Freecom Technologies II manual

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FREECOM Portable II Series 2 GB FREECOM Portable II Port options for the FREECOM drive Cable II Parallel Cable II USB or Cable II PCMCIA (type II) (printer port) Cable II IEEE 1394 Cable II CardBus (type II) Cable II Change Adapter (only Cable II IEEE 1394 and Cable II Parallel) Cable II PCMCIA Cable II CardBus Cable II USB (USB port) Cable II IEEE[...]

3 GB Table of Contents U SERS MANUAL System Requirements ......................................................................... Page 5 Precautionary Measures and General Notes ..................................... Page 9 C HAPTER 1: Initial operation .................................................................................. Page 10 C HAP[...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 4 GB Dear user! Welcome to the FREECOM Portable II installation. Before you install the device, we would like to ask you to carefully read the following items and take them into consideration, if applicable, when making changes to your system. With the purchase of this device you have aquired a drive that can be connected[...]

5 GB System Requirements The following hard- and software requirements must be fulfilled to ensure trouble-free operation. Hardware Requirements To use the FREECOM drive, you will need:  FREECOM Cable II Parallel, PCMCIA, CardBus, USB or IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - depending on the port (Cables not included unless otherwise indicated on the packaging[...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 6 GB - for the Portable II CD-RW: a computer system with the following equipment PC :  Pentium Processor I or higher  at least 16 MB RAM  at least 40 MB of free hard disk space  at least one disk drive and a hard disk (Recommended: Pentium Processor II, 32 MB RAM, 800 MB free hard disk space) Mac:  iMac, iB[...]

7 GB Software Requirements The FREECOM Portable II / Portable II Premium has is to be used with the following operating systems: - for the Portable II CD:  DOS, Windows 3.x  Windows 95/98/ME  Windows NT 4.0  Windows 2000 - for the Portable II DVD:  Windows 95/98/ME  Windows NT 4.0 (DVD version: data mode only, no DVD Video playbac[...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 8 GB Media Formats - for the FREECOM Portable II CD / Portable II DVD: The FREECOM Portable II reads formats according to the model CDs and/or DVDs, which were written with the following standards:  MS-DOS data CDs (High Sierra, Mode 1 & Mode 2 complying with ISO 9660)  Data  CDs (Joliet)  CD ROM XA  Mi[...]

9 GB Precautionary Measures and General Notes  After transport, particularly at low outside temperatures, condensation can form which can lead to malfunctioning. For that reason, you should not begin operation until the drive and CDs have reached room temperature.  FREECOM systems must be connected to or disconnected from a computer only when[...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 10 GB 1 C HAPTER 1: Initial Operation - Brief Description 1. Turn off your computer and all equipment attached to it. 2. Connect the power cable supplied to the designated power connector on the FREECOM drive. Do no t yet plug the power supply into the power outlet. 3. Connect the drive plug of the FREECOM Cable II to the[...]

11 GB 1 1.1 Assigning the Drive Letter under Windows 95/98 After successfully installing the FREECOM drive, a new drive letter is auto- matically assigned (the first available letter after the internal hard drives). This can shift the drive letter of an internal CD-ROM drive (for example, 'D' to 'E'). If this leads to problems, [...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 12 GB 2 ONLY PORTABLE II CD-RW / COMBO CD-RW / DVD C HAPTER 2: Installing the Writing Software After installing the Cable software, your FREECOM Portable CD-RW / Combo CD- RW / DVD is now able to read CD-ROMs. To record a blank CD, you must first install the writing software (for the mastering or the packet writing proced[...]

13 GB 3 3.1 Preparing to write a CD Before creating a CD: 1. By clicking " Start " - " Programs " - " Accessories " - " System Tools" -" Scandisk " check your hard disk with the Scandisk program . 2. By clicking " Start " - " Programs " - " Accessories " - " System[...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 14 GB 3 3.2.2 The Packet Writing procedure can be used to create CDs without starting a special mastering program beforehand. The Packet Writing procedure allows you to use blanks in combination with the Universal Disc Format (UDF) as an additional hard disk or floppy disk. Standard software for packet writing, e.g. Di[...]

15 GB 3 3.4 Making Data or Audio CDs The easiest way to make an audio or data CD is using the "CD Guide". The "CD Guide" appears when you first start "Easy CD Creator" and guides you step-by- step to make a simple data or audio CD. Note: Detailed information on working with Easy CD Creator is to be found in the enclose[...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 16 GB 4 C HAPTER 4: Troubleshooting General problems (depending on the type of connection) If you still have problems getting your FREECOM drive to function properly despite having installed it correctly, then please check whether  the FREECOM Cable II is properly connected to your FREECOM drive  the drive is being [...]

17 GB 4 In addition, for the parallel port  Use a slower transmission mode (EPP)  If possible, switch the parallel port to another mode or to another address. If the printer is not working correctly, please check if  the printer has been properly connected  the FREECOM System was switched on  the printer software is set to unidirecti[...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 18 GB 4 FREECOM Internet Service FREECOM Technologies makes the following service available in the Internet under www.freecom.com  Online information about technical problems  current product information  Drivers, driver updates and software information Support Hotline The following hotlines are available if you [...]

19 GB 5 C HAPTER 5: Glossary - List of key words Audio CD See CD-DA Bridge Disk CDs which can be read by CD-ROM/XA drives and CD-I players, for example a Kodak Photo CD. Blue Book Specification for CD-Extra (formerly CD-Plus) Buffer underrun When the write memory of the drive is empty, the writing procedure will be terminated The flow of data from [...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 20 GB 5 Defragmenting A hard disk can be defragmented using the DOS command 'defrag' or a similar tool from other operating systems. Due to the fact that files are constantly deleted and new ones written to the hard disk, files are no longer grouped together in physically contiguous blocks but instead are scatte[...]

21 GB 5 Green Book Specification for CD-I. High Sierra/High Sierra Format The Hotel in Nevada, USA where in 1985 the foundation was laid for determining the file systems for CDs. The efforts of the group which came to be known as the "High Sierra Group" led to the standard ISO 9660, the most common file system for CDs. A CD that conforms [...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 22 GB 5 Mixed Mode CDs A CD which contains both computer data and audio data is known as a Mixed Mode CD. The computer data is stored on the first track. All the other tracks contain audio data. Modern CD players do not reproduce the first track. Older models, however, will try to "play back" the computer data w[...]

23 GB 5 Physical Image Before writing a CD, an identical 1:1 copy of the new CD is created on the hard disk. The file will be the size of the record (i.e. up to 650 MB). Creating a physical image requires a certain amount of processing which is not necessary for writing. For the writing procedure, only the file to be written is transferred. The CPU[...]

FREECOM Portable II Series 24 GB 5 TOC Table of Contents, Directory of the CD. The table of contents documents not only the number of tracks but also their starting position and the total length of the data area of the disc. Track a track is a section of the CD. Every audio title has its own track. In contrast, all the data of a data CD is containe[...]