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To ensure the smooth handling of your warranty please write the serial number of your drive into the box. In the case of warranty you are expected to send it together with a copy of your invoice to your nearest TEAC sales representative.
CONTENTS TO THE USER ................28 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE FCC RULE PART 15 ............... 29 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO LASER PRODUCTS 30 1. COMPONENTS ................32 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............33 3. PRECAUTIONS FOR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ..34 4.
(d) Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. CAUTION Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interfer- ence, it is necessary to use shielded I/O cables.
Declaration of Conformity Model Number: CD-W524E Trade Name: TEAC Responsible party: TEAC AMERICA, INC. Address : 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California, U.S.A. Telephone Number: 1-213-726-0303 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:...
SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO LASER PRODUCTS This product has been designed and manufactured according to FDA regulations „title 21, CFR, chapter1, subchapter J. based on the radia- tion Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968", and is classified as a class 1 laser product.
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Label with safety remarks on your device Safety Considerations Related to Laser Products...
1. COMPONENTS With a reading speed factor of approx. 40 the CD-W524E is a modern high performance CD-RW drive system. It is able to write to CD-R media with a writing speed of 4X, 8X, 12X, and 16X (and Z-CLV 16-20-24) and it is able to write to CD-RW media with a writing speed of 4X and 10X.
64MByte RAM or more and a fixed disk with an access time of 12ms or less. Important: 1. To use the TEAC CD-RW drive, an IDE (ATAPI) controller is required. The necessary drivers are shipped with the corre- sponding controller card or they are available from the manu- facturer of the controller.
Do not operate your TEAC CD-RW drive under operating conditions other than listed in 8. Specifications. If you believe your TEAC CD-RW drive to be defective please contact your dealer or any of the TEAC facilities. Important Hints for Using the CD-RW Drive What is stated in the specification must be observed for the user to get the most out of the drive.
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The drive has a function to prevent a buffer underrun. Cleaning and maintenance of your TEAC CD-RW drive TEAC CD-RW drive will not need maintenance if used as specified in this manual. Usually there are only problems with dirty or defective CDs.
4. CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 4.1 Front Panel Headphone jack Disk tray Eject emergency hole Eject button Volume control ON/BUSY indicator (LED) Disk tray Insert the disk with its label facing up. Note: Please ensure the CD is inserted in a way where the plugs at the rear of the disk tray and the spring loaded plug on the front prevent the disk from falling out of the tray.
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ON/BUSY indicator The indicator LEDs light in Seek, Play, Read, and Write operation. In the following table you will find a list including a description of the different drive states and their associated indicator states. Operation left LED right LED Green LED flashes At tray loading (0,25sec interval)
4.2 Rear panel Frame ground, hole for M3 tapping screw, depth 5mm " Interface Strap S1 Connector Power Strap switch connector Analog audio output connector Analog Audio output connector For stereo audio signal output. When driving external speakers, connect this connector to the audio input connector on the Sound Card or Interface Card.
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Power connector Connect to the +5 VDC and +12 VDC power source. Cable-side mating housing: 8981-4P Molex Cable-side mating terminal: 8980-3L Molex Current consumption Standby 200mA 600mA Read 1.5A 1.1A Start 1.1A 1.0A Seek 1.8A 1.1A Write 400mA 1.2A Power interface connector pin number Pin No.
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With S2 open (jumper not set) the TEAC CD-W524E ist set to master or slave mode by setting the jumpers S3 and S4. The set mode is irrespective of the CSEL signal. Master/slave mode is de- termined by CSEL if S2 is shorted (jumper set). In this case S3 and S4 are irrespective for setting the mode.
CD-RW drive. 5.2 Installation/Connection to Your Personal Computer (1) Switch OFF the personal computer and remove the blank panel fitted to the front of the 5.25-inch slot, then secure the CD-W524E using the provided screws. CD-W524E Mounting screws provided (M3x5) 5.
Note: Be sure to use mounting screws provided. If longer than specified screw is used, the CD-W524E may be damaged. Please ensure to set the master or slave jumpers correctly. (2) Connect the power cable, the interface cable of the IDE interface card and the audio cable to the CD-W524E, respectively.
7. INSTALLING DRIVERS AND THE WRITER SOFTWARE As a general precaution the installation of the hardware has to be car- ried out as described before. The software installation starts with acti- vating the reading functionality of the drive as this is well known with any conventional CD-ROM drive.
If there are any problems if other drives are connected to the same IDE port (especially IDE-Changer, Phase Change Drive, IOMEGA, and oth- ers), the CD-W524E has to be connected as master as a single drive. 8. TECHNICAL SUPPORT In case the CD-W524E does not operate normally in the environment specified in this manual, contact the representative from whom you purchased the drive or our nearest sales office to you.
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TEAC UK LIMITED, DSPD (U.K.) Technical Support Freecall: 0800 08 53 704 (U.K. only) Mo-Fr from 8:30 – 20:00 CET from 10:00 – 16:00 CET Technical Support Fax: +49 (0) 611 7158 666 Online RMA: http://www.teac.de/RMA Internet: http://www.teac.de/support TEAC FRANCE S.A. (France)
Photo-CD (Multisession), CD-I, Video CD, CD PLUS Writable disk 12 cm CD-R /CD-RW The best results and the highest performance are ensured by using TEAC CD-R/CD-RW media. Your dealer will tell you the sources of those CD-Rs/CD-RWs. Disk diameter 12cm, 8cm...
(2) years from the date of purchase by the original retail purchaser. According to the following terms this TEAC product will be repaired without charge of labor and materials by the authorized TEAC service stations, by the authorized TEAC dealers and/or their authorized service stations.
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TEAC; (d) repair or attempted repair by anyone not authorized by TEAC to repair this product; (e) causes other than product defects, including lack of technical skill, competence or experience of the user.
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No one is authorized to assume any greater liabil- ity on TEACs behalf. TEAC shall not be liable for any damage to any other properties independant of their virtual or real nature espe- cially there is no liability for any damage to any kind of software and/or any kind of databases caused by TEAC products.Furthermore...
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TEAC Deutschland GmbH, DSPD: Bahnstraße 12, 65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany Internet: www.teac.de TEAC UK LIMITED DATA STORAGE PRODUCTS DIVISION: 5 Marlin House, Marlin Meadow, Croxely Business Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8TE, U.K. TEAC FRANCE S.A. 17 rue Alexis de Tocqueville, CE 005,...
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Dauer der Gewährleistung Welche Kosten werden übernommen TEAC Corporation, nachfolgend TEAC genannt, gewährt dem Erstkäufer für dieses Produkt ab dem Datum des Kaufs zwei (2) TEAC übernimmt die Kosten für die im Rahmen einer Garantiereparatur anfallende Arbeitszeit und die Materialien, die Jahre Garantie bezüglich jedes etwaigen Defekts an Material und Herstellung.
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DSPD Bahnstraße 12 65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Germany TEAC Deutschland GmbH, DSPD: TEAC UK LIMITED DATA STORAGE PRODUCTS DIVISION: Bahnstraße 12, 65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany 5 Marlin House, Marlin Meadow, Croxely Business Park, Internet: www.teac.de Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8TE, U. K. TEAC FRANCE S.A.
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