Commodore Amiga 570 User Manual

AMIGA

~

User's

Guide

570

CD-ROM Drive

WARNING

Installation

information

in

this

document

is

for

reference

only.

All

installation of

internal

optional

devices

or

equipment,

including

third-party

optional

devices

or

equipment,

should

be

performed

by

an

authorized

Commodore

dealer/service

center.

Also,

all

servicing

or

upgrading

of

original

or

optional

devices

or

equipment,

including

third-party

optional

devices

or

equipment,

should

be

performed

by

an

authorized

Commodore

dealer/service

center.

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INSTALLATION

OR

SERVICING

MAY

VOID

YOUR

WARRANTIES.

This

manual

provides a general

description

of

various

product

configurations

andfeatures

current

ly

planned

for

inclusion

in

Commodore

's

product

line.

The

configurations

and

features

described

may

not

be

available

or

othelwise

apply

to

your

particular

system. Please

consult

your

Commodore

dealer

with

any

questions.

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re Electronics

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om

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document, Commodore

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or rep

resentations. either

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lie

d,

with

respect

to

the

products

d

escribed.

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herein

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to

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notice. The ent

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risk

as

to

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use

of

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ormation

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by

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iga, Inc

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NOTIC

E: This

dev

ice

complies

with Part

15

of

the FCC Rules

and

Standard

Cl08.8-MI983

of

the

Canadian Standards

Asso

ciation

Regulat

ions. Operation

is

subject

to

the

two

conditions

:

(1

) This

device

may

not

cause harmf

ul interference, and

(2)

th

is

device must

accept

any

interference

received including interference

that

may cau

se

undesired

operation

. If

you

suspect

this

de

vice

is

causing interference, you can

test this

device

by

turning

it

off

and on.

If

this device does

cause int

erference, the

user

is

encouraged

to

correct

the interference

by

one

of

the

following

means

:

• R

eorient

the

receiving

antenna

or

AC

plug

.

•

Change

the relative positions

of

the

computer with

respect

to

the

receiver.

•

Plug

the

computer

into

a d

ifferent

outiet

so

the

computer

and

receiver

are

on different bran

ch circuits.

CAUTION: Only

peripherals with

shiel

ded-ground

cables

(com

puter

input-output devices. terminals, printer

s.

etc

.)

certified

to

comply

with

Class B limits can be

attached

to

this device.

Operation

with

non-certi

fied

peripherals may result in commun

ica

tion

s

interference.

Changes

or

modifications

to this

device not expressly approved

by

the

party

responsible

for complia

nce could

void

the

user's

authority

to

operate

this

equipment

Your

house

AC

wall

receptacle

must

be a

three-pronged

type (AC

ground). If

it

is

not. contact

an elec

trician

to install

the

proper rec

eptacle

. If a

multi-connector

box is.

used

to

connect the

comp

uter

and

peripherals

to AC,

the

ground

must

be

common

to

all

units

.

If

necessary, the use

r s

hou

ld con

sult

the

dealer

or

an

experienced

radio-television

technician

for

additio

nal

suggestions. Th

e

user may

find the

following

book

let

prepared by

the

Federal Communications

Commission

helpful: "H

ow

to

Ident

ify

and

Reso

lve

Radio-

TV

Interference

Problem

s: This

booklet

is

available

from

the

U.S.

Government

Pri

nting

Office, Washington

, D.C.

20402

.

Sto

ck No.

004-000-00345

-4.

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uct

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Right

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hnical

Data and

Computer

Software

clause

at

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DOD

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indicated. the

manufacturer/integrator

is

Commodore

Business Machine

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Wilson Drive,

West

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, PA

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.

Contents

Contents

QUICK

CO

NNECT

GUIDE ................................................... Q-1

1.

INTRODUCTI

ON ...................................................................

1-

1

S

ys

tem Requirements .....................................................

......................

1-2

Wh

at's in the B

ox

..................................................................................

1-

2

2.

INSTALLATION

....................................................

.......

.........

2-1

Attaching the

CD-ROM

Drive ............................................................ 2-1

Audio Conne

cti

ons ...

...........

......

...

...............................

...

......

................

2-3

Power Connecti

on·

...

...............................................

.....

.........................

2-6

3.

B

ASICS ................................................................................. 3-1

The Di

sc Caddy ....................................................................................

.3-1

Am

iga/

CDT

V

~odes

......

. :

.............

...................................

..................

3-2

Scree

n Saver ............................................................

.................

............

.

.3

-4

Compatibility Switch .........................

...........

......................................

.3

-5

4.

CDTV MOD

E ........................................................................ 4-1

Loa

ding a Compa

ct Disc

..................................................................... 4

-2

Emulating the Remote Controll

er .......................

...............................

4-3

Preferences

Control Screen ................

..................................................

4-6

CD

Aud

io

Control Scree

n ........................................ : ........................... 4-9

5.

AMIGA

MO

DE ...............................

...

.................................... 5-1

CD-ROM Access ..........

............................................................

............. 5

-1

Workbench

Access

.......

........................................................................

.5

-2

Shell

Acce

ss .......

........

.....................................................................

......

.5

-3

Fi

le Conversion .............

..............................................

.........................

.5-4

·

6.

EXPANSI

ON OPTIONS ..... .

..

.................................................

6-1

QUICK

CONNECT

GUIDE

Experienced users can use these instructions and the diagram below to connect

the CD-ROM drive to an Amiga

500

computer.

For more detailed instructions, read Chapter 2,

In

s

tallation.

a Turn off the power

to

the Amiga, and disconnect the power supply.

