Targus NOTEWORTHY 400-0084-001A manual

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    B RUSSELS H ANNO VER B ARCELONA T OKY O M ILANO A MSTERD AM 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 GUID E Making Y our Mobile Life Easier . Making Y our Mobile Life Easie r. V isit our W eb site at: www . targus .com Features and specifications are[...]

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    2 Contents External Drive .......... ................. ................. ................. ........... ............ ................. ......... 4 Intro duction ...... ......... ......... ...... ..... ......... ...... ...... ......... ........ ...... ...... ......... ......... ...... ..... ......... .... . . ......... ... 4 S yste m Requir ements ..[...]

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    3 Specifications ........... ............ ................. ................. ........... ........... ................. ............. 14 Troubl eshoo ti ng ............. ................. ........... ............ ................ ................. ................. .. 16 So lvi ng Ge ne ra l Pro b lem s .... ........ ......... ......... ...... ....[...]

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    4 External Driv e Introd uct io n Than k you f or purcha sin g a T argus Not eworth y Externa l D rive . L ight wei ght a nd ult ra-port ab le, t he external DVD-ROM and Combo DVD/CD-R W - ROM drives run o f f your computer ’ s power supply , eli minatin g th e n eed for an AC a dapt er . A ft er i n st alli ng a e x ter nal dri ve, yo u c an use[...]

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    5 S ystem Requir em ents T o use the ext erna l drive, yo ur comp uter m ust meet the follow ing hardwa re requi rement s and run one of the op erat ing system s listed in the table be low . NOTE S: Th e ex ternal dri ve rece ives its power from yo ur comp uter’ s PC Card slo t, wh ich mus t be in f u l l com plianc e with PC Car d spec ificati o[...]

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    6 Connecting the E x ternal Dri ve to Y our Compu ter 1 T u rn off your co mput er and an y devic es connec ted to it . 2 Att ach t he connec to r end of th e P C Card c ab le to th e e xterna l driv e’ s PC C ard ca bl e por t. PC Card cable 3 Plug th e PC Card e nd of the cable into an y T ype II PC Ca rd slot on your com pute r . 4 Conne ct th[...]

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    7 Insta lli ng th e Drive r S oftware After c onnec ting the ex terna l drive to your com pute r , you can now install the driv er softwa re for your opera ting syst em. NOT ES : Ins tal lin g the exte rn al dri ve m ay ch ang e i nte rna l dr ive let ter as signmen ts. T o ke ep the or igi nal dr ive lett er a ssignme nts, you ca n ch ange t he l [...]

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    8 5 Se lect “C D-RO M d riv e” an d cl ick Next . 6C l i c k Next to con f irm sel ec tion o f the dri ve r . The re ad y to inst all s cr een ap pea rs. 7C l i c k Next . The dr iver load s from the C D-R OM. 8C l i c k Fini sh t o co mp le te the d ri ve r inst al la tion . Y ou are now re ady to be gin usi ng your ex terna l drive . Windows [...]

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    9 Upg rading to the En ha nced Perfor mance Driver Upgradi ng to the enhance d drive r from th e supp lied CD enabl es you to vie w DVD movie s and increases DVD p erformance. T o do thi s: 1 From yo ur deskto p, righ t-click the My C om pu ter ico n an d clic k Prop erties . 2 Se lect the Hardw a re tab a nd clic k Dev ice Mana ger . 3L o c a t e [...]

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    10 4C l i c k OK to ac cept the ag ree men t and co nt inue set up, or Canc el t o ex it s etu p . If you cho ose to co ntinu e setup, th e Choose Destinat ion Loc ation scr een ap pears. Choos e Dest inat ion Loc ation scr een 5C l i c k Next to keep “C:Pr ogra m Files T ARGUSC able II PC MCIA” as t he dest ination fo lder . T o copy t he f[...]

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    11 4 Cl ose the me di a tr ay by gen tl y p ush ing it u n til it “c lick s ” in to pla ce. Exte rnal drive Removing a Disc Using Em ergency Eject If you nee d to rem ove a disc when the re is no pow er to your compute r , you ca n open th e tray m anua lly . T o do this, gently i nsert a slim, stra ight obj ect, s uch as a ben t-o pen pap er c[...]

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    12 Pl ayi n g DVD M ovi es T o p lay back movies, you must h ave a DVD-ROM decod er instal led in your comp uter or have a DVD play er appl icat ion set up under t he W i ndow s ® op erat ing sys tem . NOTE : Th e Wi ndows NT ® op era ting sy stem do es no t su pport DVD movi e pla yback. Hot Swapp ing Y o u can co nnect an d disconn ec t the ext[...]

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    13 Things t o Remembe r Operat ing Hin ts • Use the emergenc y eje ct me chan ism only if t he ext ernal drive i s not c onnec ted to your co mput er or if th e comp uter ’ s batt ery is fla t an d ther e is no power avai lab le for the ejec t butt on. Exce ssive us e of the e mergenc y ejec t mecha ni sm ma y dama ge it and caus e the m echa n[...]

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    14 Speci ficati ons NOT E: Speci ficat ions are for all mode ls unle ss indica ted other w ise. Model s NW930 NWDVD03 Dimensions Leng th: 6.81 inc hes (1 7.3 cm) W idth : 5.35 inc hes (1 3.6 cm) Hei ght : 0.7 8 in che s (2 cm) We i g h t 0.9 pou nds (450 g) Connection to th e comput er PC Card cable via PC Card slo t (PCMCIA, T ype II) V ol tage DC[...]

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    15 S torage Capaci ty Data B uffer NW 930 DVD: 512 kB CD- R W: 128 k B NWDVD03 512 kB Access Time NW 930 DVD: 180 ms (a verage) CD- R W: 220 m s (rando m) NWDVD03 DVD: 130 ms (average) CD : 95 m s (a ver ag e) Maximum Spee d NW 930 CD-M ode: 24x CD spe ed (3,6 00 KB/s) 8x CD -R write speed 4x CD- R W ove r wr it e sp eed DVD-Mode: 8x DVD speed (8,1[...]

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    16 Disc Write Modes (Mode l NW93 0 Only) DAO, SAO, T AO V ari ab le an d Fixe d Pac ke t W r iting T r oubleshoot ing T o view Fr eque ntly Asked Questions and downloa d Driver updates, visit our W eb site at: http://www .tar gus.com/suppor t Solving General Pro blems If the externa l drive is not functi oning: • V erify that your syste m meet s [...]

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    17 Changing the Drive Letter Assi gnment The fo llowi ng steps de scribe how to cha nge the drive l etter for th e ex ternal drive und er the Windows ® 95/98 /Me ope rating syst em. 1C l i c k Start , Settin gs , an d then Cont rol P anel . 2C l i c k System and select the D evic e Ma nag er ta b. 3 C lick eithe r DVD- ROM or Dri ve , then ext ern[...]

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    18 • The nam e and versi on numb er of your op era ting syste m and of the software that has the prob lem. • A detail ed desc ription of the probl em i nclud ing exa ct err or message s and whe n these errors occ ur . • What you do to re plic ate t he p roble m. • If th is is a new probl em, wh ether y ou have rec entl y cha nged yo ur sy s[...]

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    19 Pr oduct Reg istra tion For mo re ef ficient customer service and to activate t he product’ s warranty , T argus recommends that you regis ter your T argus accessor y shortly after purchasing it . T o regis ter your T argus ac cessory , go to: h ttp://www .targus.com/registration.asp Y ou will nee d to provide your full name , email addres s, [...]