EXP Computer CDE-2440 User Manual

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Universal Installation Manual

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Portable CD-ROM

ThinCD E Series

(for USB, PCMCIA & Parallel Models)

CONTENTS

-Precautions-

Pg.5

-Part Names & Functions-

Front Panel

Pg.7

Rear Panel

Pg.7

-Power Source-

USB Model

Pg.8

PCMCIA Model

Pg.8

Parallel Model

Pg.8

-System Requirements-

USB Model

Pg.8

PCMCIA Model

Pg.8

Parallel Model

Pg.8

-Hardware Installation-

USB Model

Pg.9

PCMCIA Model

Pg.9

Parallel Model

Pg.9

-Software Installation for USB-

Windows 98

Pg.10

Windows 2000

Pg.12

-Software Installation for PCMCIA-

Windows 98

Pg.16

Windows 95B

Pg.17

Windows 95

Pg.18

Windows NT

Pg.18

Windows 2000

Pg.20

-Software Installation for Parallel-

Windows 95/98

Pg.21

Windows 2000

Pg.23

-Software Installation for DOS-

PCMCIA Model

Pg. 25

Parallel Model

Pg. 27

-Where to Buy-

Pg. 29

Addition Upgrades

Pg. 29

-Tech Support-

Pg. 29

Precautions

Read this section carefully before starting to use the Portable CD-ROM.

Ÿ Do not place heavy

objects on the drive.

Ÿ Do not touch the lens.

ŸŸ Do not expose the drive

to direct sunlight or heat. Do not leave it in a hot

automobile.

Ÿ Clean the lens with a dry

cotton swab or compressed air.

to protect it from dust.

Ÿ Do not spill liquid on

the unit.

Ÿ Clean the outside of the

player with a soft, dry cloth.

Ÿ Do not shake or subject

to intense vibration.

Ÿ Do not put the drive in

a place subject to weight and pressure.

Ÿ Keep the drive away

from the edge of the desk or table

Ÿ Handle the disc by the

edges as much as possible.

Ÿ Do not bend the disc.

 Condensation can form on the lens if the CD-ROM drive is moved from a

cold temperature to a warmer environment. This can result in the lens inability to properly read the disc. If this occurs, remove the disc and leave the power on. After one hour, reinsert the disc and try again.

 Do not expose the disc to the direct sunlight. Do not store the disc in a

room with high temperature or high humidity.  To avoid dust, scratches, bending, etc., always store the disc in its case.  Use a soft and dry cloth in a circular motion to wipe the disc. Do not

use benzine, record cleaner, static electricity prevention fluid, or any

other liquid as it may damage the disc.

Ÿ Do not touch the signal

side of the disc. Do not attach labels to the disc.

Part Names & Functions

The front and rear panels of your ThinCD drive may look slightly different from the figures below. However, The important parts and functions are the same regardless of their locations.

FRONT PANEL

1. Eject button:

Press this button to eject the tray.

2. Access LED:

This LED will blink when the drive is accessing the disc.

3. Emergency Hole:

Insert a pin shaped item to manually eject the tray when the drive is

powered off.

4. Power LED:

This LED will light when power is on.

REAR PANEL

1. Power Button:

Press the button to manually power on/off the drive when it is powered by an AC adapter.

2. DC in Jack:

This jack connects to the AC adapter.

3. Power Source Switch:

This switch is used to select the power source. When the switch is set to “PC”, then PCMCIA power direct is selected. When it is set to “DC”, an AC adapter is required to power the CD-ROM.

4. Interface Connector:

Connect the CD-ROM drive to the USB, PCMCIA or Parallel interface.

5. Audio Line-Out Jack:

Send audio signal to an external amplifier.

Power Source

USB Interface:

This ThinCD drive model can be powered by the AC Adapter only. *Make sure the Power Source Switch is set at DC, located on the rear panel.

PCMCIA Interface:

This ThinCD drive model can be powered by either the AC Adapter or directly from the computer via the PCMCIA slot. * Make sure the Power Source Switch, located on the rear panel, is set to PC.

Parallel Cable Interface:

This ThinCD drive model can be powered by the AC adapter only. *Make sure the Power Source Switch is set at DC, located on the rear panel

Only use the AC adapter provided with this unit. Using an incorrect AC adapter may cause permanent and unpredictable damage to the Portable CD-ROM drive.