9

~

II

Remove the cover from the Amiga's expansion slot. Slide the CD-ROM drive against the Amiga, so its connector

enters, and seats fully in, the Amiga's expansion slot. The two wuts should fit snugly together.

II

Use the audio cable that came with the CD-ROM drive to connect the Amiga to the CD-ROM drive. Plug one end into

the Amiga's audio out jacks, and the other end into the CD-ROM drive's audio in jacks.

II

Plug the cable from your audio system (stereo system, self-powered speakers, monitor, etc.) into the CD-ROM drive's

audio out jacks.

II

Re-attach the power supply

to

the Amiga. Attach the CD-ROM drive's power supply. Turn on the CD-ROM drive first,

then your Amiga.

..

•

II

r.

Q-2

Chapter

1

Introduction

Introduction

1-1

Wi

th the

570

CD-ROM drive attached to your Amiga, your system will

have essentially the same capabilities as Commodore's

CDIV

®
Interactive Mul timedia Player, while retaining the flexibility and power
your Amiga has always offered you. Like the

CDIV

Player,

your

Amiga/CD

-ROM drive system will play

CDIV

titl es, as well as

CD+G, CD+MIDI, and standard audio CDs.
In addition to its

CDIV

capabilities, the CD-ROM drive can act as a

powerful peripheral

fC?r

your Amiga. With the CD-ROM drive you

will be able

to

read many of the CD-ROM reference discs currently

available, even

if

the disc was produced with another computer

platform in mind (as long

as

the disc is in the industry-standard

ISO

9660

format). Considering that each CD-ROM contains up to

600
megabytes of information on topics such as demographics, histor y,
finance and geography, the CD-ROM drive

certainl

~

is a valuable and

powerful addition to your system. \ .
Ihe

CD-ROM drive installs easily. No software installation

is

required;

the built-in software takes care of both

CDIV

and CD-ROM use. No

ex

tra hardware is needed either; when playing

CDIV

titles, you can

continue to use your Amiga's keyboard, mouse and monitor for input

and display.

If

you

want

to increase the capabilities of your system even furth

er,

the

CD-ROM drive has an internal slot for memory expansion, and a rear

slot for cartridge-based peripherals such as hard drives.

1

-2

Introduction

System

Requirements

For

CDTV

emulation, you need

to

be using version

1.3

or

2.0

of the
Amiga opera ting system. In addition, your Amiga should have one
megabyte

(1

MB)

of chip RAM.

If

you

don't

know whether your Amiga has 1

MB

of chip RAM, do the

following:

• Type

AVAIL

in the Shell.

If

the total for chip RAM is less than

1047520,

you may not have enough chip

RAM

to

run some CDTV
applications. Contact your Commodore dealer about adding more
RAM or reallocating the memory you have.

What's

in

the

Box

In addition to this manual, the following items should be in the CD-

ROM drive box:

• the CD-ROM drive

• a power supply unit with attached power cables

• a stereo audio cable

• warranty information.

You

may also have received an application CD in the disc caddy.

If

so, refer

to

its accompanying documentation for directions on using

the disc.

Introduction 1-3

The CD-

ROM driv

e

.....

cd

caddy

\-:=:-;::===========;;::4

::~· ·

slot

headphone

jack

headphone

volume

/

compatibility

switch

power

light

eject button

"

busy" ligh

t

Chapter

2

Installation

In

sta

llation

2

-1

The CD-ROM dri ve attaches directly

to

the expansion connector on the

left side of your Amiga

500

® unit.

CAUTION:

Before attaching the CD-ROM drive

to

the expansion

connector, switch the power to the Amiga

OFF

and disconnect the cable

that goes from the power

supp

ly

to

the rear of the Amiga. Attaching the
CD-ROM drive with the power on or with the power cable connected
could damage the CD-ROM drive or the Amiga. Commodore will not
be responsible for damage caused by improper installation . .

Never connect or

di

sc~nnec

t

anything from the Amiga's expansion

connector, or from any other ports, while the power is on .

Attaching

the

CD-ROM

Drive

Once you ha ve disconnected the power from the Amiga, place the

Amiga on a flat, level surface, with the area to the left of the computer

unobstructed. Remove the plastic access plate that covers the Amiga's

expansion slot. Place the CD-ROM drive

in the area to the left of the

Amiga, with the front of both units facing forward.

Align the connector that projects from the right side of the CD-ROM
drive with the expansion slot on the left

si

de of the Amiga. Slide the
CD-ROM drive toward the Amiga so that its connector enters the
expansion slot.

2-2

Installation

Connecting the CD-ROM drive to the Amiga

While holding the Amiga so that it does not slide, apply firm pressure
so that the CD-ROM drive connector seats fully in the Amiga expansion
slot. When fully seated, the right side of the CD-ROM drive should fit
snugly against the left side of the Amiga.

In

stallat

ion

2-3

Audio

Connections

On the rear of the CD-

ROM

drive are two sets of stereo

RCA

audio

jacks. One set of jacks is for

output

from the CD-ROM drive to your
audio system - typically your monitor, stereo system or self-powered
speakers. The other set of jacks is for audio

input

from the Amiga.

You

will be installing the CD-

ROM

drive between the Amiga and the
sound system that the Amiga

is

currently hooked up t

o.

When the CD-

ROM

drive and your Amiga are connected this way, the
Amiga's audio and the CD audio are mixed within the CD-ROM drive.
The mixed audio is then fed through the CD-ROM drive's

output

jacks

to your audio system. This allows you

to

use a single set of speakers

to

hear all the sound generated by your Amiga/ CO-ROM drive system.

