A P P A R E I L A L A S E R D E C L A S S E 1 CAUTION CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN. AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM. VORSICHT KLASSE 3B SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN GEOFFNET.
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FCC Warning Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION BOUT YSTEM EQUIREMENTS ACKAGE ONTENTS INSTALLATION ARDWARE NSTALLATION RIVER NSTALLATION OFTWARE ACKAGE DVD R EGION ODING BOUT RIVE OPERATION & CONNECTION RONT ANEL TECHNICAL DATA APPENDIX...
INTRODUCTION Accompanying the new DVD storage technology, we are honored to present you a compact and multiformat external drive of USB 2.0 interface: 8X DVD±R/RW Writer. This 16X DVD±R/RW Writer frees up precious bay space and offers more backup choices other than acting as a CD-R/RW drive and as a DVD-ROM reader.
♦ Smooth DVD playback ♦ Compatible with most existing DVD-ROM drives and DVD video players ♦ Bundled with an extensive software package About USB USB (Universal Serial Bus), a means of attaching devices to your computer, is basically a standardized intelligent serial connection which provides an expandable, hot-pluggable* USB range from simple items like mice and keyboards to more complicated devices like printers, MP3 players, and storage devices.
System Requirements For IBM compatible PCs, the system requirements recommended are as follows: ♦ Pentium III, 800MHz or above with at least 256MB of memory ♦ Minimum 2GB free Hard Disk space ♦ Operating system: Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP ♦ USB 2.0 PCI host card (If there’s no USB 2.0 built-in port on board.) Package Contents USB 2.0 external DVD±R/RW Writer ♦...
INSTALLATION Hardware Installation 1. Plug the power cable into the power outlet and the back of your external USB 2.0 drive separately. 2. Connect the USB cable to the USB port on your controller or your computer’s USB port. 3. Then connect the other end of the USB cable to the back of your external USB 2.0 drive.
Note: ♦ Be sure to use the USB 2.0 cable packed with the drive. ♦ Never plug or unplug in any other USB device while the drive is transferring data. It’s likely to loss data. ♦ It’s advisable not to disconnect the drive or unplug the power to the drive while the application disc is inserted.
DVD Region Coding Region Playback Control Management All DVD Video Playback systems have “Region Playback Control” management (RPC) which is required by Hollywood movie industry and defined by DVD Forum. This includes DVD-Video players and PC systems with DVD-Video capability. You can only play DVD-Video discs with the same region code as your DVD-Video Playback system.
About This Drive This DVD±R/RW Writer is also a RPC2 DVD-ROM drive and according to DVD-Forum, PC chip must be designed into DVD-ROM drives to record how many times a user has changed the region code. The first region code will depend on the DVD title you play and you are allowed to modify the region code 5 times (including the initial one).
OPERATION & CONNECTION Front Panel LED Indicator (dual color) Flashes “green” while verifying or reading a disc. Flashes “amber” while writing discs. 2. Disc Tray Place the disc in the tray here, and then press the Close/Eject button or lightly push the tray to close it. 3.
TECHNICAL DATA Interface Disc Data Capacity Media supported for Writing Writing Formats Writing modes Writing Speed Reading Compatibility Reading Speed USB 2.0 Single layer 4.7GB DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW: Double layer 8.5GB 74min/650MB, 80min/700MB CD-R/RW: DVD+R, DVD+ R DL, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD+R DL, DVD- ROM, DVD-Video CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-Extra,...
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Data Transfer Rate Access time Data buffer Disc loading Dimensions Weight Mounting Method Power Requirement CD -- Read CD-ROM/CD-R: 48X) CD-RW: CD -- Writ CD-R: CD-RW: DVD -- Read DVD-ROM: DVD -- Writ DVD+/-R: DVD+R DL: DVD+RW: DVD-RW: Maximum transfer rate is limited by PC system or interface speed.
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Temperature Humidity Operating 5°C to 45°C Non-operating -20°C to 60°C Operating 8% ~ 80%RH Non-operating 5% ~ 95%RH...
APPENDIX DVD Forum The DVD Forum is an international organization made up of companies using or manufacturing digital versatile disc (DVD)-related products. The Forum was created in 1995 when ten companies (Hitachi, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson Multimedia, Time Warner, Toshiba Corporation, and Victor) joined for the common purpose of promoting DVD worldwide and establishing standardized formats of each DVD application for the marketplace.
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DVD Formats DVD Video Popular format for viewing movies and other visual entertainment with high quality MPEG2 video & digital surround sound. Enables multi-language, multi- subtitling and other advanced user features. DVD Audio This audio-only storage format doubles the fidelity of sound effect comparing with a standard CD as well as longer playing times, copy protection and anti- piracy measures…etc.
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