System Requirements

USB Model:

• A computer with an enabled USB 1.1 port

• Windows 98, 2000

PCMCIA Model:

• A computer with a Type II or Type III Card slot

• DOS, Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT

Parallel Cable Model:

• A computer with a Parallel Port

• DOS, Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT

Hardware Installation

USB Model:

1. Connect the 36-pin connector to the drive until it is seated firlmly.

2. Connect the AC adapter into the DC IN jack an the rear panel.

3. Plug the AC adapter into a working outlet.

4. Continue with the Software Installation.

PCMCIA Model:

1. Before you begin power off your PC system

2. Connect the 36-pin connector to the ThinCD drive until it is firmly seated, then tighten the screws.

3. Locate the PCMCIA slot on your computer and insert the PC card into it. (Note: The PC card is keyed for proper instertion—the arrow should be pointing toward the computer, facing upward.

4. Power on your PC and the ThinCD drive by either the AC adapter or your notebook’s batteries.

5. Continue with the Software Installation.

Parallel Cable Model:

1. Before you begin power OFF your PC system.

2. Connect the 36-pin connector to the ThinCD drive and connect the other end to your computer’s Parallel port.

3. Plug in the AC adapter and power on your system and the ThinCD drive.

4. Continue with the Software Installation.

Software Installation for USB Model

Windows 98

1. Power on your PC and make sure the USB port device driver is installed and available in Windows 98.

2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on your PC.

3. If this is the first time you are connecting the ThinCD drive to the USB port of your PC, the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear as below.

4. Click on Next, check the Search for the best driver for you device and click Next.

5. Check the Floppy desk drives, insert the device driver floppy diskette into your drive and click Next.

6. You should now see the screen below. Click Next.

7. Click Finish to complete the installation process.

8. When the Unknown Device box pops up, keep the driver diskette in the floppy drive and click Next three times. You should now see the screen below.

9. The Wizard will ask you to specify a path to copy the needed file to the hard disk. Type A:\ in the Copy files from box, then click OK.

10. After the files have copies onto the hard disk, you should see the screen below. Click Finish to complete the installation.

11. In My Computer (located on your desktop) you should see another CD-ROM drive.

Windows 2000

1. Start your computer , make sure the USB port device driver is installed and available in Windows 2000.

2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port of your PC.

3. If this is the first time you are connecting the ThinCD drive into your PC, the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear as below.

4. Once this Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears, click Next to continue.

5. Select Search for a suitable driver… and click Next.

6. Insert the device driver diskette into your floppy drive. Make sure Specify Location is selected and then click Next.

7. The Found New Hardware Wizard will search for the information files in the hard disk, then the floppy drive. Type A:\win2000 or click Browse to select the A:\win2000 folder. Click OK.

8. Click Next to continue.

9. Click Finish to complete the installation process.

10. The Found New Hardware Wizard in now installing the ThinCD drive.

11. In My Computer (located on your desktop) you should see another CD-ROM drive.

Software Installation for PCMCIA Model

Windows 98

1. After you have plugged the PC card into your notebook, power on your PC. The Add New Hardware Wizard will be displayed.

2. Click Next in the next two screens to get to the screen shown below.

3. Insert the device driver diskette into your floppy drive.

4. Check Floppy disk drive and Specify a location . Make sure A:\win95 is displayed as below.

5. Click Next and then Finish to complete the installation process.

Windows 95 (VersionB)

1. After you plugged in the PC card into your PC, and the screen below appears, your Windows 95 is version 4.0.95B (ie. OSR 2). If you do not see the screen below, skip to the next Windows 95 section.

2. Insert the device driver diskette into your floppy drive.

3. Click Next.

4. Click Finish to complete the installation procedure.

Note: It is not necessary to connect the PC card every time you reboot your PC; connect it only when you need to use it.

Windows 95

1. After you’ve plugged the PC card into your PC, power on your PC. The below screen will appear. (For Windows 95 version 4.00.950 or

4.00.95a.)

