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.
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ŸŸ Do not expose the drive
to direct sunlight or heat.
Do not leave it in a hot
automobile.
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Ÿ Clean the lens with a dry
cotton swab or
compressed air.
to protect it from dust.
ý
Ÿ Do not spill liquid on
the unit.
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Ÿ Clean the outside of the
player with a soft, dry
cloth.
ý
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Ÿ Do not shake or subject
to intense vibration.
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Ÿ Do not put the drive in
a place subject to weight
and pressure.
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Ÿ Keep the drive away
from the edge of the
desk or table
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ý
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ŸHandle 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.
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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.
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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
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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 DCIN
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 tothe
ThinCD drive and connect theother
end to your computer’s Parallelport.
3. Plug in the AC adapter and poweron
your system and the ThinCDdrive.
4. Continue with the Software
Installation.
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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 youdevice and click Next.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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•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 .
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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.
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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 NewHardware icon. Click Next to begin the installation.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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:
/PSet 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.
/ISet the IRQ number. The valid IRQs are 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and
15, and the default setting is /I:15.
/Dis 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.
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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 “helpMSCDEX” 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
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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.
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Additional Upgrades
Optional KitsPCMCIAUSBParallel
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