not Operate After Software Installation
C, D and E, all the reserved drive letters are already in use. To add a drive letter for your CD-ROM drive, add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS file: LASTDRIVE=x where x is the last drive letter to be reserved (in this case, F). Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual 19... -
Page 20: Error "Cdr 101- Not Ready Reading Drive (X)
Windows driver MCI CD audio is not loaded. Insert a music disc in the drive. Go to Control Panel | Drivers. Add MCI CD Audio to the system by following the instructions then close out. 20 Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual... -
Page 21: Technical Support
You must act as an observer for them as they try to diagnose and fix your problem over the phone. Before contacting Mitsumi technical support, you need to run the Disc Inspector program that came with your drive. Please refer to CD-ROM Drive Test and DOS Drive Installation section for details. -
Page 22: How And When To Contact Technical Support
The inquiry will be answered daily. 2. Call our technical support department at 800-MITSUMI (800-648-7864) between the hours of 8 AM and 6 PM Central Time, Monday through Friday. 22 Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual... -
Page 23: Fcc Information
This applies to all product options. Mitsumi Electronics Corp. 5808 W. Campus Cir. Irving, TX 75063 TEL : 972-550-7300 Kenneth Schmidt /Quality Manager Mitsumi FX Series IDE CD-ROM Drive Installation Manual 23... - Page 24 Licenses and Trademarks: Product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged. Informa- tion in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that agreement.
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