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Yamaha CRW2100E Owner's Manual

Crw2100e series cd recordable/rewritable drive
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  • Page 2: Fcc Information

    This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables.
  • Page 5 OWNER’S MANUAL...

  • Page 6: Safety Precautions

    Otherwise, there is an increased risk of electrical shock, fire or damage to the device. Return the device immediately to the store at which it was purchased or alternatively, to the nearest Yamaha dealer (listed at the back of this manual).
  • Page 7 Otherwise, dust can build up inside the device, increasing the risk of fire or damage. For information about servicing charges, contact the store at which the device was purchased or alternatively, the nearest Yamaha dealer (listed at the back of this manual). The device should be serviced about once a year.
  • Page 8 WARRANTY YAMAHA AND SUPPLIERS ACCEPT NO LIABILITY FOR THE LOSS OF ANY DATA OR ANY PROBLEMS CAUSED AS A RESULT. AS A PRECAUTION, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE DISCS BE TESTED AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN WRITTEN TO.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    This document may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, transmitted or reduced to any electronic medium of machine readable form without prior consent in writing from Yamaha. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 10: Introduction

    Features of the CRW2100E Drive High speed The CRW2100E drive supports up to 16X speed writing of a CD-R disc, and up to 10X speed writing of a CD-RW disc. For example, an audio CD (79 minutes/ 700MB) can be created in approximately 5 minutes. With newly adopted Partial CAV writing method (See the following column), you can write a disc by directly transferring content data from a 32X-speed or faster CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 11 *4 If you attempt to write at 16X or 12X speed but the CRW2100E drive detects that the quality of a target CD-R disc is inappropriate for such speeds, the drive will automatically slow down the writing speed optimally for the disc.

  • Page 12: Before Use

    System Requirements In order to use the CRW2100E drive, your computer system will need to meet the following set of requirements. n The CRW2100E drive may not write at a maximum speed depending on your computer’ s system configuration. PC/AT-Compatible Computer CPU: Pentium II-class or higher, 300MHz or faster.

  • Page 13: Supported Discs

    Before Use Supported Discs The CRW2100E drive can write to discs that carry the following logos.

  • Page 14: Tools

    Video CD: These hold movies in which the video and audio data has been compressed using MPEG-1 technology. Tools You will need the following tools at hand when installing the CRW2100E drive. Phillips Screwdriver You will need to use this when removing the cover of your computer and when mounting the drive.

  • Page 15: Front And Rear Of Unit

    Front and Rear of Unit Front Panel The CRW2100E drive’ s front panel features the following: Disc tray The tray is used to hold the disc. It slides out from the drive unit when a disc needs to be loaded or unloaded.

  • Page 16: Rear Panel

    Front and Rear of Unit Rear Panel The CRW2100E drive’ s rear panel features the following: DIGITAL AUDIO OUT connector If your sound card has a digital audio input, you can connect this connector to that digital input using a digital audio cable (sold separately).

  • Page 17: Setup Flowchart

    Setup Flowchart This flowchart shows the procedure for setting up the CRW2100E drive. For easy cross-referencing, the relevant pages in this manual are also given. Connecting the CRW2100E Drive STEP 1. Opening the Computer (P. 10) 2. Choosing the Connecting Method (P. 11) 3.

  • Page 18: Setup Procedures

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  • Page 19: Connecting The Crw2100E Drive

    Connecting the CRW2100E Drive Opening the Computer 1 Power down your computer and unplug it from the AC outlet. If you proceed without doing this, you run the risk of receiving an electric shock and/ or short-circuiting and damaging components, including the CRW2100E drive.
  • Page 20 Setup Procedures Choosing the Connecting Method 4 First make sure how existing IDE devices are connected to your computer, and then determine how to connect the CRW2100E drive in conjunction with those devices. As an additional drive (set as secondary slave) If the casing of your computer has a spare 5.25-inch drive...
  • Page 21 5 Remove the front cover of a vacant 5.25-inch drive bay slot in the computer. n When you finish this step, proceed to Step 8 on page 15. 5.25-inch drive bay slot 5 Remove the front panel of the computer. Setup Procedures Front panel to page 15...
  • Page 22 Setup Procedures 6 Disconnect all the cables connected to the rear of the existing CD-ROM drive, and also disconnect the audio cable from the sound card or motherboard’s audio connector. n The existing CD-ROM drive in the computer is assumed to be an IDE-type.
  • Page 23 Setup Procedures 7 Remove the four screws holding the CD-ROM drive in place, then slide the drive forward and out of the drive bay. Before removing the CD-ROM drive from the computer, make sure that all the cables have been removed from the CD-ROM drive’s rear panel.
  • Page 24 The CRW2100E drive is shipped with the SLAVE setting. Thus, you do not reset the factory setting if you plan to use the CRW2100E drive as slave. If you connect the drive solely to the secondary IDE cable or replace the drive with an existing master device, you need to set the CRW2100E drive as master.
  • Page 25 Setup Procedures Installing the CRW2100E Drive 9 Slide the drive backwards into the slot. n Do not apply excessive force when sliding the drive back into the drive bay slot.
  • Page 26 Setup Procedures ) Leave enough room behind the drive to connect the power, IDE and audio cables. Then tighten the four fastening screws on the sides of the unit by hand to hold the drive in place. ) Leave enough room behind the drive to connect the power, IDE and audio cables.
  • Page 27 Connect the 40-pin IDE cable to the secondary IDE connector on the motherboard and to the IDE interface connector on the rear panel of the CRW2100E drive. Be sure to plug in the cable so that the colored line on the cable corresponds to pin #1 on the...
  • Page 28 You do not need to connect the audio cable to write audio CDs since the audio is passed over the IDE bus. It is required to play back audio CDs on the CRW2100E drive via the computer’ s sound card. However, if a CD-ROM drive is already connected to the sound card, you should use this drive to play back your audio CDs.
  • Page 29 Setup Procedures # Connect a 4-pin power cable to the power supply connector of the CRW2100E drive marked “DC INPUT.”...
  • Page 30 Setup Procedures $ Tighten the four fastening screws on the side of the unit securely using a screwdriver.
  • Page 31 Setup Procedures % Attach the outer casing of the computer and any screws that were removed.
  • Page 32 Setup Procedures ^ Reconnect the computer to the AC outlet and power it up.
  • Page 33 If there is an CRW2100E drive, this means that it has not been installed correctly. n For Windows 2000, double-click System in the “Control Panel,” select the “Hardware” tab, and click the “Device Manager” button in “System Properties.”...
  • Page 34 Windows NT does not have a “DMA” setting. Nor do you need to set the “Sync data transfer” parameter, since it will not appear. n Enabling or disabling “Sync data transfer” option does not affect the CRW2100E drive. Installing the CD Writing Software ( Install the CD writing software.