Rear View of the CD-ROM drive

expansion

slot

cov

er

audio inp

ut

jacks

au

dio outp

ut

jacks

2-4

Installation

Audio Interconnection Diagra

m

cable

to

audio

system

t

au

dio

out

•

aud

io

in

o

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mixe

r

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o
o

r-

o

- ,

I

~

'yolume

L._

..

.J

,

,

out

to

headphone

s

CD-ROM

drive

Input

from the

Am

iga

aud

ioeable

I

Am

iga

aud

io

out

Amiga

The left-hand se t of RCA jacks on the back of the CD-ROM drive (when

viewed from the re

ar

) is for Amiga audio input. Sound

s generated by

the Amiga come into the CD-ROM unit through th ese jacks.
Use the cable included with the CD-ROM

dri

ve

to connect the two

units. Plug one e

nd

of the cable into the audio o

utput

jacks on the rear

of the Ami ga (you will proba

bl

y have to remove plugs you c

urr

ently

have in those jack

s)

. Plug the other e

nd

of the cabl

e into the audio input

jacks on the rear of the CD-

RO

M

dri

ve

(the left-hand

set of jacks when

viewed from the rear).

NOTE:

Do not connec

t other audio devi

ces

to the CD-ROM drive's

Installation

2-5

audio

input

jacks. These jacks are designed to handle audio signals from
an Amiga only. Distorted sound or damage to the CD-ROM drive may
result from non-Amiga audio input to these jacks.

Output

from

the

CD-ROM

Drive

The right-hand set (when viewed from the rear) of RCA jacks on the
back of the CD-ROM drive is for audio output. Sound generated by
compact discs is sent out through these jacks to your audio system. [In

this manual, "compact disc" refers to the following: CDTV titles, CD+G,

CD+MIDI, standard audio CDs, and

ISO

9660

CD-ROM discs.]

Take the cables that you removed from the Amiga

a1,ldio

output

jacks
(these should connect on the other end to a monitor, stereo system or
something else that contains speakers)

and

plug

them

into the CD-

ROM

drive's

audio output jacks (right-hand set of jacks on the rear of

the CD-ROM drive). This completes the audio installation.

Other

Audio

Options

If

you wish to keep the CD audio separate from Amiga audio, simply
connect the CD-ROM drive's audio outputs to your stereo system or
other audio device, and leave the Amiga audio outputs the way they
were before you installed the CD-ROM drive.

Headphones

Headphones can be connected

to

the jack on the front of the CD-ROM

drive (see page

1-3).

The same audio that comes through the audio

output

jacks will come through your headphones.

2·6

Installation

The volume knob next to the headphone jack controls only the volume
of the headphones - that is,

it

doesn't control the volume of the
audio coming out of your other speakers. Also, plugging headphones
into the headphone jack does not cut off the sound coming out of your
other speakers.

Note:

Do not turn the headphone volume control knob counter­clockwise until it clicks. That will disable the CD-ROM unit and
probably cause the entire system to reboot.

See

the section in the next

chapter entitled "Compatibility Switch"

for

more information about

this function.

Power

Connection

Now that the CD-ROM drive has been attached to the Amiga and
the desired audio connections made, the power supplies can be
connected. With the power switch turned

OFF,

reconnect the Amiga
power supply to the back of the computer, and insert the plug into a
three-prong

AC

outlet.

Connect the proper end of the CD-ROM drive's power cable to the
receptacle on the rear of the unit (see the illustration on page

2-3)

and

then insert the

plug

into a three-prong

AC

outlet.

Power up the system by first switching the CD-ROM drive power
supply ON, then switching the Amiga power supply ON. (The CD­ROM

drive will not power up until the Amiga

is

also switched on.)

Your

Amiga/ CD-ROM system

is

now ready for use.

Chapter

3

Basics

Basics 3-1

The CD-ROM drive uses a disc caddy to assure data integrity and

reliabilit

y,

and to protect the CD from dust

and

accidental damage to

its surface.

The Disc Caddy

squeeze

these

corners

to

open

" .

....

.

....

.....

.'

metal tab

....

IMPORTANT:

You

must use a disc caddy

to

insert a compact disc in

the CD-ROM drive. Never insert a di

sc

without a caddy into the CD-

ROM drive 's front slot. Without a caddy, a di

sc

will not play and

could be difficult to remove from the unit without causing damage.

3-2

Basics

To

open the caddy, set it

down

with the clear cover facing you and the
metal tab to the right. Squeeze the left corners of the caddy with your
thumb and middle finger. While you are doing that, flip open the clear

cover with your other hand - there is a tab on the left edge of the cover.
Load the CO into the hinged

end

of the caddy first, then let it drop into

place. Handle CDs by the edges only.

Close the clear cover. Make sure both of the left corners lock - you

should hear

an

audible click.

To

unload a disc, open the clear cover, turn the caddy over, and let the

disc drop into your hand.
Extra disc caddies, for discs that you use often, are available from your

authorized Commodore dealer (part

# CD

1400)

.

Compatibility

Switch

Some Amiga software, particularly games, may not boot properly
when equipment such as the CD-ROM drive is attached

to

the Amiga

expansion slot.

If

this problem occurs, you can temporarily disable the

CD-ROM drive with the compatibility switch.

To

the system, the CO-

RaM

drive will appear

to

be disconnected

but

you

won't

have

to

go

to

the trouble of physically disconnecting

it.

