Welcome! Congratulations on purchasing your new Memory Card Gateway USB 2.0 Multi-Format Memory Card Reader/Writer. With this device you will be able to access and organize digital media files contained on virtually all memory card formats with your Windows Using Memory Card Gateway with your computer you can: •...
Device Layout System Requirements • Computer running any of the operating systems supported: o Windows XP Home, Windows o Macintosh • One available USB port For Windows 98/SE, Windows 2000, and Macintosh OS 8.6, CD-ROM drive is required since device driver installation is necessary. Rev.
Getting Your Memory Card Gateway Ready to Use For Windows 98/SE, Windows 2000, and Macintosh OS 8.6, device driver installation is required. (For instructions, refer to the Driver Installation section starting on page 15.) For all other supported computer operating systems, device driver installation is not required.
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5. To verify that the device has been set-up correctly, perform the following check: For Windows: Open a My Computer window or a Windows Explorer window and verify that 4 ‘Removable Disk’ icons have been added. Each icon represents one of the 4 memory card slots on the device. For systems without the Disk Monitor Utility installed, the memory card slots drive assignments will appear as generic ‘Removable Disk (x:)’...
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Memory Card Gateway User’s Guide For Mac: The computer will automatically create 4 icons on the desktop. Each icon represents one of the 4 memory card slots on the device. Page 9 Rev. 03...
Using Your Memory Card Gateway Once you have connected your Memory Card Gateway to a computer, you are ready to start using it. After inserting a memory card into its proper slot, the device will allow you to access the contents of that memory card just as you would access the contents of the hard disk drive on your computer.
Inserting Memory Cards Each memory card should be inserted in the manner explained below: 1. MS: Position the MS card with label side facing up and connector side pointing forward. 2. SD/MMC: Position the SD/MMC card with label side facing up and connector side pointing forward.
Memory Card Slot LED • If there is no memory card inserted in the memory card slot, the corresponding LED will not be lighted. • Once a memory card is inserted properly, the corresponding LED will light up and remain lighted until the card is removed. The color of the LED will be different for each memory card slot.
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Remove Hardware’ label. 2. Double-click on this icon to open the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ window. 3. Select the hardware device named USB Mass Storage Device. 4. Click on the Stop button and a confirmation window will appear. 5. Click OK at the confirmation window to confirm the action.
In order to copy the contents of one memory card to another memory card of the same type, create a temporary storage space for the files you would like to copy. One way to do this is to use the hard disk drive of your computer: 1.
Driver Installation For Windows 98/SE, Windows 2000, and Macintosh OS 8.6, device driver installation is required. For all other supported computer operating systems, device driver installation is not required. For all Windows operating systems, it is recommended that you install the Disk Monitor Utility from the Resource Disc.
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7. Select the option that you wish to use and click Next. (It is recommended that you choose the Complete option for installation.) Note: The driver installation portion of the Resource Disc contains 2 programs: (1) the actual device drivers and (2) the Disk Monitor Utility. The device drivers (required by Windows 98/SE and 2000) allow your computer to recognize and use the device.
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For Windows ME and XP, there will be an additional step notifying you that installation of the drivers is not required and confirming that you would like to install the Disk Monitor Utility. After reading this message click Next to continue. 8.
Macintosh Operating System 1. Close all programs running on your computer. 2. Insert the Resource Disc into the CD-ROM drive. 3. Locate and open the CD-ROM icon on your desktop to see the contents of the Resource Disc. 4. Open the “Drivers” folder. 5.
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Memory Card Gateway User’s Guide 10. Double-click on the “USB2.0CardReader3260 Installer” file. 11. Select “Install” at the upper-left corner of the window and click on the Install button at the lower-right corner. 12. At the restart warning, click Yes. Page 19 Rev.
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13. Once the installation has completed, click Restart to restart your computer. 14. Once the computer has restarted, you can connect your Memory Card Gateway to your computer and begin using it. Rev. 03 Memory Card Gateway User’s Guide Page 20...
Note: If you accepted the default settings when installing the Disk Monitor Utility, then the file will be in the folder at the end of the following path: Start Menu 4. Double-click on the “Uninstall Digital Foci Memory Card Gateway v2.3” file. 5. Confirm the action by clicking Yes.
Troubleshooting and Technical Support Refer to the following advice for using and troubleshooting your Memory Card Gateway. My device is plugged into my computer and the red Power LED is NOT on. • Make sure that the operating system for your computer is on the list of supported operating systems as listed on page 5.
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Technical Support Contact If you are still having troubles using your Memory Card Gateway, please check the Digital Foci support web pages or contact Digital Foci technical support at support@digitalfoci.com. Rev. 03 Memory Card Gateway User’s Guide...
Operating temperature Storage temperature Rev. 03 Memory Card Gateway User’s Guide MCG-120 USB 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1) USB power (No power adapter required) USB 2.0: up to 480 Mbps USB 1.1: up to 12 Mbps FCC Class B, CE Windows 98/SE, 2000, ME, XP Home/Pro Macintosh OS 8.6 and higher...
Tested Memory Card Compatibility Your device has been tested to work with memory cards from the manufactures listed in the table below. This table contains only those memory cards that have been tested and do not include memory cards that will work with the device but have not been tested.
Foci at support@digitalfoci.com. Disclaimer This limited warranty is the only warranty Digital Foci, Inc. makes for the Device. To the extent allowed by Law, no other warranty applies, whether expressed, implied, or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, of fitness for a particular purpose, or of non-infringement.
If you modify the board in any way, without approval from Digital Foci, Inc., your board may violate FCC regulations. Violation of FCC regulations may cause the FCC to void your rights to use the modified board.
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