Dynex DX-CR121 User Manual

All-In-1 Memory Card Reader/Writer

Lecteur de carte mémoire tout-en-un Lector de tarjetas de memoria todo en 1

DX-CR121

USER GUIDE

GUIDE DE L’UTILISATEUR • GUÍA DEL USUARIO

2

Contents

Dynex All-In-1 Memory Card

Reader Reader/Writer

DX-CR121

Contents
Introduction ..............................................................	2
Important safety instructions....................................	4
Card reader components............................................	5
Connecting the card reader .......................................	6
Using your card reader...............................................	7
Troubleshooting ......................................................	15
Specifications ..........................................................	17
Legal notices ...........................................................	18
Warranty .................................................................	18
Français.......................................	21
Español .......................................	42
Introduction

Your card reader's five slots support up to 25 types of media cards and provides the advantages of multiple card readers. Your card reader can be connected to any external USB port. It accepts standard cards, such as Secure Digital (SD), Multi Media (MMC), Compact Flash™ (CF), IBM® Microdrive, Smart Media™ (SM), Memory stick (MS), Memory stick pro, xD picture card, and other compatible flash memory cards. Your card reader also accepts small form-factor flash cards without the need for adapters, such as Mini-SD, RS-MMC, MS-DUO, and the mini-sized T-flash (Micro SD) cards.

Introduction

3

Features

Your card reader features:

•Five flash card slots supporting up to 25 types of media cards

•Small size for easy portablility

•USB-powered operation (an external power adapter is not needed)

•Compliance with the USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 specification

•Compliance with the USB mass storage device class specification

•Support for the RS-MMC 4.0 8-bit specification

•Support for the new xD v1.2 specification

•Support for the SDHC specification

•Support for flash cards that typically require an adapter, such as mini SD, RS-MMC, T-flash (Micro-SD), and MS-Duo

•Hot-swappable, Plug & Play capability

•Card slots can be used at the same time for data exchange (except Micro-SD and SD slots)

•Four Media card icons make drive recognition easy

4	Important safety instructions

Important safety instructions

Before getting started, read these instructions and save them for later reference.

•Do not install your card reader in a location that is subject to strong vibrations.

•Do not disassemble or try to modify your card reader. Disassembly or modification may void your warranty and could damage your card reader leading to a fire or electric shock.

•Do not store your card reader in a damp location. Do not allow moisture or liquids to drip into your card reader. Liquids can damage your card reader leading to a fire or electric shock.

•Do not insert metal objects, such as coins or paper clips, into your card reader.

•Do not remove a card when the LED indicator shows data activity is in progress. You may damage the card or lose data stored on the card.

•Your card reader is for general computer use. Do not use your card reader in a computer that requires exceptional reliability, especially if a breakdown or malfunction of your card read might jeopardize life or health, such as aerospace equipment, atomic power control systems, traffic-related equipment, transportation equipment, industrial robotics, combustion equipment, safety devices, and life-support systems.

Card reader components

5

Card reader components

Package contents

Make sure that you received:

•External card reader (1)

•Mini-USB 5-pin cable (1)

•Utility CD (1)

•User guide (1)

Minimum system requirements

•IBM-compatible PC

•Pentium 133 MHz or higher processor

•CD drive

•2 MB of hard drive space

•One available external USB port

•Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, or Windows® Vista™, Mac OS9

Card Slots

You can insert media cards into the appropriate slots on either side of your media card reader. See “Using your card reader” on page 7 for an explanation of each card slot.

6	Connecting the card reader

Caution: Cards must be inserted into the correct slot and in the correct direction. Otherwise you may damage the card or the slot.

Connecting the card reader

To connect your card reader, plug the small end of the included USB cable into your card reader and the other end into an available external USB port.

If your computer uses Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista or Macintosh OS 10.1 or higher, your computer automatically installs the correct driver, and four new drive icons appear in the My Computer and Windows Explorer windows. If you want to customize the card reader drive icons, see “Customizing drive icons” on page 10.

Installing the driver

Note: If your computer uses Macintosh OS 9.x, you need to install a driver.

To install the driver in Macintosh OS 9.x:

1 Save all files and close all programs.

2 Insert the utility CD into your CD drive.

3Locate the AlcorCardReaderDriver.sit file from the Mac driver folder and drag it onto the desktop.

4Double-click the compressed file

AlcorCardReaderDriver.sit, then open the AlcorCardReaderDriver folder.

Using your card reader

7

5 Double-click the AlcorCardReaderDriverInstaller file.

6 Click Install to install the card reader driver.

7After the driver installation is complete, restart your computer.

Using your card reader

To use a media card:

1Insert a card into the appropriate slot, as shown in the table on page 8.

