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LaCie Pocket CDRW User Manual

LaCie Pocket CDRW User Manual

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  • Page 1: How To Use This Manual

    LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual How to Use This Manual page i How to Use This Manual In the toolbar: Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page Previous Page / Next Page Go to Previous View / Go to Next View On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic.
  • Page 2 LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or omis- sions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. LaCie reserves the right to make changes or revi- sions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes.
  • Page 3 This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification We, the LaCie Group SA, solemnly declare that this product conforms to the following European standards: Class B EN60950, EN55022, EN50082-1, EN61000-3-2...

  • Page 4: Health, Safety And General Use Precautions

    Always follow the basic precautions listed below to use your LaCie drive safely and correctly. Respecting these guidelines will help to avoid the possibility of personal injury to yourself or others, as well as to prevent damage to your device and other computer equipment.
  • Page 5 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Health, Safety and General Use Precautions page 4 General Use Precautions: • Do not expose the drive to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 45° C (41° F to 104° F). Doing so may damage the drive or disfigure its casing.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    3.3 Disconnecting Your LaCie PocketCD-RW Drive ........

  • Page 7: Introduction

    LaCie external drive is also cross-platform, which enables you to use it on both Macs and PCs. With all it can do for you, we’re confident that your LaCie PocketCD-RW Drive will quickly become an important tool in your day-to-day business and personal computing.

  • Page 8: What Is Firewire/Ieee 1394

    Warranty LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device, or for any of the problems caused as a result. As a precaution, it is recommended that the CD-R and CD-RW media be tested after they have been written to.

  • Page 9: Getting To Know Your Lacie Pocketcd-Rw Drive

    Windows 98 SE (Second Edition), Windows Me (Millennium Edition), Windows 2000, or Windows XP Intel Pentium 233MHz compatible processor or greater; 32MB RAM minimum Minimum 100MB hard disk space for installing LaCie CD Utilities Minimum 800MB hard disk space for copying a CD onto the hard disk 2.1.1 Supported CD Formats...

  • Page 10: Lacie Pocketcd-Rw Drive - Views

    See 3.1 Installing Your LaCie PocketCD-RW Drive for more details. 2 – Power Supply Connector This is where you plug in the optional LaCie power sup- ply. See 3.1 Installing Your LaCie PocketCD-RW Drive – Technical Information for more details.

  • Page 11: Firewire Cables And Connectors

    1 – Serial Number Sticker This is where you will find your LaCie drive's serial number. Write down the serial number and keep it in a safe place, because you will need to provide the number in the event you have to call LaCie Technical Support for any reason in regard to the drive’s performance.

  • Page 12: Setting Up Your Lacie Pocketcd-Rw Drive

    Simply connect the FireWire cable from your drive to your computer to power on your drive. If your FireWire port is a 4-pin port, you will need to either add a 6-pin FireWire PCI card (available from LaCie), or pur- chase the optional LaCie power supply.

  • Page 13: Pc Users

    2) Connect the FireWire cable to your LaCie drive, and the other end to an available FireWire port on your computer. 3) Windows will detect the new device and load Microsoft's native driver for the LaCie drive. If this driver was not installed during the initial installation of Windows, you may be asked to insert your Windows installation CD-ROM in your computer’s...

  • Page 14: Pc Users

    LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Using LaCie PocketCD-RW Drive page 13 3.3.2 PC Users Important Note: Windows 98 SE Users: If you have installed the Windows Storage Supplement Update, you will have to unmount the drive before disconnecting it or powering it down. If you have not installed the update, simply disconnect the drive when it is not active.

  • Page 15: Using Your Lacie Pocketcd-Rw Drive

    4.1 Inserting Media To insert a disc, push the load/eject button on your LaCie PocketCD-RW Drive. When the disc tray opens, put the CD media into the tray with the label side facing up. Make sure the CD is correctly placed in the center of the disc tray. Gently push in the disc tray or push the load/eject button to close it.

  • Page 16: Emergency Ejection Of Media

    LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Technical Information page 15 4.3 Emergency Ejection of Media In the event that a CD cannot be ejected with the load/eject button and the software is not controlling the drive, use the emer- gency eject operation to open the disc tray. First, switch off your computer and the CD-RW drive and unplug the drive's power.