2. Select Driver from disk… and click OK.

3. Insert the device driver diskette into your floppy drive.

4. Specify the directory as A:\ or A:\win95 and click OK.

5. All other remaining installations will then proceed automatically.

Windows NT

Before you begin:

• Power on your PC

• Make sure that Windows NT is version 3.51 or higher and installed.

• Since Windows NT does not support the Hot Insert/Remove

feature, the ThinCD should be connected to your PC prior to starting Windows NT. Likewise, don’t remove the ThinCD before shutting down Windows NT.

• In Windows NT, the I/O and IRQ settings of the ThinCD can not be changed. Therefore, if the setting conflict with other devices you are using, change the I/O and IRQ settings of the other devices to avoid conflicts.

Windows NT (con’t.)

1. Pull up the Start menu, select Settings and then Control Panel . Double-click the SCSI Adapter icon.

2. Click the Drivers tab.

3. Click Add, and then Have Disk .

4. Insert the device driver diskette into your floppy drive.

5. Specify the directory as A:\WINNT or B:\WINNT (whichever contains the diskette). Select OK.

6. When the following screen appears, select the PCMCIA CD- ROM/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-ROM item. Click OK.

7. Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation procedure.

Windows 2000

1. After you’ve plugged the PC card into your PC, power on your system. The Found New Hardware box should appear as below.

2. The Found New Hardware will now install the default PCMCIA IDE/ATAPI Controller driver.

3. The ThinCD is now installing.

4. Once the installation is complete go to your desktop. Double-click on

My Computer, you should now see another CD-ROM drive displayed.

Software Installation for the Parallel Model

Windows 95/98

1. Once you have connected the Parallel cable to your PC and the ThinCD drive, power ON your PC.

2. Go to your desktop and double-click on the My Computer icon. Now double-click the Control Panel icon, and then the Add New Hardware icon. Click Next to begin the installation.

3. In the Add New Hardware Wizard screen, select NO and click Next.

4. Select SCSI controllers and click Next.

5. Insert the driver diskette into your floppy drive and click OK. (If you’re installing from a directory containing downloaded installation files, specify the full path of the directory and click OK.)

6. You should now see the screen below. Select PHT Parallel-Port- Series Win95 Driver and Click Have Disk .

7. Click Finish to complete the installation procedure.

Windows NT

1. Once you have connected the Parallel cable to your PC and the ThinCD drive, power ON your PC.

2. Pull up the Start menu, select Settings, then click Control Panel .

3. Double-click the SCSI Adapter icon.

4. Click the Drivers tab. Make sure IDE CD-ROM ATAPI…is selected and click Add, as shown below.

5. Once in the Install Driver window, click Have Disk as shown below.

6. Insert the device driver diskette into your floppy drive. Specify the directory as A:\WINNT or B:\WINNT, whichever contains the diskette. ClickOK.

7. Click OK.

8. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation procedure.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS

PC Card Model:

Automatic Installation The INSTALL program helps you install the device driver into your computer easily. Please follow the instructions below to proceed with automatic installation.

1. Insert the device driver diskette into a floppy disk drive on your computer.

2. Change the working directory to the floppy drive containing the device driver diskette by typing “A:” or “B:” then press ENTER.

3. At the DOS prompt (A:\> or B:\>), type “INSTALL” followed by the ENTER key.

4. Press ENTER or click on the OK button to continue. When the opening screen appears, a dialog box will be displayed for you to specify the necessary parameters:

• Directory to install the device driver.

• The DOS directory to specify the location of the MSCDEX driver.

• The I/O port address

• The IRQ number.

Enter the directory you select to install the driver and press the TAB key to forward to the next field to indicate the DOS Directory. Press the TAB key again to set the I/O port and then the IRQ. The default setting of the I/O ports are (170-177, 376-377), and the default IRQ is

15.

5. After completing the selection, click on the Install button to continue.

6. The rest of the installation should proceed automatically, and the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on your computer will be updated.

7. Reboot your computer and the CD-ROM drive will be defined as the next available drive letter. For example, if the last hard drive of the computer is drive C, the CD-ROM drive will be assigned to be drive D: automatically.

Manual Installation You may also manually install the Portable CD-ROM device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Please follow procedures below to complete this manual installation.

