BTC DRW1108UB manual

8X DVD±R/RW Writer USB 2.0 External Drive 7 in 1 card reader compatibility User’s Manual[...]

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FCC Warning Statement 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 Ru les. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfere nce in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radi o frequency energy a[...]

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 A BOUT USB 2 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS 3 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS 3 INSTALLATION 4 H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION 4 D RIVER I NSTALLATION 5 S OFTWARE P ACKAGE 6 DVD R EGION C ODING 6 OPERATION & CONNECTION 8 F RONT P ANEL 8 R EAR V IEW 10 TECHNICAL DATA 11 APPENDIX 14[...]

1 INTRODUCTION Accompanying the new DVD st orage technology, we are honored to present you a compact and multiformat external driv e of USB 2.0 interface: 8X DVD±R/RW Writer. This 8X DVD±R/RW Writer frees up precious bay space and offers more backup choices other than acting as a CD-R/R W drive and as a DVD-ROM reader. It supports dual formats of[...]

2  40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW Write/Rewrite speed, 40X CD-ROM Read speed  Adopts “MTKSuperLink” t o prevent Buffer Underrun errors of CD & DVD writing  Supports writing modes of TAO, DAO, SAO and packet writing  Supports MultiRead function  Serves as RPC-2 DVD-ROM Drive  Smooth DVD playback  Compatible with most existing DVD- [...]

3 System Requirements For IBM compatible PCs, the system requirem ents recommended are as fol lows:  Pentium III, 800MHz or above wi th at least 256MB of mem ory  Minimum 2GB free Hard Disk space  Operating system : Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP  USB 2.0 PCI host card (If there’s no USB 2.0 built-in port on board.) Package Content[...]

4 INSTALLATION Hardware Installation 1. Connect the power adapter and th e AC power cord to the drive. 2. Attach the USB 2.0 cable to the drive. 3. Attach the other end of the USB 2.0 cabl e to the USB port in your computer. The drive is now ready to use.  If you are installing a USB 2.0 drive, your computer must have a USB 2.0 port to achieve t[...]

5 Note: ♦ Be sure to use the USB 2.0 cable packed with the drive. ♦ Never plug or unplug in any other USB device while the drive is transferring data. It’s likely to loss d ata. ♦ It’s advisable not to disconnect the drive or unplug the power to the drive while a CD is inserted. ♦ Don’t connect more than t wo CD-RW drives of USB conne[...]

6 Software Package The bundled package combines software for 1) DVD/ CD recording 2) DVDs/VCDs authoring 3) Packet Writing 4) DVD playback, which gives you the complete solution for m aki ng audio/data CDs/DVDs of different formats, editing video and authoring DVD m ovies. The user-friendly interface sim plifies the recording process and guides you[...]

7 changed up to 5 times by the end user s under som e software decoder (e.g. PowerDVD). And referring to the region codes, there are 6 regions worldwide, and normally , there is a region code mark on the package of DVD titles. : Region 1 : Canada, US Region 2 : Japan, Europe, South Afri ca, and Middle East (including Egypt ) Region 3 : Southeast As[...]

8 OPERATION & CONNECTION Front Panel 1 7 6 2 3 89 11 5 4 10 1. A-Type USB Extension Port This USB port is Plug-and-Play Ready. Ju st plug your USB device and the computer will detect automatically. 2. Close/Eject Button This button opens and closes the disc tray. If the tray is closed, pressing the button will eject it. 3. Led Indicator (DVD-Du[...]

9 5. Emergency Eject Hole When the Close/Eject button doesn’t work pr operly and the disc tray can’t be opened, you can insert a paper clip or a small rod into this hole for manual ejection. Please make sure to power off the system before you do that. 6. Slot for Memory Stick (MS)/Memory Stick Pro (MS Pro) 7. Slot for Secure Digita l (SD)/Multi[...]

10 Rear View  1. USB Connector  2. D.C. Power Connector  3. Power (On/Off) Switch[...]

11 TECHNICAL DATA Interface USB 2.0 Disc Data Capacity DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW: Single laye r 4.7GB CD-R/RW: 74min/650M B, 80min/700M B Media supported for Writing DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW Writing Formats DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD- Extra, CD-I, Mixed-Mode C D, Video CD, Photo CD, CD-Text, Boot[...]

12 Data Transfer Rate CD -- Read CD-ROM/CD-R : 6000KB/sec (up to 40X) CD-RW: 4800KB/sec (up to 32X) CD -- Writ e CD-R: 6000KB/sec (up t o 40X) CD-RW: 3600KB/sec (up to 24X) DVD -- Read DVD-ROM: 16224KB/sec (up to 12X) DVD -- Writ e DVD +/- R: 10816KB/sec (up to 8X) DVD +/- RW: 5408KB/sec (up to 4X) Access time DVD: 160ms (12X) CD: 130ms (40X) Data [...]

13 Temperature Operating 5°C to 45°C Non-operating -20°C to 60°C Humidity Operating 8% ~ 80%RH Non-operating 5% ~ 95%RH[...]

14 APPENDIX DVD Forum The DVD Forum is an international organi zation m ade up of companies using or manufacturing digital versatile disc (DVD )-related products. The Forum was created in 1995 when ten companies (Hitachi, Matsus hita, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sony, Thomson Multimedia, Time Warner, Tosh iba Corporation, an d Victor) joined for [...]

15 DVD Formats DVD Video Popular format for viewing m ovies and other visual en tertainment with high quality MPEG2 video & digital surround sound. En ables multi-language, multi-subtitling and other advanced user features. DVD Audio This audio-only storage format doubles the fidelity of sound effect comparing with a standard CD as well as long[...]

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