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Samsung SW248F manual

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  • Page 1

    1. Sa fety Pr eca utio ns Notat ional Installat ion While Operating Other 2. Introduction Front Rear 3. Setup I ns t a ll i ng t he CD-R/RW Dr i ve Connecting th e Cables Inst alling the CD Record Util ity Inst alling the Device Driver Setting Up the Device Driver 4. Using the Dri ve Us i ng t he CD-R/RW D r i v e S t oring and Cleaning Y our Discs[...]

  • Page 2

    War n i n g / C a u t i o n Warning : T his symbol indicates explanati ons about ext remely danger ous matters . If users ignore this s ymbol and handl e the devic e the wrong w ay, serious injury or d eath could result. Caution : This symbol indicates explanat ions about dang erous mat ters. If users ignore this s ymbol and handl e the devic e the[...]

  • Page 3

    Place the driv e on a level sur face. - Failure to do so may cause t he device to fall onto a hard surface, resultin g in damage or ma lfunction. Do not pla ce the driv e in direct su nlight. A void low- or high-te mperature environmen ts. A void high-h umidity env ironments . Safety Precautions Installation Safety Precautions Installation English [...]

  • Page 4

    Handle with cau tion to prev ent damage fr om external sh ock. Do not drop the drive, and pr otect it fromseve re shocks. - It can dama ge the dri ve or cause it to malfunct ion. Do not move the drive wh ile in ope ration and do not attemp t to open the disc tr ay byforce . Make sure to c lose all work ing programs be fore attemp ting to open th e [...]

  • Page 5

    Never allow food particles or fore ign substanc es to enter the drive casing. To protect aga inst the risk of fir e, do ot spill suc h liquids as alcohol an d benzene on th e drive. Do not disassemb le, attempt to repair or modi fy the device without expr ess approv al as directed in the manual. - To reduce th e risk of da mage, electr ic shock, an[...]

  • Page 6

    1. Connecto r for stere o headphone s with a 3.6 mm stereo mini -jack. 2. Headphone volume co ntrol. 3. Emergency ej ect hole. (i f the compart ment does not op en when you pr ess the Eject but ton, power off the computer , insert a pin or unfolded paper clip in the hole and pu sh firmly) 4. Indicator Light. (GREEN: Read RED: Record) 5. Eject butto[...]

  • Page 7

    1. Two-pin di gital audio output termin al for use with a sound or MPEG car d supporting digital audio features. 2. Four-p in sound out put termin al for use wi th a soun d card. (ref er to the so und card docu mentation for further d etails) 3. Master/slave s elect terminal. 4. 40pin host E-ID E interface con nector. 5. 4pin power te rminal. (A : [...]

  • Page 8

    To install your CD -R/RW Drive in t he PC, proceed as follows. Installing the CD-R/RW Drive Make sure th at the PC is po wered off and disconnected fr om any powe r source. If neces sary, atta ch a horizo ntal bracket to both sid es of the dri ve. Remove the c over from a free expansion slot a nd install the CD -R/RW drive, as show n in the illustr[...]

  • Page 9

    When using one E-IDE cabl e Connect the cable to the SL (Sl ave) of the Master/Slav e Select Termin al at the rear of the CD-R/RW drive. a : Slave Dri ve (Choos e the SL Ju mper) b : Hard Drive c : MainBoa rd When using two E-ID E cable If there is only one CD-R/RW dri ve, select MA (Master). a : Master Drive ( Choose the MA Jumper) b : Hard Drive [...]

  • Page 10

    Co nnect a jumper to the rear side of the CD-R/RW. If the jumper is connected to MA (Master), it will work in the Master mode. If the ju mper is connec ted to SL (Slav e), it wil l work in the Sl ave mode. If the jumper i s connected t o CS (CSEL), you can control t he device by us ing the host interface s ignal CSEL. (In gen eral, conn ection to M[...]

  • Page 11

    When Setup is succ essfully completed, click OK button or press th e Enter key. Reboot th e computer . Manual Setup Make the C:S AMSUNG directory. Copy the f iles from th e diskett e to the C:SAMSUNG directory. To do so, typ e COPY D:Ddriver * . * C:SAMSUNG after the C: prompt and press [ Enter ]. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file. Add the DEVICE=C:SA[...]

  • Page 12

    To play aud io or video CDs in your CD-R /RW drive, pr oceed as fol lows. Playing Audio CDs Run the CD play er supplied with Windows or your sound card . You can listen to the CD by con necting headp hones to the app ropriate c onnector. If you have i nstalled the a ppropriat e player, suc h as Microsoft Windows Media Play er, you can adj ust the v[...]

  • Page 13

    Before you i nstall the CD-R/RW drive, we str ongly reco mmend that you check that your setu p meets the system requirem ents listed below . Item Description Computer In tel Pentium II 400MHz(or h igher), 64 MB of RA M (or higher) with an 80pin IDE interfac e for Ultra DMA. Disk space 700 MB minimum Windows version Windows 98/2 000/ME/XP/NT 4.0 (or[...]

  • Page 14

    If you have any problems reco rding via your CD -R/RW drive, follow the appropria te instructions b elow for the source th at you are u sing. Hard Drive Check whet her the sourc e file is corr upted. Optimize th e hard disk by us ing the Window s defragmente r feature: START / PROGRAMS / ACCESSORIES / SYSTEM TOOLS / DISC DEFRAGMENTER Decompre ss th[...]

  • Page 15

    Every CD-R or CD-RW drive re cords data b y applying re cording la ser onto a CD. If the CD is damaged or rec ording dat a is not possi ble, you ne ed to remove th e followin g causes of t he error before using the CD. Caution with errors It is reco mmended to s et a CD-R or CD- RW drive as follows. Do not work on a multi -tasking env ironment and [...]

  • Page 16

    General DMA Ins tallation Guide Windows 98/Me Important! Please read the entire DMA installa tion guide befor e installing your CD- R/RW drive. About DMA Installation For stable w riting perfor mance at high s peeds, Insta llation of DMA tra nsfer mode f or E-IDE/ATAPI interfac e is strongly r ecommended. We recommend DMA mode for fast writi ng. DM[...]

  • Page 17

    Problem Meaning / Solution The CD-R/RW drive i s not detected b y the comp uter. After inst alling the CD-R /RW drive, the PC gets slower. Check th at the po wer, audi o and ID E cables are corr ectly con nected to the computer. Change the IDE cable and re connect it to the comput er. Preferably, conn ect a second IDE cable to the CD -R/RW drive in[...]

  • Page 18

    SAMSUNG continually striv es to impro ve its produc ts. Both the desi gn specific ations and the se user instruc tions are thus subje ct to change without noti ce. "Design and spe cificatio ns are subject to change witho ut prior notic e." Technical Speci fications ITEM SW-248F CD-RW DISC Disc types supporte d in read mode CD-DA(Audio), C[...]