I/O Magic 16X manual

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    MagicDVD 16X Multi-purpose DVD-ROM USER’S GUIDE[...]

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    Dear I/OM agic Cus tomer : Congratulations on the purc hase of your MagicDVD 16X Multi- purpose DVD-RO M. W e can assur e y ou that it is made fr om new state- of-the- art chips ets and com ponents. Your product has also gone thr ough the m ost rigorous tes t and quality assurance procedures in the industry. All of the em ployees at I/OM agic want [...]

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    DA NGER INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION W H EN OPEN AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE T O BEAM VORSICHT INSICHTBARE LASERST RAHLUNG W ENN ABDECKUNG GEÖFFN ET NICHT DEM ST RAHL AUSSETSEN A TTENT ION RADIATION DU F AISCEAU LASER INVISIBLE EN CAS D’OUVERT URE. EVITER T OUT E EXPOSIT ION AUX RAYONS. CLA SS 1 LASER PRODUCT A PPA REIL A LA SER DE C LA SSE 1 LA SER KLA [...]

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    Copyri ght Statement It is a criminal offence, under applicable copyright law s, to make unauthorised copies of copyright-protected material, including computer programs, films, broadcasts and sound recordings. This equipment should not be used for such purposes. Notice: I/OM agic Corporation makes no warranty of any kind with regards to this mater[...]

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    FCC Compliance St atement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the follow ing two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Warning Statement This equipment has been tes[...]

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    Table of Con tents INTRODUCT ION 1 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS 2 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS 2 HA RDWA RE DESCRIPTION 3 F RONT P ANEL 3 R EAR P ANEL 4 S PECIFICATIONS 5 INSTA LLA T ION 6 Handling Static-Sensitive Dev ices 6 Host Interface Connections 6 H ARDWA RE I NSTALLATION 7 Setting-up the “Mode Select” Jumper 7 Connecting to a Primary IDE Controller 8 Co[...]

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    I I N N T T R R O O D D U U C C T T I I O O N N W ith MagicDVD 16X Multi-purpose DVD- ROM, today's demanding interac tive program s are no obs tacle for y our PC. The Magic DVD trans fers CD-RO M data at up to 40X speeds and DVD- ROM data at up to 16X s peeds. T he MagicDVD is the com plete solution for all y our DVD / CD-ROM needs. T he m ost[...]

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    2 Package Cont ents The M agi cDVD 16X Mu lti-Purpo se DVD-ROM package co ntains th e follow ing items : ! MagicDVD 16X dr ive. ! MagicDVD User’s m anual (T his Docum ent). ! Data cable (IDE cable) . ! Power DVD Play back Sof tware. System Requirement s Minimum system requirements for playing DVD movies utilizing Pow er DVD softw are: ! Pentium I[...]

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    3 H H A A R R D D W W A A R R E E D D E E S S C C R R I I P P T T I I O O N N Front Panel 1. Disk tray Auto loading by means of the ejection button. Place the CD-ROM / DVD-RO M with the label facing up onto the tray. 2. Busy indicator Flashes during data ac cess . 3. Eject butt on This button is used to open and close the tray . Forced ejectio n ho[...]

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    4 Rear Panel 4. A udio output This is a c onnector f or output of analog audio. Pin 1 = Left channel Pin 2 = Ground Pin 3 = Ground Pin 4 = Right channel 5. Device configur ation jumper This is the jum per switch for selec tion of the drive use m ode and suppor ting PC. T he jum per goes on both pins vertically. MA = Master SL = Slave CS = CSEL of I[...]

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    5 Specifications Transf er rate: (sustained) DVD-ROM Maxim um 21,600 Kbytes/Sec.* CD-ROM Maxim um 6,000 Kbytes/Sec.* * The data trans fer r ate m ay not be output due to disk conditions (s cratc hes, etc). A ccess time: (random avera ge ) DVD-ROM 95 m s CD-ROM 80 m s Data buffer c apacity : 512 Kby tes Disk diameter: 12 cm (4.72”), 8 cm (3.15”)[...]

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    6 I I N N S S T T A A L L L L A A T T I I O O N N Handling Stat ic-Sensitiv e Devices The Magic DVD 16X Multi-Pur pose DVD-ROM, lik e all electronic equipm ent, is s tatic sensitive. Please tak e the pr oper precautions when handling the drive. Avoid touching the IDE connector pins as well as the audio connec tor pins and the jum per pins . Keep th[...]

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    7 Hardware Installation The f ollowing diagram shows you the rear view of y our MagicDVD 16X Multi-Pur pose DVD-ROM dr ive (act ual drive m ay look diff erent). F am iliarize y ourself with the dr ive before ins talling the unit into y our c omputer. Locate where the drive will be connected first and then m ak e sur e you have all the necessary par[...]

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    8 Conn ecting t o a Primary IDE Con troller There s hould be at leas t one IDE c ontroller (or c ard) on the PC m otherboar d. T his IDE controller support two devices, one for the hard dis k ( Master) , and the other f or the 2 nd hard disk or a CD-ROM drive. T he hard disk s hould be connected to this prim ary IDE (Master m ode) controller as the[...]

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    9 3 Locate an av ailable 5 ¼ driv e bay. Locate an empty 5 ¼ drive bay within y our c omputer. It m ay be necessary to remove a square iron plate. Pleas e refer to your computer’s User’s Guide for assistanc e. 4 Slide the M agicDVD 16X M ult i-Purpose DVD- ROM drive in to the emp ty bay. (Side brackets no t included w ith DVD drive) 5 Connect[...]

