Samsung TS-H552B-MIAH User Manual

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Index

Installing Device Driver and Confirming

Main Page

Safety Precautions

Safety Precautions During Installation During Operating Others

Features

Exterior System Requirements Features

Installing DVD R±RW Drive and Connecting Cables

Installing Drive Connecting Cables

How To Use The DVD R±RW Drive

How to Use the Drive How to Use DVD R±RW and Other Discs

MAGIC SPEED

Deleting Utilities

The Installation

Firmware Update Confirming the Installation of Device Driver Installing the MS-DOS device driver

Storing/Cleaning Drive and Disc

Cleaning the Drive Storing the Disc Cleaning the Disc When the on/off Light Blinks

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Caution: Possible Errors

Product Specifications

Safety Precautions

This symbol indicates explanations about extremely dangerous matters. If users ignore this symbol and handle the device the wrong way, serious injury or death could result.

This symbol indicates explanations about dangerous matters. If users ignore this symbol and handle the device the wrong way, damage to home or property could result.

Important to read and understand at all times

Do not disassemble

Always make sure that the disc does not have a crack before use. If the disc has a crack (especially around the center hole), it is recommended to make a copy immediately and use the copy instead. When a cracked disc is used continuously, the size of the crack is likely to grow and this will eventually result in irreparable damage to the disc.

Safety Precautions

Avoid low or high temperature environments.

Avoid high

During Installation

Do not drop the drive, and protect it from severe shocks.

- It can damage the drive or cause it to malfunction.

Do not place the drive in direct sunlight.

-humidity environments.

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During Operating

Handle with caution to prevent damage from external shock.

Do not drop the drive, and protect it from severe shocks.

- It can damage the drive or cause it to malfunction.

Do not move the drive while in operation and do not attempt to open the disc tray by force. Make sure to close all working programs before attempting to open the tray and always use the open/close button.

Do not insert a pin into the emergency opening while in operation.

Do not insert hands in the tray while in operation. This may cause damage to the product or human body

Do not use cracked, distorted or damaged discs.

In particular, a disc with a crack on the inner tracks may break while in use.

Always check to be sure the disc is not cracked before use. If you find a crack on the disc (especially around the center hole), make a copy of the disc immediately and use the copy instead. Continued use of a cracked disc will cause the crack to become bigger, resulting in irreparable damage to the disc.

Do not use low-quality discs (illegal, scratched, damaged, etc.).

Samsung is not responsible for any loss resulting from the use of such discs.

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Never allow food particles or foreign substances to enter the drive

Others

casing.

To protect against the risk of fire, do not spill such liquids as alcohol and benzene on the drive.

Do not disassemble, attempt to repair or modify the device without express approval as directed in the manual.

- To reduce the risk of damage, electric shock, and fire.

Features

DVD R±RW Drive 40-pin interface cable audio cable four screws to install the drive drive installation instruction sheets software programs (software: Nero Express 6.3, InCD 4,WinDVD Creator, WinDVD Recorder, Intervideo DVD Copy, Acrobat Reader 5.0, DirectX 9.0)

1. Emergency Hole 2. On/Off Lamp

3. Open/Close Button 4. Disc Tray

1. Sound Output Port 2. Interface Port

3. Master/Slave Selection Port 4. Power Port

In case you need to return the purchased product, be sure to include all the accessories provided with the product to receive a refund.

The type of accessories varies depending on product model.

Features

You need to have an IBM-compatible PC with the following specifications.

Item Description

OS Microsoft Windows 98 SE/2000/Me/XP(SP 1.0 or higher)

CPU

RAM 256Mbytes or greater

Pentium3 or greater IBM-compatible PC (Recommendation: Pentium4 2.0GHz or higher)

Features

Versatile Multimedia Features

DVD-R : Read / Write DVD-RW : Read / Write / Rewrite allowed DVD+R : Read / Write DVD+RW : Read / Write / Rewrite allowed DVD-ROM : Read DVD+R Dual : Read / Write CD-R : Read / Write CD-RW : Read / Write / Rewrite allowed

Supports Read (playback) for various types of discs

See table below for details

Disc Type Writable Rewritable Read

CD-STAMP × × O

DVD

Writable : write once, read many times. Rewritable : write data one or more times.

CD-R O × O CD-RW (O) O O DVD-STAMP × × O DVD-R For General Ver 2.1 O × O DVD-RW Ver 1.1 (O) O O DVD+R Basic Ver 1.11 O × O DVD+RW Basic Ver 1.2 (O) O O

DVD Recommended Disc Types

DVD-R Media

Taiyo-Yuden / Taiyo-Yuden, TDK, Mitsubishi Chemical, Hitachi Maxell, Fuji Film, PVC, Panasonic, RiTEK, CMC, UNIFINO / Taiyo-Yuden, TDK, Mitsubishi Chemical, Hitachi Maxell, PVC, Panasonic, RiTEK, CMC

DVD-RW Media

TDK, Mitsubishi Chemical, JVC, PVC, RiTEK, CMC / TDK, Mitsubishi Chemical, JVC

DVD+R Media

Taiyo-Yuden / RICOH, Taiyo-Yuden, Mitsubishi Chemical, RiTEK, CMC / RICOH, Mitsubishi Chemical, RiTEK, CMC, Prodisc, Optdisc

DVD+RW Media

RICOH, Mitsubishi Chemical, RiTEK, CMC / RICOH, Mitsubishi Chemical, RiTEK, CMC

CD Recommended Disc Types

CD-R Media

Taiyo-Yuden, RICOH, Mitsubishi Chemical, Hitachi Maxell, Fiji Film, RiTEK(Phtharo), CMC / Pioneer, Mitsubishi Chemical, Princo, RiTEK(Cyanine), Princo / TDK, Mitsubishi Chemical

CD-RW Media

RICOH, Mitsubishi Chemical, RiTEK, CMC

HS CD-RW Media

RICOH, Mitsubishi Chemical, CMC

US CD-RW Media

Mitsubishi Chemical

Buffer underrun prevention technology included

What is " buffer underrun prevention technology "? A technology to prevent "buffer underrun" errors in which the data transmission speed is not as

fast as the data writing speed when data is being recorded on a CD.

Reading / Recording Speed

Reading Speed(MAX)

DVD-ROM(S)(12x), DVD-ROM(D)(8x), CD-ROM (40x),DVD-R (8x), DVD-RW (8x), DVD+R (8x), DVD+RW (8x), CD-ROM (48x), CD-R (48x), CD-RW (32x)

Recording Speed(MAX)

DVD+R (16x), DVD+RW (4x), DVD-R (8x), DVD-RW (4x), CD-R (40x), CD-RW (32x)

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