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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 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 subject to change witho[...]

2 Contents External Drive ....................................................................................... 4 Introduction .............. ........... ................. ................. ........... ................. ............ ......... 4 System Requirements.......... ................. ............ ................ ................. .......[...]

3 Specifications ...................................................................................... 10 Troubleshooting .................................................................................. 12 Solving General Problems ................... ................. ................. ........... ................. .. 12 Changing the Dr ive Lett[...]

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 drive run s off your computer’s power supply , eliminating the need for an AC adap ter . After instal ling the ext ernal d rive and it s drivers, you ca n use it at any tim e by inser tin[...]

5 System Requirements 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 Car d slo t, whi ch mus t be in ful l complia nce with PC Car d specifica tions a nd supp[...]

6 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 . The Fou nd New Hardwar e Wizard scree n appe ars and th e opera ting sys tem a utom atically installs the d efault drivers. If yo u are run ning the Windows ® XP opera ting system , you may n ot see the Found N ew Hardwa re Wizard screen as instal lation r[...]

7 3C l i c k Next . The I nstal l Hardwa re De vice Dr ivers s cree n appe ars. 4 Sele ct “S earch for a su itable dr iver from my devic e (re com mend ed)” an d cl ick Next . If you are runn ing the Windows ® XP o perating system , select “Insta ll from a list or spe cific loca tion (Ad vanc ed)” a nd ente r C:cardbus , or click Browse a[...]

8 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 [...]

9 Reading Data DVDs Y ou can re ad data DVDs without i nstalling any s pecial software. 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 . Hot Swapp ing Y ou can co nnect an d disconn ect the extern al driv e w[...]

10 • After tran sport ing th e ex terna l dr ive, allow it to r each room te mper ature b efo re us ing i t. CAUTION: Change s in tempe rature dur ing trans port, pa rticular ly from a co ol to a wa rmer tempe ratu re, can ca use c ondens ation to f orm i n the d rive and m ay result in op eratin g prob lems. Allow ing th e driv e to r each room [...]

11 Connection to t he comput er PC Card cable or Ca rdbus c ard ca ble vi a PC Card sl ot (PCMC IA, T ype II ) V oltage DC + 5V± 5% Data Bu ffer 512 kB Access Time DVD: 130 ms (average) CD: 95 ms (avera ge) Maximum Speed CD-Mode : 24x CD speed (3 ,600 KB/s ) DVD-Mode: 8x DVD speed (10,816 KB/s) Media Form ats The external drive reads formats ac co[...]

12 T roubl eshooting 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 erify that you r system meets the hardware re quirement s. See “System Requireme nts” on page 5. • Che ck tha t the drive is tur [...]

13 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 , Settin gs , and then Control Panel . 2C l i c k Sy stem and select the Devic e Manag er ta b. 3 Cli ck eithe r DVD-RO M or Drive , t hen external drive[...]

14 Our kno wledgea ble sta ff is also avai lable to answer yo ur questi ons th rough on e of the foll owin g telephone numbers. US Monday thr ough Friday , 8:00 a. m. (08:00) to 8:00 p.m. (20: 00) Eastern tim e: 800-283 -6325 Canada Monday thr ough Friday , 9:00 a. m. (09:00) to 5:00 p.m. (17: 00) Eastern tim e: 888-827 -4877 Europe Product Registr[...]

15 FCC (Federal Communi cations Commission) Declar ation of Conform ity This equipment has been tested and found t o comply with th e limits of a Class B digital devi ce, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Ru les, and RS 210 R egulations (C anada). T hese limits are designed to provide re asonable pr otection agai nst harmful inter ference in a reside [...]