Caution: Cards must be inserted into the correct slot and in the correct direction. Otherwise you may damage the card or the slot.

2Open the My Computer or Windows Explorer window, and then double-click the drive icon for the slot you are using.

3To access files and folders on the inserted card, use normal Windows procedures for opening, copying, pasting, or deleting files and folders .

8	Using your card reader

4When you have finished working with the files on a memory card, right-click the memory card icon and select Eject. The light on the memory card reader must be OFF before the card is removed.

Caution: Do not insert or remove memory cards while the light on the reader is flashing. Doing so may cause loss of data on the card or may permanently damage the card reader.

Feature	Description
CF/MD slot	Insert Compact Flash (type I/II), IBM
	Microdrive, or Magicstor cards into
	this slot.

Note: The arrow shows the direction you insert the card into the slot.

Using your card reader		9
	Feature	Description
	SM/xD slot	Insert Smart Media™ memory cards
		or xD picture cards into this slot.
		Note: The card's gold contact area
		must be facing up. Insert an xD
		picture card into the top left side
		of the slot.
	Note: The arrow shows the
	direction you insert the card into
	the slot.
	LED	Two indicators-
		When card reader has linked by USB
		port, the green power indicator will
		turn ON.
		If a media memory card is detected,
		the green data indicator will light up.
		It will flash while data is transmitting
		between PC and media memory card.
	SD/mini SD/MMC/RS-MMC slot	Insert Secure Digital (SD), Mini SD,
		Multi Media (MMC), or RS-MMC cards
		into this slot.
		Note: The Mini SD card's gold
		contact area must be facing up.
	Note: The arrow shows the	Insert a Mini SD card into the left
		side of the slot.
	direction you insert the card into
	the slot.

10		Using your card reader
	Feature	Description
	MicroSD	Insert Micro SD or T-Flash cards into
		this slot.

Note: The arrow shows the
direction you insert the card into
the slot.
MS/MS-DUO slot	Insert Sony memory sticks, MS-Pro or
	MS-DUO memory cards into this slot.

Note: The arrow shows the direction you insert the card into the slot.

Customizing drive icons

Note: Connect the card reader to the computer before installing the driver.

To make the media card slots easier to recognize, you can customize the drive icons.

1 Save all files and close all programs.

2 Insert the included utility CD into your CD drive.

Using your card reader

11

3Driver home page pops up automatically. Click Install driver for Windows.

4Click Next, then follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver.

5After the driver installation is complete, restart your computer. Windows displays new drive icons for each of the slots instead of the standard Windows drive icons.

12	Using your card reader

6When Windows detects a card in a slot, the corresponding drive icon turns from grey to a color, indicating that the card is recognized.

Note: The Micro SD slot of signal bus are shared with the SD/MMC slot, which means that you cannot use both slots at the same time.

Uninstalling the software

To uninstall the software

1 Please click the start menu to find the control panel

2Please click the control panel to find the Add or Remove Program

3Please click the Remove button to uninstall Dynex All-in-1 card reader driver from your computer.

Using your card reader

13

4Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the driver completely from your computer. After the driver uninstallation is complete, restart your computer.

14	Using your card reader

Formatting a memory card

If your computer has trouble recognizing a new memory card, format the memory card in your camera or by using the following steps:

1 Click Start, and then click My Computer.

2Under Removable Storage, right-click the appropriate memory card icon.

3 Select Format.

4Type in a name into the Volume Label box and the name of your memory card appears next to the icon.

5 Click Start, and OK to the Warning dialog box. 6 Click OK on the Format Complete window.

7 Click Close to finish.

Troubleshooting

15

Troubleshooting

If memory cards do not appear in My Computer or Windows Explorer, check the following:

•Make sure the card reader is fully connected into your card reader. Unplug and reconnect your card reader.

•Try a different memory card of the same type in the same slot. If a different memory card works, the original memory card should be replaced.

•Disconnect the cable from your card reader and shine a flashlight into the empty card slots. Look to see if any pin inside is bent, and straighten bent pins with the tip of a mechanical pencil. Replace your memory card reader if a pin has bent so much that it touches another pin.

•If you can’t customize the drive icons after you install the driver in your computer, if you have other card readers connected to your PC, disconnet them and try to install the driver again.

16	Troubleshooting

If memory cards appear in My Computer but errors occur when writing or reading, check the following:

•Make sure that the memory card is fully inserted into the slot.

•Try a different memory card of the same type in the same slot. If the different memory card works, the original memory card should be replaced.

•Some cards have a read/write security switch. Make sure that the security switch is set to Write Enabled.

