1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Argosy Manuals
  4. Computer Hardware
  5. RW848
  6. User manual

Argosy RW848 User Manual

External pcmcia dvd-rom
Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
User's Manual

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the RW848 and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Summary of Contents for Argosy RW848

  • Page 1 User’s Manual...
  • 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. 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.
  • Page 4 TRADEMARKS PCMCIA are the trademarks of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT and MSCDEX are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. OS/2 WARP is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. *All of the third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ......................SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..................PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ................FRONT PANEL OF THE DVD-ROM DRIVE ............REAR PANEL OF THE DVD-ROM DRIVE ............HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..................SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98 ..........SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS Me ..........SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 ..........

  • Page 7: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION The External DVD-ROM has the following features: ♦ It c can be easily connected to computer via PCMCIA interface, and can even be disconnected and re-connected while the computer is running. ♦ This drive can read all types of CD and DVD media including CD, CD-R, CD-RW and DVD disc. ♦...

  • Page 8: Part Names And Functions

    PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS Your external DVD-ROM may differ slightly from the figures shown, however the controls will operate as described below. Front Panel Of The DVD-ROM Drive 1. Disc Ready/Read LED: This LED is used to indicate the disc access status. 2.

  • Page 9: Rear Panel Of The Dvd-Rom Drive

    Rear Panel Of The DVD-ROM Drive 1. Power Jack (DC IN): Connect the AC adapter lead here. 2. Power Source Switch: PC: Means this DVD-ROM is powered by the PCMCIA socket of computer. DC: Means this DVD-ROM is powered by the AC adapter. Usually, when the external DVD-ROM get the power from the PCMCIA socket of computer, and it should work properly.

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Note: ♦ If you want to use an AC adapter to powers the external DVD-ROM, please use the AC adapter provided by manufacturer, using an incorrect AC adapter could result in permanent and unpredictable damage to the drive. ♦...
  • Page 11 Get power from PCMCIA socket Switch to PC position Push Push Get power from AC adapter Switch to DC position Push Push - 5 -...

  • Page 12: Software Installation For Windows 95/98

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98 The following installation procedures are extracted from the Windows 98SE installation. The installation for Windows 95 is almost same. 1. Boot-up your computer into Windows 98, making sure the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Socket’ has been installed and is available.
  • Page 13 5. Select ‘Floppy disk drives’ box and insert the device driver diskette into floppy drive. Click Next. 6. Wait for few seconds, Windows will find a driver from the floppy diskette, make sure the file that Windows found is ‘A:\ PCMCDF.INF’. Click Next.
  • Page 14 9. If the external DVD-ROM doesn’t appear in ‘My Computer’ or doesn’t work properly, please go into ‘Device Manager’ to check whether the devices are installed as the table and figure. Installed Device Drivers Location PCMCIA CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM (F2) Installed under ‘SCSI Controllers’. Installed under ‘CDROM’...

  • Page 15: Software Installation For Windows Me

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS Me 1. Boot-up your computer into Windows Me, making sure the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Socket’ has been installed and is available. To check this, right-click ‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ and then ‘Device Manager’ to open the ‘Device Manager’ window. Refer to the figure shown alongside to see if the PCMCIA Controller is installed without error.
  • Page 16 5. Windows will install the driver from the diskette. After the necessary files are copied into your internal hard disk, a screen will appear as the figure, click Finish. 6. Windows will then detect the DVD-ROM drive, you will find a new drive letter has been assigned for the drive in ‘My Computer’.

  • Page 17: Software Installation For Windows 2000

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 1. Boot-up your computer into Windows 2000, making sure the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Adapters’ has been installed and is available. To check this, right-click ‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ then ‘Hardware’ and then ‘Device Manager’ to open the ‘Device Manager’...
  • Page 18 5. Insert the device driver diskette into floppy drive, only select ‘Specify a location’, leave the other check boxes be empty (don’t select them), and click Next. When the wizard asks for the path, type ‘A:\WIN2000’ in ‘Copy manufacturer’s files from’ location, click OK. 6.
  • Page 19 8. After the necessary files are copied into your internal hard disk, a screen will appear as the figure, click Finish. 9. Windows will then detect the DVD-ROM drive, you will find a new drive letter has been assigned for the drive in ‘My Computer’. 10.