The compatibility switch is built into the headphone volume knob.
Normally the knob should be turned somewhat clockwise - this will
allow COTV emulation, CD-ROM use, and an adjustable headphone
listening level. However, when the knob is turned fully counter­clockwise until it clicks, the CD-ROM drive will be disabled and ren-

dered "invisible" to the system.

Basics

3-3

CAUTION! Don't disable the CD-ROM drive while the system is
running. Disabling the CD-ROM drive while the system

is

on will force

an immediate reboot, interrupting any

CDIV

or Amiga software that is

running.

Ihe

safest method is

to

quit any software you are running,
turn off the Amiga (the CD-ROM drive will turn off automatically), then
disable the CD-ROM drive.

Inserting a disc into the CD-ROM drive will have no effect when the

unit is disabled. Expansion devices (RAM, network, hard disk) that are

installed in the CD-ROM drive will also be unavailable when the unit

is

disabled.

Once th e CD-ROM drive is disabled, software that has problems with
expanded systems should work properly.

If

you have booted the system with the CD-ROM drive disabled,
turning the headphone volume knob clockwise won't re-enable the unit.
You

need

to

turn the headphone volume knob on and reboot the Amiga

before the CD-ROM drive will work again.

Amiga/CDTV

Modes

Your Amiga/ CD-ROM system has two basic modes of.operation:
Amiga mode and

CDIV

mode.

In general, when you use the system

in Am(ga mode, you use it the

same as you did before you attached the CD-ROM drive.

Ihe

only

difference is that now you have a CD-ROM drive attached.

In

Amiga

mode, th e CD-ROM drive

ac

ts like a high-capacity, read-only floppy

drive. See Chapter 5 for details about using the system in Amiga mode.
When you use the system in

CDIV

mode, it acts just like a standalone

CDIV

Player. Since the hardware isn't the same as a

CDIV

Player-

3-4 Basi

cs

the lack of an infrared remote controller and front panel control are the
most notable differences - you need

to

control things a little differently.

These techniques are covered in the next chapter.

Choosing the

Mode

You

choose whether to run your system in Amiga or COTV mode when

you boot the computer.

You

change modes by rebooting.

Previously,

if

you powered

up

your Amiga

but

didn't

provide

something for it

to

boot with (e.g., a bootable hard disk, a Workbench
floppy, etc.), the image of a hand holding a Workbench floppy would
appear

on the screen.

Now

that

you

have connected the CD-ROM
drive, that image will be replaced by the animated COTV prompt
screen: a laser

beam

reflecting off a compact disc

and

illuminating

the COTV logo.
When the COTV prompt screen appears, you can either boot the system

into COTV mode or Amiga mode. Chapters 4 and 5 cover this in more
detail,

but

the basic ways

to

enter into COTV or Amiga (CD-ROM)

modes are:

•

To

get into COTV mode, insert a bootable disc (in a disc caddy - see

warning above) into the CD-ROM drive.

•

To

get into Amiga mode, insert a bootable floppy disk in the

Amiga's disk drive or have a bootable hard drive attached when

you turn on the system.

If

you enter Amiga mode, you will be able to access da ta from compact
discs you insert into the CD-ROM drive, but to emulate a COTV Player
you will need to reboot into

CDIV

mode.

Another possibility: you

won't

see the

COTV

prompt screen at all if you

Basics

3-5

have an autobooting hard drive attached

to

your CD-ROM drive.

If

you

do, your system will always boot into Amiga mode using the data from

the hard drive.

To

use COTY mode with such a system, either:

• insert a bootable compact disc;

• set the hard drive

to

non-bootable and then reboot; or

•

turn

off the system, disconnect the hard drive

and

boot.

Boot

Priorities

If

you have more than one bootable device connected

at

power-up, the

system will attempt

to

boot from the devices in this order:

1 - floppy disk in

OFO:
2 -COTY application disc
3 -SCSI device attached

to

the CD-ROM drive (e.g., an autobooting

hard drive)

4 - CD audio disc

For example,

if

both a bootable floppy disk and a

CDTV

disc are inserted
in their respective drives at power-up, the Amiga/ CD-ROM system will
boot into Amiga mode using the floppy disk.

If

more than one bootable

SCSI

device (e.g

.,

two hard drives and a

removable hard drive) are attached

to

the system, you'll need to use

HDToolbox or another hard drive setup tool

to

set their priorities; or the
priorities can be sp.ecified in the devices' MountList entries. For more
information, see the manual that came with your

SCSI

device .

3-6

Basics

Screen

Saver

If

a sti

ll

image

is

left displayed on a computer monitor

for

an extended

period of tim

e,

it can permanently "burn-in" a ghost of the image on

the screen.

ro

prevent that, the CD-ROM drive activates the

corv

screen saver.

If

your system

is

powered up

but

not booted by either a compact disc, a

Workbench floppy, or a

SCSI

device, the

corv

screen saver will appear
on the monitor after a pre-set period of time. This bouncing, rotating
corv

logo will protect your screen from "burn-in."

Inserting a compact disc or floppy disk, or touching th e mouse or any

key,

exits th e screen saver.

You

can set the amount of time that passes before the screen saver

takes effect through the

corv

Preferences program.

See

the next

chapter for details.

Chapter

4

CDTV

Mode

CD

rv

Mo

de 4-1

The Amiga/CD-ROM system in

CDTV

mode will run CDTV applications
just as they should run on a standard CDTV Player. There are, however,
some differences between the hardware of your Amiga/ CD-ROM
system

and

a standard CDTV Player.

The Amiga/ CDTV does not include the following items found on the
CDTV Player:

• infrared remote control

• dedicated audio CD control buttons (Play,

FF,

etc.)