•Make sure that the amount of data you attempted to store has not exceeded the capacity of the card.

•Inspect the ends of the memory cards for dirt or material closing a hole. Clean the contacts with a lint-free cloth and small amounts of isopropyl alcohol.

•If errors persist, replace the memory card.

Specifications		17
Specifications
	Chipset	ALCOR
	Supported file formats	FAT 12/16/32, NTFS
	Five memory slots	CF/MD; SM/xD; SD/mini SD/MMC/
		RS-MMC; MS/MS-Duo; Micro-SD
		(T-Flash)
	Four drive icons	MMC/SD/(Micro-SD); Compact Flash I/
		II; Smart Media/xD; MS/MS Pro
	Media card supported	CF Type I, CF Type II, CF Ultra II,
		Microdrive, SM, SM ROM, xD, xD
		M-series, xD-H-series, SD, SD Ultra II,
		SDHC, mini SD, Micro-SD (TransFlash),
		MMC-I, MMC-II, MMC Mobile, MMC
		Plus, MMC Dual Voltage, RS-MMC,
		RS-MMC Dual Voltage, MS, MS Select,
		MS ROM, MS Magic Gate, MS-PRO
		Magic Gate, MS-DUO Magic Gate, and
		MS-PRO-DUO
	Two Indicators	One Power / USB link,
		One Card detect/data activity
	USB Cable	USB A-type plug to mini-USB plug
	OS Support	Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
		Vista, Mac OS 9x
	Dimensions (L×D×H)	2.91×2.36×0.75 inches (74×60×19
		mm)
	Operating temperature	32 F~104 F (0 C~40 C)
	Storage temperature	-4 F~140 F (-20 C~60 C)
	Certification	FCC Class B, ICES-003, RoHS compliant

18

Legal notices

FCC statement

Legal notices

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Copyright

© 2007 Dynex. DYNEX and the DYNEX logo are trademarks of Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Specifications and features are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Legal notices

19

Warranty

One-Year Limited Warranty

Dynex Products (“Dynex”) warrants to you, the original purchaser of this new DX-CR121 (“Product”), that the Product shall be free of defects in the original manufacture of the material or workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of your purchase of the Product (“Warranty Period”). This Product must be purchased from an authorized dealer of Dynex brand products and packaged with this warranty statement. This warranty does not cover refurbished Product. If you notify Dynex during the Warranty Period of a defect covered by this warranty that requires service, terms of this warranty apply.

How long does the coverage last?

The Warranty Period lasts for one year (365 days) from the date you purchased the Product. The purchase date is printed on the receipt you received with the product.

What does this warranty cover?

During the Warranty Period, if the original manufacture of the material or workmanship of the Product is determined to be defective by an authorized Dynex repair center or store personnel, Dynex will (at its sole option): (1) repair the Product with new or rebuilt parts; or (2) replace the Product at no charge with new or rebuilt comparable products or parts. Products and parts replaced under this warranty become the property of Dynex and are not returned to you. If service of Products and parts are required after the Warranty Period expires, you must pay all labor and parts charges. This warranty lasts as long as you own your Dynex Product during the Warranty Period. Warranty coverage terminates if you sell or otherwise transfer the Product.

How to obtain warranty service?

If you purchased the Product at a retail store location, take your original receipt and the Product to the store you purchased it from. Make sure that you place the Product in its original packaging or packaging that provides the same amount of protection as the original packaging. If you purchased the Product from an online web site, mail your original receipt and the Product to the address listed on the web site. Make sure that you put the Product in its original packaging or packaging that provides the same amount of protection as the original packaging.

Where is the warranty valid?

This warranty is valid only to the original purchaser of the Product in the United States and Canada.

20	Legal notices

What does the warranty not cover?

This warranty does not cover: •Customer instruction •Installation

•Set up adjustments •Cosmetic damage

•Damage due to acts of God, such as lightning strikes •Accident

•Misuse

•Abuse

•Negligence •Commercial use

•Modification of any part of the Product This warranty also does not cover:

•Damage due to incorrect operation or maintenance •Connection to an incorrect voltage supply

•Attempted repair by anyone other than a facility authorized by Dynex to service the Product

•Products sold as is or with all faults •Consumables, such as fuses or batteries

•Products where the factory applied serial number has been altered or removed

REPAIR REPLACEMENT AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS WARRANTY IS YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. DYNEX SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR THE BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS PRODUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST DATA, LOSS OF USE OF YOUR PRODUCT, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST PROFITS. DYNEX PRODUCTS MAKES NO OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES FOR THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE AND NO WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WILL APPLY AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD. SOME STATES, PROVINCES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE OR PROVINCE TO PROVINCE.