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    10 6 Connect the IDE cable into the E-IDE Interface connector on the back of your MagicDVD 16X M u lti-Purpo se DVD-ROM . Connect the 40-pin IDE cable into the Magic DVD 16X Multi-Pur pose DVD-ROM drive’s E-IDE c onnector. Mak e sur e to align the red-lined edge of cable with Pin-1 of the IDE connector. 7 Connect the A nalog cable from y our Soun[...]

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    11 Driver Installation Windows 95/98 In stallat ion 1 Turn on your PC to s tart-up your Windows 95 / 98 Opera ting Syste m. Note : Refer to the troubleshooting section of this manual if y our MagicDVD 16X Multi- Purpose DVD-RO M drive is not automatically detected by W indows. Software Installation Power DVD Playback Soft ware Follow the ins tallat[...]

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    12 Note: If the inst allation program does not launch automatic ally , follow these steps: 1) Click on the “ St art ” button on the tas k bar and select “ Run ”. 2) Click on the “ Brow se ” button. 3) Browse to the letter dr ive of your CD-ROM. 4) On the root dir ectory, y ou will find a SETUP.EXE f ile. Double click on it. 5) Click on [...]

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    13 P P O O W W E E R R D D V V D D P P L L A A Y Y B B A A C C K K S S O O F F T T W W A A R R E E PowerDVD is a high-quality, pure-sof tware DVD (Digital Vers atile Disc) play er that brings high-quality movies and karaok e into your multim edia PC. Us ing PowerDVD, y ou can playback high r esolution DVD titles or MPEG-2 f iles with superb MPEG- 2[...]

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    14 ! Direct DVD chapter selection/br owsing. ! Resizable video window under full sc reen m ode f or better viewing experiences at 16:9 and 4:3. ! Support DVD Karaok e. ! Provide DVD Title, Video/Audio and har dware inform ation page. ! Video window fixed aspect ratio O ptional. ! Friendly graphical user interf ace. Full-Featured DVD Navigation Powe[...]

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    15 Copy Pr otection / Decry ption Most DVD titles, particularly Holly wood movie titles are enc rypted by region c ode number s to protect eac h region’s distribution of the title. In general, the whole world is divided into six regions and users are only allow ed to play back Holly wood titles of the region they are located in. PowerDVD im pleme[...]

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    16 For Windows 95 Since W indows 95 retail vers ion does not suppor t an em bedded DMA m ode as OSR2 or W indows 98 does, y ou have to install a third-par ty bus-master driver, suc h as one from T riones, to enable DMA m ode of your DVD-ROM under W indows 95 retail version, PowerDVD interface PowerDVD presents you with an User Interface ( UI) desig[...]

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    17 1. To play bac k MPEG files , first m ak e sur e that File Mode is cu rrently on. If CD Mode is the c urrent mode, jus t click on the button to toggle to MPEG F ile Mode. 2. Press the Menu button. The Play List will appear, which allows you to select MPEG files for playback. 3. After files ar e selected, pr ess the O K button, and a video window[...]

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    18 T T R R O O U U B B L L E E S S H H O O O O T T I I N N G G The following s ection des cribes com m on problem s you may encounter, along with som e suggestions for resolving them . Using the Online Help You will find most of the inform ation y ou need to use PowerDVD within its help m enu. Select Help Topics from the Help m enu to get started. [...]

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    19 If the Primary and S econdary IDE controllers are present but they have yellow exclamation marks, read t his: The protec ted-m ode driver for the har d disk controller was not properly initializ ed when y ou started W indows previous ly . W hen this occur s, a NOIDE entry is placed in the registry, preventing W indows from m ak ing future attem [...]

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    20 MagicDVD driv es cannot accept DIVX discs . DIVX discs are purchased, and w ith it, y ou get a 48-hour viewing period that k ick s in when you insert a Divx disc and pr ess "play ." If you want to w atch the m ovie after that, y ou have to call the ser vice and pay a fee via cr edit card, and the s ervice renews the lic ense to play th[...]

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    21 What's a h ybrid DVD? Any of the f ollowing: A disc that work s in both DVD-Video players and DVD-ROM PCs . (More accur ately called a m ultizone DVD, but probably the mos t com m on use of the term hybrid.) A DVD-ROM disc that runs on W indows and Mac O S com puters. (Mor e accur ately called a cros s-platf orm DVD.) A DVD-ROM or DVD-Video[...]

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    22 5. Loc ate the check box labeled AUTO INSERT NOT IFICATIO N and clic k on the check box to selec t it. 6. Click on OK to save the change. At this point, y ou m ay need to restart W indows 95 98 for the change to bec om e active. Besides the increased data storage, what else is special about DVD? The s pecial thing about DVD is that it was develo[...]

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    23 Manager. Please refer to the user m anual of your MPEG-2 hardware decom press ion card or c ontact your hardware manuf acturer f or f urther inf orm ation. Which Drive (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM) should I connect to my sound card’s analog cable co nnector? Connect the drive that y ou w ill use to play audio CDs to the sound car d. This cable is ONLY f[...]

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    24 C C O O N N T T A A C C T T I I N N G G I I / / O O M M A A G G I I C C If y ou experience problem s with this I/OMagic product and you can not find an answer in the previous Tr ouble Shooting sections , y ou can contact I/O Magic’s T echnic al Support Staff . Please have the following info rm ation ready when y ou call: ! The produc t you are[...]

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    25 R R E E G G I I S S T T E E R R Y Y O O U U R R I I / / O O M M A A G G I I C C P P R R O O D D U U C C T T Please tak e the tim e to send in your registration c ard. T he serial num ber of your MagicDVD Multi-Purpose DVD-ROM drive is located on the top of the dr ive itself. The series of num bers under the bar code is the s erial num ber. Alter[...]

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    2 DT-DVD16-002 VER 1.0[...]