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EXP Computer CD Traveler User Manual

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  • Page 1 CD TRAVELER USER’S MANUAL W/ CD-ROM+ CARD...
  • Page 2 RMA number. You are responsible for packaging, providing proof of the date of purchase and the shipping cost of the failed product to EXP Computer, Inc. You are responsible for mailing the warranty registration card. The warranty claims may not be honored if there is no corresponding registration card on file at EXP.
  • Page 3 FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS 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.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS PRECAUTIONS ..................CD-ROM DRIVE ..................................PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS............... TOP PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE..........REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE ..........BOTTOM PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE ......... CD-ROM POWER ..................SELECTING THE POWER SOURCE ........... CONNECTING THE AC ADAPTER ............INSTALLING THE BATTERIES ............

  • Page 5: Precautions

    precautions Read this section carefully before starting to use the portable PCMCIA CD-ROM. CD-ROM DRIVE • Do not place heavy objects on the CD-ROM drive. • Do not shake or subject to intense vibration. • Keep disc cover closed to protect from dust. •...

  • Page 6: Part Names And Functions

    CD-ROM PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS TOP PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE: • • Open button: Press this button to open the disc cover. ‚ ‚ On/Busy led: • This indicator will light dimly with a green LED when the power is on. •...

  • Page 7: Rear Panel Of The Cd-Rom Drive

    … … Next/Previous button: (for CD audio operation only) • When the drive is in play state, pressing the right edge of the button will skip to the next track. • When the drive is in play state, pressing the left edge of the button will skip to the previous track.

  • Page 8: Bottom Panel Of The Cd-Rom Drive

    BOTTOM OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE: • • PCMCIA Interface Card Holder: Store the PCMCIA interface card when not used. ‚ ‚ Battery Lid: Slide and lift up the lid to install or remove the batteries. Figure 3...

  • Page 9: Cd-Rom Power

    CD-ROM POWER There are three power source options to choose to power the CD Traveler: 1. PCMCIA socket power direct 2. AC adapter 3. Battery. However, you can use only AC adapter or batteries when the CD-ROM is used as a stand-alone CD player.

  • Page 10: Connecting The Ac Adapter

    CONNECTING THE AC ADAPTER Remove the PCMCIA interface card from your computer. 3. Attach the AC adapter to the AC outlet. CAUTION Use only the AC adapter provided with this unit or refer to the rear panel of the drive for the correct AC adapter. Using the incorrect AC adapter will cause permanent and unpredictable damage to the CD-ROM.

  • Page 11: Power Switch

    POWER SWITCH Stand-alone CD player „ Pressing the POWER button (as shown in of Figure 2) will switch the CD drive power ‘on’ or ‘off’. The drive also has an inactivity timer which automatically powered off if it has been idle more than 40 seconds. CD-ROM operation The POWER button will not function because the drive power is controlled by the computer.

  • Page 12: Notice

    NOTICE • Use only the AC adapter provided with this unit or refer to the rear panel of the drive for the correct AC adapter specification. • If you are not using the unit with the AC adapter for a long period of time, disconnect it from the AC power outlet.

  • Page 13: Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Before you begin, make sure you turn OFF all power to your system before connecting the PCMCIA CD-ROM to your computer. 1. Turn over the CD-ROM drive, locate the PCMCIA interface card at the back of the CD- ROM drive.

  • Page 14: Software Installation For Dos/Windows

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION This INSTALL program helps you install the device driver into your computer easily. Please follow the instructions below to proceed with the automatic installation. 1. Insert the device driver diskette into the floppy disk drive on your computer 2.
  • Page 15 NOTE: 1. INSTALL.EXE is only for DOS/Windows 3.x Mode, DO NOT use it under Windows 95, unless you want to use this device under pure MS-DOS. Please see APPENDIX B for detail. 2. If the device is not working properly, please refer to APPENDIX D to see if your system’s PCMCIA driver has been installed correctly.
  • Page 16 MANUAL INSTALLATION You may manually install the device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Try the following procedure to complete the manual installation. 1) Copy the file named EXPCDG.EXE to a directory on your main hard disk. ( i.e. C:\CDROM).

  • Page 17: Software Installation For Windows 95

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you are using the CD-ROM+ card under Windows 95 for the very first time. If the dialog box does not appear, either you have to remove the old driver installed before or the PCMCIA driver is not activated, please refer to the section titled “Enabling 32-Bit Card Support”...
  • Page 18 When the next dialog box appears, select “Portable CD-ROM” or “Portable CD- ROM + Game “ and click on the OK bottom. Follow the on-screen instruction to continue. After finishing, you need to calibrate your joystick or game-pad before you use it. REMOVING OR RE-INSTALLING THE DEVICE DRIVER You can always change your configuration by removing the driver and reinstalling again.
  • Page 19 B.) If previously installed as “CD-ROM + GAME”: With the CD-ROM drive connected, go to the Control Panel. Click on “System”. Then choose “Device Manager, under “Multifunction adapters” click at the “+” sign to expand this list and then highlight “EXP PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA KIT: CD-ROM+GAME”, then click the “Remove”...

  • Page 20: Basic Operating Procedures

    BASIC OPERATING PROCEDURES Follow the instructions listed below to open the disc cover and insert/remove a CD. 1. Press the OPEN button. The disc cover will open slightly, and the ON/BUSY LED will blink as a warning signal. 2. If there is no disc inside, go to next step. Otherwise, wait until the drive stops spinning.

  • Page 21: Using The Pcmcia Cd-Rom As A Stand-Alone Cd Player

    USING THE PCMCIA CD-ROM AS A STAND-ALONE CD PLAYER In a stand-alone audio CD player operation, the CD need either the AC adapter or batteries for its power source, remember to set the POWER SOURCE SWITCH to “DC/BATT”. Refer to the section titled “CD-ROM POWER SOURCE” for details. It is not necessary to remove the PCMCIA interface card from the CD-ROM drive when the CD-ROM is in stand-alone mode.