  • Page 20: Software Installation For Windows Xp

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS XP 1. Boot-up your computer into Windows XP, making sure the device driver for ‘PCMCIA Adapters’ has been installed and is available. To check this, right-click ‘My Computer’, click ‘Properties’ then ‘Hardware’ and then ‘Device Manager’ to open the ‘Device Manager’ window.
  • Page 21 4. On this screen, select ‘Search for the best driver in these locations’ and ‘Include this location in the search:’, type ‘A:\WINXP’ in the box. Don’t select ‘Search removable media’. Now, insert the driver diskette into floppy drive, and then click Next to continue. 5.
  • Page 22 8. If the external DVD-ROM doesn’t appear in ‘My Computer’ or doesn’t work properly, please go into ‘Device Manager’ to check whether the devices are installed as the table and figure. Installed Device Drivers Location PCMCIA IDE Card (F2) (WINXP) Installed under ‘SCSI and RAID Controllers’.

  • Page 23: Software Installation For Windows Nt

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS NT Note: ♦ Make sure the Windows NT system is version 3.51 or higher. ♦ Since Windows NT does not support ‘Hot Insert/Remove’ feature, this external DVD-ROM should be connected to computer prior to starting Windows NT. Likewise, do not remove this drive before you shut down the computer.
  • Page 24 5. Select ‘PCMCIA CD-ROM/ CD-RW/DVD-ROM/HDD’ and then click OK. 6. Follow the on-screen instruction to continue. After the installation is complete, Windows will prompt you to restart to activate the new device driver. Restart and power-off the computer. 7. Ensure the PCMCIA interface cable and then the AC adapter connections (if you are using the AC adapter) are made as described in Hardware Installation.

  • Page 25: Software Installation For Dos/Windows 3.1

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 Automatic Installation Follow the instructions below to proceed with automatic installation. 1. Insert the device driver diskette into a floppy disk drive on your computer. 2. Change the working directory to the floppy drive containing the device driver diskette by typing A: then press ENTER.

  • Page 26: Manual Installation

    7. Reboot your computer and the DVD-ROM drive will be defined as the next available drive letter. For example, if the last hard drive of the computer is drive C, the DVD-ROM drive will be assigned to drive D. Manual Installation You may also manually install the external DVD-ROM device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system.
  • Page 27 is used to set the I/O ports, and the valid numbers are 320, 340, and 360, and the default setting is /P:320. is used to set the device name. It can be any name up to 8 characters. This name must be the same as the name specified in the MSCDEX.EXE option /D:name in the next step.
  • Page 28 PCMCIA CD-ROM card is present in socket 1 Drive D: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0 If any errors occur or the external DVD-ROM does not work, you should reboot your computer again. When the system displays ‘Starting MS-DOS...’, press the F8 key to execute CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT step by step.
  • Page 29 ♦ Error: The INTEL 82365SL PCMCIA controller is not detected in your system. You should contact your dealer to get PCMCIA support software. The above message means the PCMCIA controller of your computer is not INTEL 82365SL compatible. In this case, you should install PCMCIA support software that should be supplied by the notebook manufacturer.

  • Page 30: Software Installation For Os/2 Warp

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR OS/2 WARP Before installing the external DVD-ROM device driver for OS/2 WARP, make sure your computer is PCMCIA supported. If you are not sure about this, please refer to the last part of this chapter for ‘Adding PCMCIA Support’. Automatic Installation 1.
  • Page 31 Manual Installation You may also manually install the external DVD-ROM OS/2 device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedures to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy the ARICDF2.FLT file from A:\OS2WARP to the BOOT subdirectory of the OS/2 directory (for example: C:\OS2\BOOT.) 2.
  • Page 32 2. Check if PCMCIA Support has been installed in the System Configuration window, if yes, you may exit now, otherwise, perform the following steps to continue. 3. Select the check box to the left of PCMCIA Support to display the Select PCMCIA system window.

  • Page 33: Using Dvd-Rom With Pcmcia Interface

    USING DVD-ROM WITH PCMCIA INTERFACE To Connect The PCMCIA DVD-ROM To Your Computer ♦ Windows 95/98/Me/2000, and WindowsXP: 1. Boot into the Windows system. 2. Insert the plug of the PCMCIA interface cable into the Interface Connector of drive. 3. Make sure the Power Source Switch is at the correct position: PC: get power from the PCMCIA socket of computer.
  • Page 34 To Disconnect The PCMCIA DVD-ROM From Your Computer ♦ Windows 95/98, and Windows Me: 1. Click on the icon ) on system tray and a dialog box appears beside this icon. 2. Click ‘Stop PCMCIA CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM (F2)’ in the dialog box. 3.
  • Page 36 P/N: 7450441-00 Printed in Taiwan...

Table of Contents