• fluorescent display

• Personal Memory Card slot

•

RF

or composite video

output

to

TV

or

VCR

• MIDI ports

Functional equivalents

to

most of these items are already a part of the
Amiga to which the CD-ROM drive is attached. For instance, the Amiga
keyboard and mouse can be used by CDTV applications in/place of the

CDTV

remote control and CD audio control buttons.

Other items are either redundant, or are easily

added

to your system .

See

Chap

ter 6 of this

manua

l for information about expansion options.

4·2

CDrV

Mode

Loading a Compact

Disc

To

start a CDTV application or to play an audio CD, first make sure
the CD-ROM drive's compatibility switch is not in the Disable position.
Place the disc in

an

empty disc caddy, and insert the caddy into the CO-

RaM

drive's front slot until the caddy drops into place.

•

If

the disc is a CDTV application, the black-and-white "CDTV
Interactive Multimedia" screen will appear while the application
loads into memory, then the application's

own

intro screen will
appear. After that, you should follow the instructions given with
the application.

•

If

the disc is an audio CD (standard, CD+G, or CD+MIDI), the CD
Audio Control screen will automatically appear. This screen is
described in a later section entitled "The CD Audio Control Screen."

•

If

the disc is a non-CDTV CD-ROM, the CDTV logo will turn to
shades of red to indicate that the disc doesn't include the data
needed to boot the system. These CD-ROM discs (if they are in the
ISO

9660

format) are accessible through the Workbench and Shell
when the Amiga/CD-ROM system is in Amiga mode . See the next
chapter for more information .

You

can eject the disc caddy from the CD-ROM drive at any time
without damaging the caddy or disc by pressing the eject button on the
front of the unit.

It

is advisable (though not absolutely necessary) to first
stop and exit whatever operation is currently being performed before
ejecting the caddy.

In most cases, ejecting the disc will reboot the system.

CDr

v

Mode

4-3

Emulating

the

Remote

Controller

The standard CD

TV

Player includes

an

infrared remote controller which

is

used for almost all interaction with the CD

TY.

The CD-ROM drive

does not come with this remote· controller

becaus~

the keyboard and

mouse you already have with your Amiga can serve the same purpose.

CDTV Remote Controll

er

( ! Commodore"

CDrv

REMO

TE

CONTROLLER

dose

,

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,

Ese""

GENLOCK

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,

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----:

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.....

In many cases, it will be fairly obvious how to use the mouse and
keyboard instead of the CDTV remote,

bu

t there are some operations
that need explanation. The chart on the next page shows how Amiga
keyboard and mouse

ac

tions corresPond to the

CDTV

player'S remote

controller

bu

ttons.

4-4

CDrV

Mode

(DTV

Remote Emulation

CDTVRemote Amiga Keyboard Amiga Mouse/Joystick

cursor

buttons

curs

or

keys

mouse

or

joystick

movement

0-9

keypad

number

keys

ES

CAPE

Esc

or

Help

ENTER

Return

or

keypad

Enter

"A"

button

Left

Alt + Left

Amiga

l

eft

mouse

button

,

joystick

fire

button

"B"

button

Right

All + Right

Amiga

right

mouse

button

STOP

F1

REW

F2

P

LAY/PAUSE

F3

FF

F4

PAUSE

F5

Note that in some

CDIV

applications, the mouse may not do what you

expect. The way the A/ B buttons and

th

e cursor buttons on the remote

are defined by CDIV applications

is

somewhat different from the way

the mouse and its buttons are used by the Amiga.
Experiment with the mouse and / or consult yo

ur

CDIV

application's

manual, help text, or tutorial

to

determine the prop er method. In some

cases,

it

may be easier to use the keyboard equivalents only.

CDr

v

Mod

e 4

-5

Other

Remote

Controller

Buttons

Some of the buttons on the CDTV remote do not have mouse or
keyboard equivalents. Their functions are either not applicable to the
Amiga/CD

-ROM, or are accessible in some non-keyboard manner.

GENLOCK

The GENLOCK button on the CDTV remote is for mode

selection of a video genlock

de

vice that can be installed in the CDTV

Player.

If

you have an external genlock attached

to

your Amiga, the

genlock's own hardware should provide this function.

CD/TV

The CD /

TV

button determines whether the television/

monitor screen is displaying

input

from the

CDIY

Player or from a

broadcast or cable

TV

source.

If

your Amiga is hooked

up

to

a

television, the

RF

modulator you already have connecting the two

should provide this function.

JOY/MOUSE

The

JOY

/ MOUSE button determines whether the

remote's cursor buttons respond as a joystick or as a mouse. This

is

not

necessary with an Amiga/CD-ROM system since you will actually

be using a joystick or a mouse - not emulating one. Just connect

whichever

input

device your CDTV application requests (joystick or

mouse) to the Amiga mouse port.

headph

one volum

e The headphone volume control for the CD-ROM

drive is found on the front of the unit. Not

e:

Don't turn this knob all the

way to left (you would

feel

it click) or you will disable the CD-ROM

drive

and

reboot the system.

POWER

The POWER button on the remote controller switches the

CDTV Player on and

off.

To

turn off your Amiga/ CD-ROM system,

simply switch off the

A500

power supply - power

to

the CD-ROM

drive will be shut off at the same time (they are interconnected).

4-6

CDrV

Mode

Preferences

Control

Screen

The software built into the CD-ROM drive includes a Preferences

program. This allows you to set certain aspects of the CDTV-mode
operation. These are:

• time and date

• screen centering

• screen saver delay time

• button beep (on/

off)

• screen mode (interlace/ non-interlace)

• native language

You

can get to the CDTV Preferences

program

when

either the

CDTV logo or the screen saver screen are displayed.

