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Summary of Contents for EXP Computer CDS-940
- Page 1 PCMCIA Portable Multimedia Kit Installation Manual CDS-940/940E CDS-420/421 CDS-620/621...
- Page 2 Before you return the failed products, contact EXP. You must obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number by calling EXP Computer Inc. At (516) 496-7629. The RMA number should be displayed on the outside of the returned package and on the accompanying packing list. EXP cannot be held responsible for any package returned without the RMA number.
- Page 3 Copyright 8 8 1996 EXP Computer, Inc. and EXP Memory Products. All right reserved. 1.30 Edition, March 1996 TRADEMARKS SystemSoft is a registered trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. CardSoft is a trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies, Ltd.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 ....8 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 ..11 AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION.......... 11 CDS-420/940E/621 MANUAL INSTALLATION....13 CDS-940 MANUAL INSTALLATION ........ 15 CDS-940 TROUBLE SHOOTING ..........17 CDS-420/940E/620/621 TROUBLE SHOOTING....... 19 USING THE PCMCIA CD-ROM ..........21 SETTING UP YOUR SOFTWARE........ -
Page 5: Introduction
§ Complies with MPC 2 mode 1 and 2, CD-XA, and § Size: Multi-session Photo CD CDS-940/940E - 245 x 150 x 48 mm Data integrity 1 error in 10 bits CDS-420/421/620/621 - 164 x 250 x 50 mm § Weight: CDS-940/940E - 1.45 Kg (3.2lb) -
Page 6: Part Names And Functions
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS Front panel of the CDS-940/940E DRIVE • • Disc Tray: This disc tray is used to insert the compact disc. ‚ ‚ Headphone Jack: 3.5 mm audio headphone jack. ƒ ƒ Activity LED: This LED will blink when the drive is accessing the disc. - Page 7 Rear panel of the CDS-940/940E DRIVE • • Interface Connector: This interface connector is used to connect the CD-ROM drive with the PCMCIA interface card. ‚ ‚ Audio Output Jacks: Left and right channel audio output for connection to external speakers or Line-in jack of the Sound Module.
- Page 8 FRONT panel of the CDS-420/421/620/621 DRIVE • • Disc Tray: This disc tray is used to insert the compact disc. ‚ ‚ Load/Stop button: • Press this button to load the disc tray. • When playing an Audio CD, pressing this button will put it into the stop state. ƒ...
- Page 9 REAR PANEL OF THE CDS-420/421/620/621 DRIVE • • Interface Connector: This interface connector connects to the PCMCIA interface card. ‚ ‚ DC in Jack: This jack connects to the AC adapter. ƒ ƒ Line out Jack: This jack outputs audio signal to an amplifier. „...
- Page 10 SOUND MODULES • • Built-in Speaker: This built-in 28 mm speaker is a MONO sound speaker. ‚ ‚ Volume Control Knob: This knob is used to adjust the volume of the built-in speaker and the external headphone jack. ƒ ƒ External Headphone Jack: This is used to connect to a headphone or a self-powered external speaker with a standard 3.5 mm stereo plug.
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Page 11: Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Before you begin, make sure you turn your system OFF before connecting the PCMCIA Portable Multimedia Kit. 1. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the CD-ROM drive. Press firmly until the CD-ROM connector is seated, and tighten the two screws on the cable connector. 2. -
Page 12: Software Installation For Windows 95
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 If your computer does not have Windows 95 installed yet, please refer to the section titled “Using Multimedia Kit to Install Windows 95”. USING PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA KIT UNDER WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you insert the Multimedia kit under Windows 95 for the very first time. - Page 13 USING MULTIMEDIA KIT TO INSTALL WINDOWS 95 If you are about to upgrade your operating system from DOS/Windows 3.XX to Windows 95 using the Multimedia kit, the Multimedia kit’s DOS device driver as described in the “Software Installation for DOS/Windows” section should be properly installed first before proceeding further. Then, perform the following steps to install Windows 95.
- Page 14 After the PCMCIA 32-Bit Card support is installed, Windows will prompt you to reboot your computer. Then you should refer to the first section titled “Using PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA KIT Under Windows 95” to configure the Multimedia kit. Adding the PCMCIA Socket If the PCMCIA Socket is NOT listed in the “Device Manager”...
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Page 15: Software Installation For Dos/Windows 3.1
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1(3.11) AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION The device driver installation programs provide an INSTALL program to help you to install the CD- ROM/Sound device driver into the computer with ease. Please follow the steps shown below to proceed with automatic installation. 1. - Page 16 5-b.If you select to use the “CD-ROM with Sound”, a dialog box like Figure 5-b will be displayed for you to specify 1) the directory to place the device driver, 2) the DOS directory, 3) the I/O port and 4) the IRQ desired for the Portable Multimedia Kit.
