HP 8210E, 8200E User Manual

HP CD-Writer Plus

8200e/8210e

user’s guide

HP CD-Writer Plus

User’s Guide

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Laser Safety

This unit employs a laser. Do not remove the cover or attempt to service this
device due to the possibility of eye damage.

CAUTION

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those
specified herein may result in hazardous laser radiation exposure.

Contains: Class 1 Laser Product
Innehåller: Klass 1 Laserapparat
Sisältää: Luokan 1 Laserlaite
Enhält: Klasse 1 Laser-Produkt

DANGER: INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN. AVOID DIRECT
EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

DANGER: RADIATIONS INVISIBLES DU LASER EN CAS D’OUVERTURE. EVITER
TOUT EXPOSITION DIRECTE AU FAISCEAU.

VORSICHT: UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG, WENN ABDECKUNG
GEÖFFNET. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN.

ADVARSEL: USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING. UNDGÅ UDS/ETTELSE
FOR STRÅLING.

ADVARSEL: USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES. UNNGÅ
EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN.

VARNING: OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD.
STRÅLEN ÄR FARLIG.

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KATSO SÄTEESEN.

Table of Contents

Contents of the Electronic User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

About USB Drives

Device Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Maintaining the Data Flow to the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Using the Right Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Choosing a Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Reconnecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

About Making CDs

When Should I Use CD-R (Recordable or Write-Once) Discs? . . . . . . . . .3

When Should I Use CD-RW (ReWritable) Discs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

How do I Make CDs That Can be Read on Other Computers?. . . . . . . . . 4

When is the DirectCD Software Useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

How do I Make Audio CDs?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Can I Avoid Swapping Audio CDs In and Out of the Drive? . . . . . . . . . .5

Can I Use the New 80 Minute Audio CDs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

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Solving Installation Problems

Things to Try First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Customer Support

HP Customer Care Online www.hpcdwriter.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Your Local Reseller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

HP Customer Care by Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Before You Call HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Telephone Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Returning a Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

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Contents of the Electronic User’s Guide

Additional information is available in the electronic User’s Guide. To
view this online documentation click Start on the taskbar, point to

Programs, HP CD-Writer Plus, Information, and select User’s
Guide. You can view this information through your web browser.

The User’s Guide provides information on the following topics:

■ Copying CDs

■ Making Data CDs

■ Making Music CDs

■ Making Inserts and Labels

■ Sharing CDs

■ CD Care

■ Troubleshooting

■ Product Specifications

■ Warranty

■ Software License Agreement

■ Regulatory Information

■ How to Reach Us

About USB Drives

Device Performance

USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices such as your new HP CD-Writer Plus
are so easy to disconnect and reconnect that you may want to use other
devices of this type. The information below can help you maintain the
CD-Writer’s performance when other USB devices are connected to your
computer.

Fast USB devices connected to your computer (such as the CD-Writer
Plus, scanners, printers and speakers) work well as long as they are used
one at a time. However, there is a drastic reduction in performance when
two or more of these devices are used simultaneously.

Typically, slow USB devices connected to your computer (such as mice,
keyboards, and joysticks) do not decrease the performance of other slow
USB devices. They can, however, affect the performance of fast devices
when a slow and a fast device are used simultaneously.

Maintaining the Data Flow to the Drive

The CD-Writer Plus requires a constant stream of information from the
computer in order to create CDs with the Easy CD Creator or CD Copier
software. If the stream of information is interrupted (called a buffer
underrun) the CD can be ruined.

CAUTION: DO NOT USE, CONNECT or TURN ON any other USB
device while creating a CD with Easy CD Creator or CD Copier
software.

The DirectCD software is not susceptible to buffer underruns. To
understand when to use the different software programs, refer to section
on making CDs that begins on page4.

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