  • Page 17: Technical Information

    1) Make sure that the FireWire cable is connected tightly and securely on both ends of the cable, from the drive to the com- puter. If you are using a FireWire cable other than the one supplied with your LaCie drive, check that it is FireWire (IEEE 1394) certified.
  • Page 18 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Troubleshooting page 17 5) To proceed, launch the following command from the Windows Task Bar: Start > Settings > Control Panel > System. If your FireWire drive is still not recognized, or if you encounter any difficulties, check the type of FireWire controller available in your computer.

  • Page 19: Troubleshooting

    6. Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie PocketCD-RW Drive is not working correctly, please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your drive is still not working correctly, please have a look at the FAQs that are regularly published on our Web site –...
  • Page 20 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Troubleshooting page 19 The Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions Windows 2000 Users: Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager button > IEEE 1394 Controller > click on the plus sign next to the controller icon, and you should see your device listed.
  • Page 21 LaCie drive. Reduce the write speed of the LaCie drive using the appropriate menu in the recording software. Is the CD-R/CD-RW media bad or Check your CD-R/CD-RW media and try writing to a different disc.

  • Page 22: Contacting Customer Service

    If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can't get your LaCie drive to work properly, call us directly using the number below. Before calling, make sure that you are in front of your computer...
  • Page 23 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Contacting Customer Support page 22 LaCie France LaCie Germany • Monday through Friday, 9AM – 5PM • Monday through Friday, 9AM – 5PM Contact Us At: Contact Us At: • 33 (0) 1 69 32 84 23 •...

  • Page 24: Warranty

    LaCie warrants your drive against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, LaCie will, at its option, repair or replace the defective hard drive.

  • Page 25: Appendix 1 - Firewire Questions And Answers

    LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Appendix 1 page 24 8. Appendix 1 – FireWire Questions & Answers What does IEEE 1394 mean? "1394" is an abbreviation of IEEE 1394, the name given to this high-performance serial bus. IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is the name of the engineering corps that developed this standard.
  • Page 26 If your computer is not equipped, it may be possible, depending on your config- uration, to add a FireWire PCI or PCMCIA card enabling you to connect your LaCie peripheral. Contact a computer supply specialist for details.

  • Page 27: Glossary

    LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Glossary page 26 9. Glossary Authoring – Creation, combination and setup of various files for a DVD-Video, DVD-ROM or audio disc. This includes audio, video, graphics and text files. Backup – (1) The act of creating at least one additional copy of data onto a different (and safe) storage device from where it can be retrieved at a later time if needed.
  • Page 28 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Glossary page 27 CD-XA (CD-Extended Architecture) – A format developed by Philips and Sony that is intended to store computer data, video and audio tracks on the same CD-ROM. Configuration – When talking about a PC, configuration is understood to be the sum of the internal and external components of the system, including memory, disk drives, the keyboard, the video subsystem and other peripherals, such as the mouse, modem or printer.
  • Page 29 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Glossary page 28 Format, -ting, -ted – This is a process where a device is prepared to record data. In this process, the hard disk writes special information onto its own recording surfaces into areas (blocks) that are ready to accept user data. Since this operation causes all current user data stored on the hard disk to be lost, this is an infrequent operation that usually only happens at the factory that created the hard disk.
  • Page 30 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Glossary page 29 KB/s – Kilobytes per second. A means of measuring throughput. Mb (Megabit) – Equivalent to 1,000,000 bits. Mb/s – Megabits per second. A means of measuring throughput. 480Mb/s is equal to 60MB/s.
  • Page 31 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Glossary page 30 Port, hardware – A connection component (SCSI port, for example) that enables a microprocessor to communicate with a compatible peripheral. Port, software – A memory address that identifies the physical circuit used to transfer information between a microproces- sor and a peripheral.
  • Page 32 LaCie Pocket CDRW User’s Manual Glossary page 31 UDF – The Universal Disc Format developed by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA), is a single file system for interchange of information in the computer arena. This file system was designed to be able to handle files from all other com- mon file systems (computers).

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