To

call

up

the

CDTV Preferences screen:

a)

click the right mouse button once, or

b) press Return, or

c)

press Right Alt + Right Amiga.

Whatever image is on the screen will disappear, and in a few seconds
the Preferences screen will appear.

CD

rv

Mode 4-7

CDTV Preferences Control Screen

l

'''

~mel

~----

Ea~h

option is shown in a large tile-like icon. The currently active option

is indicated by an animated highlight. Move through the different

options using the cursor keys or the mouse.

When a tile is highlighted , you can select or modify that option.

When

you

are done with all the options, pres s Return on the Amiga

keyboard or the Enter key on the key

pad

to save the setting

s.

Then

click the right mouse button or press Right Alt

+ Right Amiga to exit

the COTV Preferences screen and return to the intro screen . The settings
you

made

will be

put

into effect for that session and used in future

sessions even if you turn your system

off.

Each option is described below.

It

begins with the set of icons in the

upper left and proceeds clockwise around the screen.

4-8

CDrV

Mode

Setting

Time

and

Date

The CDTV software picks

up

the current time and date from the

Amiga's system software.
To

change this setting, select the hours, minutes, mode

(AM/PM

or

24

hour), month, day, or year tile, then enter the new value with the

keyboard number keys.

Adjusting

Screen

Centering

When this icon is highlighted, click the left mouse button or press
Return

if

you

want

to change the position of your screen image (the

diamond

shaped

indicator on the screen

grid

will

turn

red). Then
use the cursor keys or mouse to move the indicator and change the
screen centering.

This setting only affects screens related

to

the CD-ROM drive or

CDTVapplications.

Setting

Screen

Saver

Delay

Time

This lets you set the length of time the

CDTV

logo screen will sit idle

before the screen saver takes over.
Click the left mouse button or press Return to cycle the screen saver

delay time through its five possible values: 1,5, 10,30, and infinity

(screen saver disabled) . Values represent minutes of idle time. The

value in yellow is the chosen value.

CDrv

Mode

4-9

Setting

Native

Language

Because

CDIV

is an international product, some

CDIV

applications are

designed

to

be used by readers of many different languages. Use the
cursor keys to scroll through the various language choices. Press Return
or click the left mouse button to select the language.

Ihis

setting only

affects

CDIV

applications that have a language option for their displays.

Setting

Screen

Mode

Click the left mouse button or press Return to switch from non-

interlaced

to

interlaced screen mode.

Ihis

setting affects

CDIV

applications only.

Setting

Button

Beep

.

As

an

audio cue to let you know that a response has registered, the

CDIV

software can produce a beep whenever you press a

key.

Click the

left mouse button or press Return to toggle this option on or off.

CD

Audio

Control

Screen

Audio compact discs have a different format than

CDIV

application
discs. When you insert an audio compact disc in the CD-ROM drive, the
built-in

CDIV

software recognizes it as an audio disc.

First, the CD Audio Control screen appears.

You'll

notice that it is

similar in appearance and operation to the

CDIV

Preferences screen .

You'll also notice that it offers the same

CD

play options found on full-

4-10

CDrV

Mode

CD Audio Control Screen

function audio CD players, including track programming, track scan,
and shuffle play.

If

you want

to

activate an option, use the cursor keys or the mouse

to

move the animated highlight

to

the desired tile. The symbols on the

tile will be highlighted in yellow when the icon has been selected.

When the option you want

is

highlighted, click the left mouse button

or press Return.
Some of the options can also be

activated with the function keys
("F" keys) on the Amiga keyboard. These are indicated in th e follow­ing chart:

Keyboard

Shortcuts

for

CD

Audio

Control Screen

Fl

Stop

F2

Last

trackiREW

F3

Play/Pause

F4

Next

trackiFF

F5

Pause

Track

Display

F6

Time

display

mode

F7

Shuffle

play

F8

Program/Clear

F9

Intro

scan

flO

Loop

CDTV Mode

4-11

The large animated numeric display in the upper left shows the current

track number.

Track

Grid

To

the right of the track display is the track grid. This shows the

numbers of the tracks and the order in which they will.be played.

On

the sample screen shown on page

4-10,

the

12

tracks will be played in

numerical order.

If

a disc has more than

20

tracks, the track numbers above

20

will not be

displayed at first (there are only

20

spaces on the grid). These tracks will

scroll into view when you move down to the bottom of the grid.

If

you want to re-arrange the order of the tracks, you can easily tell the

CD-ROM drive exactly which tracks you want

to

hear.

You

can either

use the cursor keys or the mouse

to

select or de-select individual tracks

4-12

CDrV

Mode

on the grid while they are highlighted, or you can select a block on
the grid and enter a track number using the number keys on the
keyboard. (Numbers larger than the number of tracks on the disk will
not be accepted.)

If

you

don't

have a preferred order in mind, you can let the CD-ROM

drive re-arrange the order of tracks at random.

See

the Shuffle Play

section for this option .

Shuffle

Play

The center icon below the track grid is the Shuffle Play option. The
Shuffle Play option tells the CD-ROM drive

to

play the tracks in random
order for listening variety. When you select this button, a new track
order is generated and then displayed on the track grid above

it.

Selecting this button a second time will

put

the tracks back in numerical
sequence. Selecting it a third time will generate a new "shuffle':
Keyboard equivalent:

F7.