  • Page 22: Using The Pcmcia Cd-Rom With A Computer

     Headphone Jack • Connect your headphone to his jack for listening to audio CD.   Line-Out Jack • Connect this jack to the LINE-IN jack of the sound card in your computer or an amplifier with a 3.5 mm audio cable for better sound quality from the audio CD. USING THE PCMCIA CD-ROM WITH A COMPUTER Check the power source switch set it according to the power source.
  • Page 23 2) Choose the Drivers icon from Control Panel, and choose the Add button to set up the driver [MCI] CD Audio. 3) Start the Media Player. 4) Select Device CD Audio from the menu bar. 5) Click the play button on the screen to start it. 6) Connect headphones set to the Headphone Jack 7) If your computer is equipped with a sound card, you can also connect the LINE- OUT jack of your CD-ROM to the LINE-IN jack of the sound card with a 3.5...
  • Page 24 INSTALL A CD TITLE DOS/Windows 3.x Most of the CD-ROM titles for Windows 3.1/3.11 contain the SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.EXE program in the CD disc. You need to start either one of the programs to add a Program Group and its icons into your computer, and perform the following, 1) In Program Manager click File =>...

  • Page 25: Notice

    Windows 95 The hot-swapping is allowed with more limitation. To avoid system failure, always follow the below steps to hot remove the PCMCIA CD-ROM in Windows 95, 1) Click the PC card indicator on the task bar at the right bottom of screen. 2) Click the command to stop the card you want to remove.

  • Page 26: Appendix

    (Please note that the card is keyed to guide for proper insertion.) 7. Slowly insert the PCMCIA interface card into the slot and press firmly until the connector is seated. 8. Turn your system ON and install the CD TRAVELER device driver. Please follow the Software Installation procedures to follow.
  • Page 27 Incompatible List The following notebooks have been tested and has been confirmed as incompatible with the Game Port connected to the CD-ROM kit: Dell Latitude LM Gateway 2000 Solo 2100 Thinkpad 760, Thinkpad 365CS Micron Millennia Versa 2450 TravelMate 4000M If your notebook already has a built-in game port, due to the I/O conflict, you will NOT be able to use the Game Port adapter.
  • Page 28 APPENDIX B The following procedures will allow you to use the device in a pure MS-DOS environment for those applications that will not run in Windows 95 An MS-DOS mode icon is set up with a separate config.sys and autoexec.bat which will be run when the icon is used.
  • Page 29 • Click on "Finish" • Click on the right mouse button on the new MS-DOS Prompt icon • Go to "Properties" • Go to "Program"...
  • Page 30 • Click on the "Advanced" • Click the "MS-DOS mode" Click on "Specify a new MS-DOS configuration" • Click on "OK". Then click "OK" again. This is the end of the DOS mode icon setup.
  • Page 31 • The Next steps are to configure the DOS mode session for the DOS drivers that are needed to run the CD-ROM/Game card. • If you have a config.dos and autoexec.dos file on the "C" drive. Just put the lines that are missing in the corresponding boxes. If you do not have these files just continue without it.
  • Page 32 APPENDIX C ENABLING 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 95 Your system should be ready for PCMCIA socket support prior to operating the CD- ROM and Game Port. To check whether your computer is PCMCIA Socket supported, first, double-click on the “System” icon from the “Control Panel” folder (you can select the “Control Panel”...
  • Page 33 In this case, double click on the PCMCIA Controller, and a dialog box will be displayed as below. Please place a check mark next to the current configuration of the Device usage box, and then select OK. After the PCMCIA 32-Bit Card support is installed, Windows will then ask you to reboot your computer.
  • Page 34 APPENDIX D PCMCIA SOFTWARE(DOS/WINDOWS3.X) INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft or Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDG.EXE will call these PCMCIA software to enable the card. If you don’t have one, EXPCDG.EXE still can directly access your hardware to enable the card.
  • Page 35 The device driver names of the major PCMCIA software are listed below: Software/Device SystemSoft Phoenix Award Driver CardSoft Cardware ThinkPad Socket Services SS365SL.EXE, PCMSS.EXE SSPCIC.EXE IBMDSS02.SYS SS365LP.EXE, SSCIRRUS.EXE, SSDBOOK.EXE, SVADEM.EXE, SSVLSI.EXE Card Services CS.EXE PCMCS.EXE PCCS.EXE IBMDOSCS.SYS Resource CSALLOC.EXE PCMRMAN.SYS PCRM.EXE DICRMU02.SYS Initialization Utility...
  • Page 36 SYSTEMSOFT PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF FILES=40 BUFFERS=20 STACKS=9,256 DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARSOFT\SS36SSL.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE REM** The REM’s should be removed from the follwing REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE REM CDROM+GAME I/O 320-32F, GAME ENABLE...
  • Page 37 STACKS=9,256 DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\SSPCIC.EXE DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCCS.EXE DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCRM.EXE/AUTODETECT DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCENABLE.EXE REM CDROM+GAME I/O 320-32F, GAME DISABLE DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDG.EXE /P:320 IBM PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\HIMEN.SYS/TESTMEM:OFF /MACHINE:2 DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-DFFF BUFFERS=40 FILES=40 STACKS=9,256 DOS=HIGH DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDSS02.SYS /S0=2 DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\IBMDOSCS.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:THINKPAD\DICRMU02.SYS /MA=D000-DFFF DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\$ICPMDOS.SYS DEVICE=C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.SYS C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.INI REM CDROM+GAME I/O 320-32F, GAME ENABLE DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDG.EXE /P:320 /G...

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