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Page 17: Cds-420/940E/621 Manual Installation
CDS-420/940E/620/621 MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the Portable Multimedia Kit device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. 1. Copy the files EXPCDM.EXE from the Portable Multimedia Kit device driver disk to your hard disk. 2. Add “ ”... - Page 18 5. Reboot your computer to activate the Portable Multimedia Kit. 6. If you select to use the CD-ROM with Sound, you will also have to install the Windows device driver for Sound. Insert the Audio Application Software Disk #1 into a floppy drive, then start Windows and run File Manager.
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Page 19: Cds-940 Manual Installation
CDS-940 MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the Portable Multimedia Kit device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. 1. Copy the files EXPCDS.EXE and TXCS.SYS from the Portable Multimedia Kit device driver disk to your hard disk. - Page 20 The example above shows the default setting. The switch indicates the drive name. It MUST be the same name that you specify for the switch of TXCS.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file. The switch indicates how much memory to allocate for caching information on the CD-ROM. The default /M:4 caches 8KB.
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Page 21: Cds-940 Trouble Shooting
CDS-940 TROUBLE SHOOTING This section explains the most common error messages and their solutions. After rebooting your computer, the following messages will be displayed on your screen, which are generated by EXPCDS.EXE, TXCS.SYS and MSCDEX.EXE . Configure card to: I/O Port: 340-343... - Page 22 v Error: The INTEL 82365SL PCMCIA controller is not detected in your system. You should contact your dealer to get a PCMCIA support software. The above message means the PCMCIA controller of your system is not INTEL 82365SL compatible. In this case, you should install PCMCIA support software which should have been supplied by the notebook manufacture.
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Page 23: Cds-420/940E/620/621 Trouble Shooting
CDS-420/940E/620/621 TROUBLE SHOOTING This section explains the most common error messages and their solutions. After rebooting your computer, the following messages will be displayed on your screen, which are generated by EXPCDM.EXE and MSCDEX.EXE . Configure card to: I/O Port: 220-23f Power: connected PCMCIA CD-ROM card is present in socket 1 Drive D: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0... - Page 24 v Error: The INTEL 82365SL PCMCIA controller is not detected in your system. You should contact your dealer to get a PCMCIA support software. The above message means the PCMCIA controller of your system is not INTEL 82365SL compatible. In this case, you should install PCMCIA support software which should have been supplied by the notebook manufacture.
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Page 25: Using The Pcmcia Cd-Rom
USING THE PCMCIA CD-ROM Before using the PCMCIA CD-ROM, you should first load the CD-ROM disc properly by following the instructions below: Push the Load/Eject button on the CD-ROM drive front panel. The tray will automatically slide out. Place the CD-ROM disc on the tray with the label side facing up. Push the Load/Eject button again. -
Page 26: How To Play Audio Cd
HOW TO PLAY THE AUDIO CD Windows 3.1 The CD-Audio CDs can be played on your PCMCIA CD-ROM by using CD Audio software utilities, such as the Media Player in Windows 3.1. To use Media Player, you must have the [MCI] CD Audio driver installed. -
Page 27: Pcmcia Software Information
PCMCIA SOFTWARE INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft and Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDS.EXE(or EXPCDM.EXE) will call the Card Services or Socket Services to enable the card. If you don’t have one, EXPCDS(or EXPCDM.EXE) still can directly access hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or other compatible controller. - Page 28 If you are not sure which PCMCIA software you are using, you may check it by typing TYPE CONFIG.SYS at the DOS prompt followed by an ENTER key. The file should come up and look like one of the following Examples for CDS-940 SYSTEMSOFT PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF...
- Page 29 DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF FILES=40 BUFFERS:20 STACKS=9,256 DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\SSPCIC.EXE DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCCS.EXE DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCRM.EXE/AUTODETECT DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCENABLE.EXE DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDS.EXE /P:220 /I:11 /D:MSCD001 DEVICE C:\CDROM\TXCS.SYS /P:220 /D:MSCD001 PHOENIX PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF DOS=HIGH, UMB STACKS=9,256 DEVICE=C:\PCMSS.EXE/S0=1 DEVICE=C:\PCMCS.EXE DEVICE=C:\PCMRMAN.EXE DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDS.EXE /P:220 /I:11 /D:MSCD001 DEVICE C:\CDROM\TXCS.SYS /P:220 /D:MSCD001 IBM PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE...
- Page 30 Examples for CDS-420/940E/620/621 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 following REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE...
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Page 31: Power Saving
POWER SAVING The PCMCIA CD-ROM drive will automatically enter a sleep mode (spindle off) when it has not been accessed for about 4 minutes. Also, you can manually get into this sleep mode by removing the Compact Disc (CD) from your CD-ROM drive. The operating current will then be reduced to 120 mA. The “Hot insert/remove”... - Page 32 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. 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.
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