Program/Clear

The icon to the right of Shuffle Play is the Program/ Clear button.
Select this icon once

to

turn off all the tracks displayed on the grid.

Selecting this icon a second time will clear the grid . Selecting it a third

time will reset the tracks in numerical order (i.e., not shuffled).
Keyboard equivalent:

F8.

Transport

Controls

The rectangle in the bottom left corner contains five icons that should

CDrv

Mode

4-13

look familiar. These are known as transport controls

and

function in

much the same way as the controls on a standard audio CD player.

Stop

The

first

button

on

the left is

used

to stop play. This resets

the

play

sequence to the first track listed in the Track Grid (normally

Track

1)

. Keyboard equivalent:·FL

last

track/REW

If

you briefly select this button the play will skip

backward one track in the sequence displayed in the Track Grid .

If

you

select

and

hold this button, the current track will rewind while the song

is playing (the track number will not change). Keyboard equivalent:

F2

.

Play/Pause

Select this button to

playa

CD, starting with the current

track

and

proceeding in the order shown in the Track Grid. Selecting
this button while the CD is playing will pause the current track.
Reselecting this button, or selecting the Pause button, will resume
play. Keyboard equivalent:

F3

.

Next

track/FF

Briefly select this button to skip forward one track in the
sequence displayed in the Track Grid. The number in the Track Display
will change appropriately. Select and hold this button to fast-forward

through a track while the song is playing (the track number will not

change). Keyboard equivalent:

F4

.

Pause

Select this button to pause the current track. Keyboard

equivalent:

FS

. Selecting the Pause button a second time, or selecting

the Play button, will resume play.

Intro

Scan

The button to the right of the transport controls

is

the Intro Scan button.

Select this button to hear the first ten seconds of the current track selec-

4-14

CDrV

Mode

tions, in the order shown on the Track Grid. Keyboard equivalent:

F9.

To

cancel Intro Scan, select this button again or select Stop.

loop

To

the right of the Intro Scan button is the Loop button. Loop allows

you to automatically repeat any section of the CD. The loop can be any

length ranging from under a second

to

the entire

CD. Keyboard

equivalent:

FlO.

If

you select Loop before CD play has started, you toggle the CD-ROM

drive between loop play and normal play. In normal play, each track

is
played once and CD play ends at the conclusion of the last track. In loop
play (indicated by a highlighted loop arrow) the CD will automatically
start over when the last track ends.

You

can also use the Loop button

to

define a smaller loop . When you
select the Loop button while the CD is playing, you define the start
point of the loop. The button symbol will change to a double arrow
with the left-hand arrow highlighted,

but

the track will continue to

play normally.
Select the button again when you wish

to

define the end point. The
right-hand arrow on the button will then also become highlighted, and
play will jump back to the loop start point. The defined part of the track
will continue to play over and over as many times as you wish.

To

cancel the loop mode and allow play

to

continue beyond the

end

point, select the Loop button again. The arrow on the icon will return

to

a single, unhighlighted image.

CDrv

Mode

4-15

Time

Display

The large numerical display below the Track Display is the Time
Display.

By

default, this displays the amount of time that the current

track has been playing.

It

can also display other information which can

be accessed through the Time Display Mode

button

(see next section).

Time

Display

Mode

To

the right of the Time Display is the Time Display Mode button.

This

button

will change the information presented in the Time
Display. Selecting the Time Display Mode button will cycle through
these options:

• time elapsed in the current track (default)

• time remaining in the current track

• time elapsed since the beginning of the CD

• time remaining in the entire CD.

The symbol on the button changes to indicate the current mode.
Keyboard equivalent:

F6.

\ .

\

CD+G/CD+MIDI

The button in the lower right corner is the CD+G / CD+MIDI button.
Select this button to access the graphics or MIDI data on a CD+G or
CD+MIDI disc.

Play will start automatically from the first track. When a CD+G track is
played, the screen displays the still image(s) or slow-scan graphics
stored on the disc, and the audio plays normally.

4-16

CDrV

Mode

Some CD+G discs have more than one

graphics"

channel." Click the left
mouse button to select the desired graphics channel. The channel
number will appear in the lower right corner of the screen.

When a CD+MIDI channel is played, the MIDI data is passed to the

Amiga serial

port

and

the audio plays normally.

(You

must

have a

MIDI interface attached to the Amiga serial port to make use of the

MIDI output.)
Once you are at the CD+G and CD+MIDI screen, you must reboot the

system to return to the main CD Audio Control screen.

Chapter

5

Amiga

Mode

Amiga

Mode

5-1

In addition

to

allowing you

to

play COTV applications, the CD-ROM
drive can function as a very high-capacity, read-only disk drive. Since
the CD-ROM drive's built-in software reads the industry-standard

ISO

9660

format, this opens up a wealth of opportunities.

Many types of textual, numerical, and graphical data are available in

this CD-ROM format. Because the format

is

standard, even discs

produced with other comp uter systems in mind are accessible

to

your
Amiga. The CD-ROM drive will not allow your Amiga to run programs
designed for other computers,

but

it will make it possible

to

read the

data files that form the bulk of CD-ROM storage.

It

is

also possible

to

play audio CDs while in Amiga mode by using th e

COPlay utility included with the CD-ROM drive. See the accompanying

disc documentation for further information.

CD-ROM

Access

To

access a CD-ROM, you must first boot the system into the standard

Amiga environment. Make sure a COTV application disc

is

not in the

CD-ROM drive, then reboot.

If

you have an autobooting hard drive attached

to

the CD-ROM
drive 's expansion port, and a bootable compact disc is not in the drive,
your system will automa tically boot into Amiga mode.

