Sony DRX-S70U-W manual

Operating I nstructions © 2009 Sony C orporation IT JP FR DE ES IT CS DVD/CD Rewritable Drive DRX-S70U-W[...]

2 Table of Contents Compliance Statements ............... ... 3 Introduction Package Cont ents .............. .............. 4 Features ...... ................. ............ ........ 4 System Requirements ....... .............. 5 Part Names and Functions .............. 6 Setup Placing the Drive .................... ........ 8 Connection thr ough US[...]

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4 B Intro ducti on Package Conten ts Please veri fy that the packa ge contai ns the following when unp acking. If any of these item s appear to be missin g and/o r damaged , please co ntact yo ur deal er. •D r i v e • USB cable •Q u i c k s t a r t g u i d e • Product In formation •A C p o w e r c o r d • AC power adapter (HDAC-M1) •S[...]

5 Introducti on System Requiremen ts The d rive sh ould b e used with a syste m that meets the fo llowing req uirements 1) . ❑ PC/AT-co mpatible computer ❑ CPU: Pentium III 1 .0 GHz or higher (Penti um 4, 2.0 GHz or high er recommended ) ❑ 256 MB RAM or more (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista) ❑ 1 GB free hard disk space (10 GB for DVD creation)[...]

6 Part Names and Functions Front Pa nel Rear Panel 12 3 4 5 6 7[...]

7 Introducti on A Power indicator Indicat es the power st atus. Lit: Power on Off: Power off B Busy indicator Indicat es the driv e status. Lit: The drive is Wr iting, Formatting , Reading data, Erasin g, Load & Ej ect. Blinking : The drive i s Playing back an audio CD. Off: The drive is i n a state oth er than tho se out lined ab ove. C Eject [...]

8 B Setup Placing the Drive Place th e drive horizont ally on a stabl e surface. Note This drive ca nnot be used in th e vertical orientat ion.[...]

9 Setu p Connection th rough USB Note This produc t includin g bundled soft ware funct ions proper ly under Wi ndows Vista, and Windows XP. It may not fulf ill all func tional and pe rformanc e specifi cation under other OS (operat ing system) envi ronment . • Refer to the list of contents to verify that the packa ge contents are complete. • If[...]

10 3 Connect the other end of t he USB ca ble to your comput er. Note Conne ct the driv e to a U SB co nnec tor on the co mp uter. 4 Insert the s uppli ed softwar e disc into the DVD /CD rewritabl e drive a nd instal l the soft ware. The disc onne ction procedu re var ies dep ending on yo ur OS. When your computer detects the drive successfully, (o[...]

11 Oper ati on B Operati on Using th e Dri ve Use the supplied software to read and write to CDs and DVDs. Refer to the documentation of each software for details about th eir operation. The supplied software disc contains the following software. Nero StartSmart Essentials Nero StartSmart serves as the comm and center to quickly start all th e soft[...]

12 Using sof tware other than the supplied s oftware (su ch as generic so ftware, shareware, or freeware) to write data to disc with this drive is not under warrant y and Sony off ers n o custom er serv ice if proble ms arise from using such software. Make sure that the supplied writing so ftware and generic writing software do not coe xist on your[...]

13 Oper ati on Comp atibl e Disc s The following discs are compatible with the drive. DVD 1) This drive is co mpatible with the DVD-R W disc displaying “ ” mark. 2) This drive can read DVD-RAM discs displ aying the “ ”mark. However, the write operation i s not supported . 3) Use a non-c artridg e-type disc or a c artridge from which the dis[...]

14 CD Notes • O nly roun d discs sh ould be us ed with this d rive. Attemptin g to re ad odd -shaped discs (stars , hear ts, car d shap e, et c.) may d amage the dr ive. • O peratio n is not guara nteed whe n writing to or pla ying back 99 minute disc s. Disc t ype s Lo go R ead Write CD-R CD-R W CD-R W (High Speed ) CD-R W (Ultra Spee d) CD-R [...]

15 Oper ati on We rec ommen d that yo u on ly use dis cs for which operati on has b een guaranteed. You can obtain the latest list of writable discs for which operation with this drive has been g uaranteed at the user support Web site address (see page 22 for det ail s). User support W eb site Insert the supplied software disc into the drive, and i[...]

16 Note Driv es that do not h ave the Ultr a Speed CD-RW logo c annot be us ed to w rite to Ultra Speed CD-R W discs. Whe n writing or ad ding to such discs wi th a drive othe r than this on e, make sur e tha t the dr ive has th e Ul tra S peed CD -RW lo go. A lso, al wa ys set t he writin g sp eed to that specifi ed for the parti cular Ultra Speed[...]

17 Oper ati on About playback/reading compat ibility in DVDs DVD+R DL/DVD+R/DVD-R DL/DVD-R discs, as well as DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs created and finalized with the drive can be played back on almos t all DVD-R OM dr ives. How ever depend ing on the t ype o f your driv e, playback of DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, and DVD-RW discs may not be s upp orte[...]

18 Precautions on Wr iting/Playing Discs Write speed and compatible discs • When writing data to disc at high speeds, you m ust use the appropriate type of dis c. • Configure the w riting speed through your wr iting software. For details about the setting procedures, refer to your writing software documen tation. • When writing data to disc, [...]

19 Oper ati on Copy contr olled CDs This pr oduct i s desig ned to play bac k discs conform ing to th e compa ct disc (CD) standard. Audio CDs encoded with copyright p rotection technology are now marketed by various record compan ies. Be aware that some of these discs do not confo rm to th e CD stan dard an d you ma y not be a ble to play th em ba[...]

20 Maximi zing Pe rforma nce Make sure t hat y ou use H igh S peed di scs for wh ich th is ope rati on has bee n certified by Sony. For the latest information about these discs, visit the user supp ort Web si te. W hen us in g discs othe r tha n thos e ment ione d abo ve, t he drive may limit writing speed to preserve a good reading quality. We rec[...]

21 Miscel laneou s B Miscella neous Precautions for Use Operation and storage co nditions Avoi d using or sto ring the driv e in a hot or humi d locat ion, or w here i t migh t be s ubject to se vere vi brati on or di rect su nligh t. On transportat ion • Please repack the drive in its origin al carto n when shipping by itself. • If t he drive [...]

22 Support Overview If you hav e pro blems wit h the dri ve, or are unsure of a proc edure or some other deta ils, please co ntact yo ur Son y customer su pport center. You can find the following information on this Web site . The infor mation is perio dicall y upda ted, so we reco mmen d that you vi sit r egular ly. • Informa tion ab out the dr [...]

23 Miscel laneou s Technical Suppor t Pleas e consult the above s ources be fore calling with questions a bout us ing this product, o r with technic al questio ns about the drive or the su pplied softwa re. If using tele phone or e-mail s uppor t, p lease have th e following inform ation available: • Model nu mber: DRX-S70U-W • Serial number ?[...]

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