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SmartDisk VST FireWireTM Portable CD-R/W Drive manual

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    User’ s Guide SmartDisk VST Fir eWir e ™ Portable CD-R/W Drive Simplifying the Digital Lifestyle ™ Macintosh & Windows Compliant[...]

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    © 2001 SmartDisk Corporation All other T rademarks are property of their respective holders. What’ s Inside The Box: SmartDisk VST FireWir e Portable CD-R/W Drive Installation Software CD FireWir e Cable (2’/0.7M) QuickStart Guide Optional Accessories A vailable at www .smartdisk.com • AC Adapter ACFWS • CardBus Car d FWCBC • FireWir e P[...]

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    SmartDisk VST CD-R/W User’ s Guide Contents Congratulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Important Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 QuickStart Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installi[...]

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    Congratulations! 4 Y ou are the new owner of a SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD–R/W Drive! Designed for versatility and portability , your SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD–R/W Drive will give you outstanding performance for years to come. The super–thin design of the SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD–R/W Drive makes it ideal for portab[...]

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    Getting Started 5 Important Notes Using CD-R/W media with your new CD-R/W : High-speed CD-RW media is needed to use 8x speed with your CD-RW drive. Normal CD-RW media will only allow you to burn at a maximum of 4x speed. JustLink Buf fer Under r un Pr evention: The SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W includes JustLink Buffer Underrun Prevention [...]

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    6 Connecting your SmartDisk VST FireWir e Portable CD-R/W Drive 1. T urn off your computer and all other devices. 2. Connect one end of the FireWire cable to the SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive, and c onnect the opposite end to a FireWire port on your computer or CardBus Card. 3. If using your SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Dri[...]

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    7 Installing your SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive Important Installation Instructions for Windows 98SE users only: It is critical that you determine if your Windows 98SE system includes the 1394 FireWire storage supplement files. Connect your SmartDisk VST FireWire PortableCD-R /W a s d escribed on page 6. If Windows recognizes the Sma[...]

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    Installing your CD Recording Softwar e 8 Instructions for Windows Users Installing the Roxio Easy CD Creator CD Recording Software included with your SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive: 1. Insert the SmartDisk Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double click on the Easy CD Cr eator Installer and follow the on-screen instructions. R[...]

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    9 Preparing to write a CD The SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive can: • Read, write, and rewrite CD-R/RW disks • Read and write information on CD-R disks Recordable disks (CD-R) are compatible with the vast majority of CD-ROM drives and CD audio players and will work in most DVD-ROM drives. CD-R/RW disks are only read compatible with [...]

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    Methods for writing CD’ s 10 There are two methods for writing CDs – Mastering and Packet Writing. Mastering Mastering is a process for writing audio and data CDs. During the mastering process, the data is written to the CD according to various industry standards. This allows, for example, audio CDs to be read by any CD player . Special program[...]

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    11 Operating your SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive Power Sources The drive does not have an ON/OFF switch. The drive is ready for operation when it is connected to the computer via the FireWire cable. If you are connecting the SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive to a CardBus Card, you must also connect it to an AC Adapter (Mode[...]

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    Precautions 12 • Never clean the SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive with com- mercially available CD-ROM cleaning sets. Cleaning is not necessary and use of Q-tips or cleaning kits could damage the drive. • The SmartDisk VST FireWire Portable CD-R/W Drive can be operated in either an upright or horizontal position. Do not move the dri[...]

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    T echnical Support 13 For additional information about SmartDisk products, please visit our Home Page: www .smartdisk.com If you need to speak with technical support, the e-mail and phone numbers are provided below . Before calling SmartDisk for technical support, turn on your computer and call from a phone near the computer . Please have the follo[...]

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    Electronic Compliance 14 Federal Communications Commission V erified to comply with FCC Rules for Radiated and Conducted Emission, Part 15, Subpart B, for Class B Equipment. EC-EMC Declaration of Conformity We SmartDisk Corporation 3506 Mercantile Avenue Naples, Florida 34104 declare under sole responsibility that the SmartDisk VST FireWire Portabl[...]

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    Limited W arranty 15 SmartDisk Corporation warrants its products to be free of defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of 1 year from the date of purchase or 18 months from the date of manufacture, whichever occurs first. SmartDisk's sole obligation with respect to claims of non-confor- mance made within t[...]

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    T itle T ext 32-01072-01-01 Simplifying The Digital Lifestyle ™ SmartDisk Corporation 3506 Mercantile A venue • Naples, Florida 34104 USA • 941/436-2500 • Fax: 941/436-2553 E-mail: info@smartdisk.com • Corporate W ebsite: www .smartdisk.com © COPYRIGHT 2001 SMARTDISK CORPORA TION. ALL COMP ANY AND PRODUCT NAMES ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR [...]