1. Copy the files EXPCDI.EXE from the Portable CD-ROM device driver disk to your hard disk.

2. Copy or locate the MSCDEX.EXE in your hard disk. Usually reside at C:\DOS or C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND

3. Add “LASTDRIVE=Z” to the TOP of your CONFIG.SYS file. If you already have a LASTDRIVE line with a letter other than Z, change it to Z.

4. Add the following lines to the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE=drive:\path\EXPCDI.EXE /P:1 /I:15 /D:MSCD001

where drive:\path specifies the directory containing the file EXPCDI.EXE.

Note: If your CONFIG.SYS file is already loaded with PCMCIA software, such as Cardsoft of SystemSoft or Cardtalk of Databook, it is necessary to add the above line AFTER all the PCMCIA statements.. Otherwise, the PCMCIA interface card will not be initialized properly. To make sure if any PCMCIA software has been loaded in your system and to know more about PCMCIA, please refer to the section titled “PCMCIA Software Information”.

The EXPCDI.EXE is device driver for the PORTABLE CD-ROM. The parameters of EXPCDI.EXE are described as below:

/P Set the I/O ports, and the valid numbers are 1, 2, and 3. Each

number represents the I/O port pairs of (170-177, 376-377), (1E81EF, 3EE-3EF), and (168-16F, 36E-36F) respectively. The default setting is /P:1.

/I Set the IRQ number. The valid IRQs are 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and

15, and the default setting is /I:15.

/D is used to set the device name. It can be any name up to 8

characters. This name must be the same as the name you will specify in the MSCDEX.EXE option /D: name in the next step.

5. Add the following line at the TOP of your AUTOEXEC.BAT:

drive:\path\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:4

where drive:\path specifies the DOS directory or the directory containing the file MSCDEX.EXE.

Note: If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file loads a menu program such as

DOSSHELL or Windows, you have to add the above line to start your menu program. Otherwise, MSCDEX will not have a chance to load before your menu program begins.

The example above shows the default setting. The /D: switch indicates the device name. It MUST be the same name as you specified by the /D: switch of EXPCDI.EXE in your CONFIG.SYS file. The /M: switch indicates how much memory to allocate for caching information on the CD-ROM. The default /M:4 caches 8KB. For more information about the switches of MSCDEX, please type “help MSCDEX” at the DOS prompt.

Now, reboot your computer to activate the CD-ROM drive.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS

Parallel Port Model:

Make sure that your computer has an IBM-compatible parallel (printer) port and DOS 3.1 or above.

1. Follow the instructions in the HARDWARE INSTALLATION section.

2. Place your TransCD installation diskette into the floppy drive. (Open a

“DOS prompt” if you are in the Windows environment.) If the floppy drive is the A drive, enter a:\dos\tcd

3. Perform option 1, "Install", from the TransCD Utility Main Menu.

******** TransCD Utility Main Menu ********

1. Install TransCD Software

2. Un-install TransCD Software

3. Audio CD Utility

4. Print TCD.EXE version number

5. Re-boot system

6. List all TransCD devices

7. List all FIT parallel devices

8. Reset CD-ROM drive

0. Exit

Enter menu selection >> 1

4. Follow the instructions on the screen. For the quickest install, press

ENTER to use drive C, press Y and ENTER to use default, and then remove the installation diskette and press Y and ENTER to re-boot the PC.

Most CD-ROM programs require a minimum of a 286 processor with MSDOS 3.1 or MS-WINDOW 3.1, 640K RAM, and an EGA/VGA video card. Refer to the side of the CD-ROM package for program requirements, and enjoy!

Access TransCD without Software Installation

(Dynamic loading of the TransCD driver)

This method of Dynamically Loading the TransCD driver offers a temporary install of the TransCD driver. It will not modify CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. The driver is loaded dynamically. When the system is shut off, the driver is gone.

1. Place your TransCD installation diskette into the floppy drive.

2. Select the floppy drive by typing floppy drive letter. For example: A: change directory to \dos

At the floppy drive prompt type TCDGO. This will then install the TransCD driver.

Additional Upgrades

Optional Kits PCMCIA USB Parallel EXP Part # CDE-CARD CBL-USB-CD CBL-PARL36

Where to Buy:

Please visit www.expnet.com to see our list of resellers

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