  • Page 35: Operation

    Operation This section explains how to operate the CRW2100E drive after you have installed it. You can load and eject a disc (as described below) only when the computer is powered on. Loading a Disc...

  • Page 36: Ejecting A Disc In An Emergency

    Operation n The disc tray will not open if the computer is not switched on. With the CRW2100E drive powered on, pressing the Eject button will not open the disc tray if ATAPI commands prohibit ejecting a disc, such as during reading data.

  • Page 37: Troubleshooting

    Also, is the IDE cable connected correctly? If the system has started up normally, you will be able to see the CRW2100E drive listed in Control Panel | System | Device Manager tab. The drive will be listed when you double-click on CDROM.
  • Page 38 If you use more than one CD writing software simultaneously, the behavior of the drive can become unpredictable. Is the CRW2100E drive connected to a high-speed device, such as a hard disk drive? If you connect two devices with quite different speeds using the same cable, operation may become unstable.
  • Page 39 • Close other applications (including screen savers, task schedulers, etc.). n Errors can occur if you knock the CRW2100E drive while it is writing to disc. n When using packet writing on a CD-RW disc, the actual data capacity is 100MB less than that stated on the cover of the disc.

  • Page 40: Appendix

    Appendix Writing Modes Disc-at-Once (DAO) This mode is used when writing a complete disc in a single pass without pausing. Data cannot be added later, even if the full capacity of the blank disc has not been used. Example: General CD-ROM Track 1 Session 1 Lead-in...
  • Page 41 Appendix Session-at-Once (SAO) As a writing method that combines the advantages of the above-mentioned “Disc- at-Once” and “Track-at-Once,” you can combine multiple tracks into one session and write them, and then add additional data. For example, this is the writing method used to create a CD EXTRA format CD. The music tracks will be recorded in the first session, and the data will be recorded in the second session.

  • Page 42: About The Firmware

    Appendix About the firmware Firmware is a small piece of software built into the CRW2100E drive, and is used to operate the drive. Since it resides in flash memory, it can be overwritten and updated. To ensure more reliable operations and enhanced performance of the drive, updates to the firmware will be made available.

  • Page 43: Led Indicator Messages

    LED Indicator Messages The CRW2100E drive properly installed inside the computer will indicate the following LED messages while the drive (and the computer) is turned on. Status Ready (with disc) Ready (no disc) Tray operation (opening/closing) Tray fully opened Reading disc information (TOC)
  • Page 44 Appendix Writing Methods Writing/Reading Speed Writing CD-R Reading 40X (max.) Full CAV CD-R CD-RW • 2X writing/rewriting: Rewritable discs specified in Orange Data Capacity Data Transfer Rate (Mode 1) Burst Transfer Rate Data Buffer Size Average Random Access Time Sector Size Interface Installing style Disc Loading Type...
  • Page 45 Audio Out Power Consumption Power Supply Operating Environment Dimension Weight The CRW2100E series complies with the following specifications Compliance Specifications Country / Region Category Item Safety Electrical Laser Emission Canada Safety Electrical Emission Safety Electrical Laser Immunity Emission Australia Emission...

  • Page 46: Index

    Appendix Index Symbols 4-pin power cable ... 20 4-pin power connector ... 13 additional drive ... 11 ANALOG AUDIO OUT connector .. 7, 19 audio cable ... 13, 19 Buffer Underrun ... 3, 31 CD-DA ... 5 CD-R discs ... 4 CD-RW discs ...
  • Page 47 Bei weiteren Fragen wenden Sie sich Sitte an Ihren Händler oder eine der folgenden Firmen. Pour plus de détails sur les produits, veuillez vous adresser à Yamaha ou au distributeur le plus proche figurant dans la liste suivante : Si tiene alguna pregunta, por favor póngase en contacto con su distribuidor o una de las...

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