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Targus 400-0084-001A manual

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    B R USSELS H ANNO VER B ARCELONA T OKY O M ILANO A MSTERDAM S INGAPORE L ONDON P ARIS N EW Y ORK L OS A NGELES T OR ONTO H ONG K ONG S YDNEY External Drive for Combo DVD/CD-RW-ROM and DVD-ROM USER’S GU IDE Making Y ou r Mobile Life Easier . Making Y our Mobile Li fe Easier . V isit our W eb site at: www .targus.com Features and specifications are[...]

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    2 Contents External Drive ................ ........... ................. ................. ........... ................. ................. .... 4 Introduc tion ...... ...... ......... ......... ..... ......... ......... ...... ......... ........ ...... ......... ......... ...... ........ ......... .... . . ...... ...... 4 S ystem R equireme nts ...[...]

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    3 Specifications ....................... ................. ................. ........... ................. ................. ....... 14 Troubleshoo ting ............. ................. ................. ........... ................. ................. ........... .. 16 Solv ing Ge nera l P rob lem s .... ........ ......... ...... ......... .........[...]

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    4 External Drive Introduc tio n Thank you f or pur chasin g a T a rgus Notewo rthy Externa l Drive . Lig ht we ight a nd u ltra-port able, t he external DVD-ROM and Combo DVD/CD-R W -ROM drives run off your compu ter ’ s power supply , elimin ating the n eed for an AC a dapter . After instal ling a ext ernal d rive, you can use it at any time b y[...]

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    5 S ystem Requir ements T o use the externa l drive, your co mputer m ust meet the following hardware re quireme nts and run one of the opera ting system s listed in the tabl e below . NOTES : The exte rnal d rive receiv es its power fro m your computer ’ s PC Card slo t, whi ch mus t be in ful l complia nce with PC Car d specifi cations a nd sup[...]

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    6 Connecting the Exte rnal Drive to Y our Computer 1 T urn off your co mputer a nd any de vices conn ected t o it. 2 Atta ch the conn ecto r end of th e PC Ca rd cab le to th e externa l driv e’s PC C ard ca ble por t. PC Card cable 3 Plug the PC Ca rd end of the cable into an y T ype II PC Ca rd slot on your c ompute r . 4 Connect the supp lied [...]

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    7 Installi ng th e Driver Softw are After conne cting the ex ternal dri ve to your com puter, you can now install the driver softwa re for your operating system. NOT ES: Ins tallin g the extern al dri ve may chang e int e rnal dr ive let ter as signmen ts. T o ke ep the origi nal drive lett er assi gnme nts, yo u can chang e the l etter for the co [...]

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    8 5 Se lect “CD-R OM dri ve” and cl ick Next . 6C l i c k Next to confirm sel ect ion o f the d rive r . The re ady to instal l scr een ap pears. 7C l i c k Next . The dr iver loads fr om the CD-R OM. 8C l i c k Finish to co mp lete the dri ve r inst alla tion . Y ou are now read y to begin usi ng your ex ternal drive . Windows ® Me Operating [...]

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    9 Upgra ding t o the Enhan ced Per forma nce Dri ver Upgrading to the enhan ced driver from the supplied C D enables you to view DVD movie s and increases DVD performance. T o do th is: 1 From your de sktop, right-c lick the My Com pute r ico n and cl ick Prop erties . 2 Se lect the Hardwar e tab and click Dev ice Mana ger . 3L o c a t e IDE A TA/A[...]

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    10 4C l i c k OK to accept the agree ment a nd cont inue setup , or Canc el t o exit s etup. If you choose to continu e setup, the Ch oose Destinat ion Loca tion screen ap pears. Choose Dest ination Loc ation s creen 5C l i c k Next to ke ep “C:P rogram F ilesT ARGUSCable I I PCMCIA” a s the d estinat ion fo lder . T o co py the file s into [...]

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    11 4 Clos e the med ia tr ay by gentl y pus hin g it un til it “cli cks ” into pla ce. Externa l drive Removing a Disc Using Emergency Eject If you need to re move a disc when there is no po wer to your compute r , you can open th e tray man ually . T o do this , gently inser t a sl im, stra ight obj ect, s uch as a bent-o pen pap er clip, into[...]

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    12 Pla yin g DVD Movi es T o play back movies, you must have a DVD-ROM d ecoder installed in your computer or have a DVD player a pplicat ion set up und er the W indows ® op erat ing sy stem . NOTE : The Wind ows NT ® oper atin g syst em does not s uppo rt DVD mo vie pl aybac k. Hot Swapp ing Y ou can co nnect an d disconn ect the extern al driv [...]

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    13 Things to Remember Operati ng Hints • Use the em ergency eje ct mech anism only if the external drive i s not conn ected to your comput er or if the co mputer’ s battery is flat and th ere is no po wer avail able fo r the ejec t button. Excess ive use of the eme rgency ejec t mechan ism ma y damage it and cau se the mec hanis m to stop worki[...]

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    14 Specific ations NOTE: Spec ificat ions are for all m odels unle ss indicat ed other wise . Model s NW930 NWDVD03 Dimensions Length: 6.81 inches (1 7.3 cm) W idth: 5.35 inches (1 3.6 cm) Heig ht: 0.78 inches (2 cm) We i g h t 0.9 pounds (45 0 g) Connection to t he comput er PC Card cable via PC Ca rd slot (PCMCIA, T ype II) V oltage DC + 5V± 5% [...]

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    15 S torage Capac ity Data Bu ffer NW930 DVD: 512 kB CD-R W: 128 kB NWDVD03 512 k B Access Time NW930 DVD: 180 ms (average) CD-R W: 220 ms (rando m) NWDVD03 DVD: 130 ms (average) CD: 95 ms (a ver age) Maximum Speed NW930 CD- Mode: 24x CD speed (3 ,600 KB/s) 8x CD-R wri te speed 4x CD-R W overw rite sp eed DVD-Mode: 8x DVD speed (8,1 12 KB/s) NWDVD0[...]

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    16 Disc Write Modes (Model NW930 Only) DAO, SAO, T AO V ariable and Fixe d Pac ket Writing T r oubleshooting T o view Frequently Asked Questions and download Driver updates, visit our W eb site at: http://www .targus.com/support Solving General Problems If the external dr ive is not functioning: • V eri fy that you r system meet s the hardware re[...]

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    17 Changing the Drive Letter Assignment The foll owing steps de scribe how to change the drive let ter for the ex ternal dr ive under t he W indo ws ® 95/98/Me operating syst em. 1C l i c k Start , Setting s , and then Control Panel . 2C l i c k System and select the Devi ce Ma nager ta b. 3 Cli ck eithe r DVD-RO M or Drive , t hen external drive [...]

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    18 • The name and ve rsion numb er of your op erating syste m and of the softwa re that has the prob lem. • A detailed description of the problem includ ing exact error messa ges and when th ese erro rs occur . • What you do to repl icate t he prob lem. • If this is a new pr oblem, whet her you have re centl y change d yo ur system conf igu[...]

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    19 Product Registration For more efficient customer servi ce and to activate t he product’ s warranty , T a rgus recommends that you register your T argus accessory short ly after purchasing it. T o register your T argus ac cessory , go to: http://www .t argus.com/registration.asp Y ou will need to provide your full name, ema il address, phone nu[...]