If

you don't

5-2

Amiga

Mode

have an autobooting hard drive:

• insert a Workbench floppy in the Amiga's

DFO:

drive either before

you power

up

the system or when you see the CDTV prompt or

screen saver screens; or

• if you have a removable-media drive attached to the CD-ROM
drive's expansion port, insert a bootable cartridge in that drive.

If

you try to boot the system directly from a CD-ROM (non-CDTV)

disc, the CDTV logo will turn red. This is

to

tell you that the disc is not

bootable. The logo will return

to

the normal colors when you remove

the non-CDTV application disc from the CD-ROM drive.

No

te:

If the CD-ROM drive has been disabled with the compatibility

switch, turn off the Amiga, turn the compatibility switch on, and turn
the system back on.

Once you have booted into Amiga mode, the CD-ROM drive

is
recognized by the system as a standard disk device - just like your
floppy or hard drive - except that

it

is always read-only.

If

you attempt

to

write to a compact disc, the operation will be blocked and you'll see

the message: "Volume <name > is write-protected."

Workbench

Access

When you insert a CD-ROM or CDTV application disc while the system
is in Amiga mode, an icon for the disc will appear on the Workbench
screen. The Amiga will display the default floppy disk icon unless the
disc is a CDTV application or some other disc created especially for
Amiga use.

As

with any disk icon, you can double-click on it

to

open a

disk window.

Amiga

Mode

5-3

If

you use Release 2 of Amiga Workbench, you will be able to see icons

for all the files

and

directories on disc by choosing the "Show All Files"
option from the Workbench Window menu. This makes it very easy to
view

and

copy files from non-CDTV discs - you can use the familiar

icon selection

and

dragging methods.

Any Workbench operation that does not involve an attempt to write to

the compact disc

(e

.g., copying files to other Amiga drives, viewing, or
executing files, etc.) should work as expected. Attempting to delete,

rename, or edit icons in the CD-ROM disc window, or to drag icons into

an y of the compact disc's windows, will fail with a requester stating that

the disc is write-protected .

If

you use earlier versions of Workbench, you cannot view icons for

files unless the files were written with the Amiga in mind.

You

will need

to use

the

Shell to manipulate these files that you will find

oli.

non-

Amiga-specific CD-ROM discs.

Shell

Access

The device name for the CD-ROM drive is

CDO

:. Use

CDO:

or the

volume name of the disc as the first

part

of a

path

to CD-ROM

files

when

working in the Shell

and

in file requesters ; for example ,

DIR

CDO

: p i

ctures

/Sat

urn.

If

y

ou

have another device with

CDO

:

as its device name, you

must

change it to avoid conflicts.

Any AmigaDOS commands that you usually use with disks - CD,
DIR, LIST, COPY; etc. - which

do

not

attempt

to write to the CD-

ROM

can

be used normall

y.

Commands that write to the disc -

DELETE, RENAME, PROTECT, etc. - will fail with a requester stating

that the disc is write protected.

5-4

Amiga

Mode

File

Conversion

You

can transfer data from CD-ROM discs to your Amiga memory or

to
writable disks regardless of the format of the file. However, you may
not be able to use that data immediately.

Text files, normally stored

on

CD-ROM discs in the generic ASCII
format, should be viewable right away when loaded into an Amiga text
editor or word processor. Other types of files, however, may require some
sort of conversion before you can view or process them on the Amiga.

Graphic files, in particular, are commonly provided in a wide variety of
formats other than the Amiga's native

IFF

format. Images in

GIF,

TIFF,

or

EPS

formats, for example, may be found on CD-ROMs.

Some Amiga applications have built-in conversion modules

to

load

formats other

th

an

IFF.

If

the application you are using does not have

such a facility, you will have to use a conversion program to translate

the file into an accessible form. Several conversion programs are
available; contact your local Amiga dealer for recommendations .

CD-ROM data may also be stored in a compressed format.

To

use such

data, you

must

first decompress the file with a special program. Com-

pressed files are usually identified by

an

extension on the filename, such
as .arc, .zoo, or .lzh, that identifies which compression program was
used. The file

must

be decompressed with the proper type of program.

Compression / decompression programs are commonly available in the
public domain from many sources. Consult your local user group,

BBS,

Amiga dealer, or Amiga publication for sources .

Chapter

6

Expansion

Options

Expans

ion

Option

s

6-1

The CD-ROM drive is expandable, which means you can increase its
capabilities by adding devices to it.

There are two general ways to

add

devIces

to

your CD-ROM drive:

•

an

internal memory module

• plug-in option cartridges for the rear expansion slot.

Instructions for installation and connection of expansion devices should
be included with the expansion units.

Memory

Module

A Commodore Memory Module

add

s 2 megabytes of fast

RAM

to your

Amiga/ CD-ROM system. Consult your local dealer for more

information about this dev

ice

.

Plug-in

Expansion

Units

An expansion slot on the rear of the CD-ROM dri ve allows you

to

tie

your system

to

other systems or

add

peripherals. Each of these optional

devices comes in tpe form of a cartridge that can be easily plugged into

the CD-ROM drive's rear expansion slot, so you don't have to open the

CD-ROM drive or Amiga main uni ts.

• Extremely compact

40-

and 80-megabyte hard drive units give y

our

6·2

Expansion

Options

system the high-speed

read/write

storage capacity that can be
necessary to make full use of CD-ROM data sources. Each drive
has an built-in autobooting controller.

Contact your Commodore dealer for more information about these or
other expansion devices as they become available.