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Toshiba SD-R1512 manual

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    TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMA TION SYSTEMS STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION IRVINE, CALIFORNIA SD-R1512 CD-R W/D VD-R OM COMBO DRIVE USER MANU AL[...]

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    CONTENTS Introductio n .............................................................................. 1 Setup ........................................................................................ 3 Using the Com bo Drive ........................................................... 6 T roub leshoo ting .............................................[...]

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    1 INTR ODUCTION – SD-R1512 General Features Reads and record s digital data on CD-R/-RW discs 3-way Disc Eject (ej ect button, software, emergency eject hole ) Average Random Access Time CD 100ms DVD-ROM 120ms DVD-RAM 180ms Horizontal or Vertical Mount 2MByte Buffer Playback interchangeability for CD-RO M and DVD-ROM discs Regionalization (RPC2 c[...]

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    Front Panel Figure 1.SD-R1512 DVD Write able Drive Front Panel Loading Tray Load disc using tray. Busy Light LED The LED lights green or amber whe n the drive is operating (LED is amber whe n drive is writing.) Eject Button The Eject button is used to open the disc tra y so you can install or remove a disc. Emergency Eject Hole The emergency eject [...]

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    3 SETUP – SD-R1512 The following steps must be performe d to properly install your drive: • Set Drive J umper Settings • Connect A udio Cab le • Attach IDE BUS Cable • Attach P ow er Cable • Mount Drive Jumper Settings The mode select jumpers are 6 straight angle pi n s located on the rear of the Combo drive. By placing a jumper on the [...]

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    4 Placing Combo Drive inside your Computer Now that you have set the jumpers, you are read y to install your Combo drive inside your computer. Important Note: Disconnect power fr om your co mputer system before b eginning installation. Remove computer co ver and faceplate if required. Re fer to your co mputer systems manual for removal information.[...]

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    5 Audio Cable (optional) - If you have a sound card and speakers, and would like t o play audio CDs on your computer, you will need to install a CD/DVD audio ca ble. Toshiba's Combo drives use a sta ndard 4-pin audio cable that can be purchased from mo st local computer suppliers. The sound cabl e connects to your sound card at one end and the[...]

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    6 USING THE D VD Combo Drive – SD-R1512 Drive Operation Inserting a Disc - Horizontally To insert a disc into a drive that is moun ted horizont ally, perform the following steps: Figure 1.Inserting Disc 1. Open the drive's L oading tra y b y pressing the Eject Button. 2. Place disc or into driv e's Loading tra y 3. Press Eject b utton a[...]

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    7 Figure 2.Inserting Disc Vertically Removing a Disc To remove a disc from the Combo drive, perform the following steps: 1. Open the Loading T r a y by pressing the Eject Button. 2. Slide disc holders a wa y from disc. 3. Grasp disc by edges , and lift out of loading tra y . 4. Press Eject Button again to close Loading T ray . Software When you pur[...]

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    8 Emergency Ejection CAUTION: The following procedure is intended on ly as a last resort when pressing the eject button fails to open the Loading Tray 1. T ur n computer powe r OFF by properly shutting down system. 2. Inser t a solid bar (i.e. large paper clip) into Emergency Eject hol e and push in until loading t ra y opens. Pull tray out. Figure[...]

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    9 TR OUBLESHOO TING – SD-R1512 Problem Solution Disc tra y cannot be opened • Check that there is pow er to drive. • Use Emergency Eject instructi ons to open tray . Drive is not recognized by system • Is the drive connected proper ly? Are all cables plugged in proper ly (e.g. P ower Cable , Interface Cab le and Audio Cables). • Are the d[...]

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    10 SPECIFICA TIONS –SD-R1512 General Interface: ATAPI Applicable Formats - Write: Formats for Writing Disc at once, Track at once , session at once, Packet Write, increm ental write, restri cted overwrite Applicable Wr ite Disc – CD-D A, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, MIXED MODE CD-R/-R W CD , CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD , Video-CD), Mult[...]

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    11 Performance Rotational Speed DVD-ROM (single layer) DVD-ROM (dual layer) DVD-R (Ver. 2.0) DVD-R (Ver. 1.0) DVD-RW (Ver 1.1) DVD-RAM (Ver. 2.1) DVD-video (CSS-Disc) CD-ROM, CD-R CD-RW CD-DA Transfer CD-DA, Video-CD CD-R (Write) High Speed CD-RW (Write) CD-RW (Write) 7,580rpm (5.0 - 12X CAV) 5,053rpm (3.3 - 8X CAV) 2,780rpm (2 - 4.8X CAV) 3,200rpm[...]

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    12 Reliability MTBF 100,000 hours P ower ON Hours 5,436 hours/y ear ON/OFF Cycles 313 cycles/ye ar Number of Access 600,000 accesses/y ear Operating Duty Cycle 20% of P ower ON time (Reading/Seeki ng) 2% of P ower ON time (Writing/Seeking) MTTR 0.5 hours Environmental Ambient T emperature Operating 5° to 50° C (41° to 122° F) Storage -10° to 6[...]

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    13 Connectors DC input 4-pin P ower Suppl y Connector A T API Interf ace Connector 40 Pin I/F A T API Standard A udio Connectors 4-pin and 2-pin connector (use matching housing, P ar t No . 70066, made b y Mole x Cor p , or equiv alent) Regulatory The SD-R1512 Combo drive has b een certified by the following regulatory agen cies: • UL 1950 • CS[...]

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    14 DRIVE CONNECT ORS –SD-R1512 Figure 1.SD-R1512 Combo Drive Rear Panel - Connectors Power Connector Power is supplied to your DVD d rive by the connection with your computer's +5V/+12V power cable to the power socket at the back of dri ve. One side of the plug has chamfered edges, so the power conne ctor fits only one way CAUTION: Severe da[...]

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    15 Table 1.Interface Pin Assignments INTERFACE PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN NO . I/O SIGNAL NAME HOST SIGNAL NAME PIN NO . I/O SIGNAL NAME HOST SIGNAL NAME 1 I Reset Host Reset 21 O HDRQ DMA Request 2 - GND 22 - GND 3 I/O HD7 Host Data Bus BIT 7 23 I HWR-,ST OP Host I/O Write 4 I/O HD8 Host Data Bus BIT 8 24 - GND 5 I/O HD6 Host Data Bus BIT 6 25 I HRD-, HDM[...]