Teac CD-W28PU User Manual

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Portable USB CD-RW Drive

CD-W28PU

User's manual

To ensure the smooth handling of your w arranty please write the serial number of
your drive into the box. In the case of warranty y ou are e xpected to send it together
with a copy of your invoice to your nearest TEAC sales representative.

• Changes in specifications and features may be made with-

out notice or obligation.

• Copyright © 2001, TEAC Corporation Ltd. All rights reserved.

First edition: October 2001

• Company and product names provided herein are trade-

marks of their respective companies.

• Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, and Windows

2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in
the U. S.

• Just Link is a trademark of Ricoh Co., Ltd.

CONTENTS

TO THE USER ................................................................................ 53

PRECAUTIONS .............................................................................. 53

SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT AND LIMITED

WARRANTY ................................................................................... 54

1. BEFORE USING ......................................................................... 56

1.1 Computers to connect.......................................................... 56

1.2 Conforming OSes (as of October in 2001) .......................... 57

1.3 Checking the USB controller................................................ 57

1.4 Writing media and writing speed.......................................... 59

2. PRODUCT OUTLINE .................................................................. 61

2.1 Procedure before using the CD-W28PU.............................. 62

2.2 Precautions when unpacking the package .......................... 62

2.3 Package List......................................................................... 63

3. PRECAUTIONS FOR SETTING AND HANDLING..................... 64

4. NAMES AND FUNCTIONS......................................................... 66

5. SETTING UP THE CD-W28PU................................................... 69

5.1 Cable connection ................................................................. 69

5.2 Driver installation under Windows 98SE.............................. 70

5.3 Driver un-installation in Windows 98SE ............................... 73

5.4 Driver installation under Windo ws Me.................................. 75

5.5 Driver installation Windows 2000......................................... 76

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6. SYSTEM RECOVERY PROCEDURE......................................... 77

6.1 System recovery of Windows 98SE ..................................... 77

6.2 System recovery of Windows ME ........................................ 79

6.3 System recovery of Windows 2000 and Windows XP.......... 82

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7. OPERATION................................................................................ 83

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8. DAILY MAINTENANCE ............................................................... 90

9. SUPPORT AND SER VICE.......................................................... 91

10. SPECIFICATION ....................................................................... 93

WARRANTY ................................................................................... 95

7.1 Precautions in handling the media....................................... 83

7.2 Connection........................................................................... 85

7.3 Disconnection ...................................................................... 85

7.4 Setting the media ................................................................. 87

7.5 Ejecting the media ............................................................... 87

7.6 Playing back the audio CD................................................... 88

7.7 Suspend/resume.................................................................. 90

Cleaning the drive ...................................................................... 90

9.1 Warranty period.................................................................... 91

9.2 Requests for repair............................................................... 91

9.3 Technical Service Depots (Europe)...................................... 92

10.1 General specification ......................................................... 93

10.2 Functional specification...................................................... 94

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Contents

TO THE USER

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
a Class B digital device, pursuant to VCCI Rules. Although this de vice
is designed to be used in a home environment, it may cause interfer­ence if used near a radio or TV receiver. Be sure to handle the device
properly in accordance with this instruction manual.

PRECAUTIONS

• While reasonable efforts have been made in the prepar ation of this

product and this document to assure accuracy, contact TEAC Cor­poration if there is any doubt or error in this document. Note how­ever that TEAC Corporation may not assume responsibility for the
support or results of the above.

• TEAC Corporation assumes no responsibility for data loss caused

by the operation that is not in accordance to this document, or data
loss caused by natural disaster , fire, power outage , or spontaneous
defect of this product.

• The product and the material in this document are subject to change

toward improvement without notice.

• No part of this document may be reproduced without the prior writ-

ten consent of TEAC Corporation.

• The contents in this document are written based on information as

of October 2001.

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To the User

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SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WARRANTY

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This License Agreement with limited warranty is a legal agreement y ou
(either an individual or a single entity) and TEA C Corporation (“TEAC”)
for the SOFTWARE, which include computer software and electronic
documentation.

1. GRANT OF LICENSE.

TEAC grants to y ou the right to use the SOFTWARE only for the EQ UIP­MENT you have (“YOUR EQUIPMENT”).

2. COPYRIGHT.

All title and copyrights in and to the SOFTW ARE and any copies thereof
are owned by TEAC or a supplier to TEAC. The SOFTWARE is pro­tected by Japanese cop yright laws, international treaty provisions , and
all other applicable national laws.

3. RESTRICTIONS.

You may not distribute copies of the SOFTWARE to third parties.
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the SOFT­WARE, e xcept and only to the e xtent that applicab le law notwithstand­ing this limitation expressly permits such activity.
You may not rent or lease the SOFTWARE.
You may not reproduce the SOFTWARE except for archival purpose.
You must prominently mark the same copyright notice on your archival

DEVICE DRIVER FOR TEAC CD-R/RW UNIT LICENSE

AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WARRANTY

IMPORTANT:
PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE LICENSE A GREEMENT
HEREIN BEFORE USING THE ENCLOSED DEVICE
DRIVER SOFTWARE (INCLUDING PR OGRAMS AND ALL
RELATED MATERIALS, ”SOFTWARE”) FOR THE TEAC
CD-R/RW UNIT (”EQUIPMENT”). THE RIGHT TO USE THE
SOFTWARE IS GRANTED ONLY ON THE CONDITION
THAT YOU AGREE TO THE LICENSE A GREEMENT . Y OUR
USE OF THE SOFTW ARE SHALL BE DEEMED THAT Y OU
AGREE T O THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.

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Software Licence Agreement and Limites Warranty

file that TEAC marks on the media of the SOFTWARE.
Provided, howe ver , that y ou may permanently transfer all of y our rights
under this Agreement only in conjunction with a permanent transfer of
YOUR EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE and any copies thereof.

4. TERMINA TION.

Your rights under this Agreement terminate upon the disposal of all
copies of the SOFTWARE, or without prejudice to any other rights,
TEAC ma y terminate this Agreement if you fail to comply with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. In such ev ent, you must destroy all
copies of the SOFTWARE.

5. LIMITED WARRANTY.

TEAC warrants that the SOFTWARE will be usable for the purpose
expressed on TEAC’s document when properly installed on a compu-
ter under allowable circumstances, including OS, CPU, I/F, cable, etc.
Your remedy and TEA C’s ob ligation under this limited warranty shall be
limited to replacement or rectification of the defective SOFTWARE.
TEAC does not warrant that the operation of the SOFTWARE will be
uninterrupted or error free. Any and all implied warranties or condi­tions with respect to the SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIM­ITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A P AR TICULAR PURPOSE,
HEREBY ARE EXCLUDED .

6. NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LA W, IN
NO EVENT SHALL TEAC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDEN­TAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
BUSINESS PROFITS, B USINESS INTERR UPTION, LOSS OF BUSI­NESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARIS­ING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY T O USE THE SOFTW ARE,
EVEN IF TEA C HAS BEEN AD VISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMA GES . IN ANY EVENT, TEAC’S LIABILITY T O Y OU SHALL NO T
EXCEED YOUR PURCHASE PRICE FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT. BE­CAUSE SOME STATES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OR LIMITA TION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL
OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT
APPLY TO Y OU .

7. MISCELLANEOUS.

This Agreement is governed by the laws of Japan.

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Software Licence Agreement and Limites Warranty

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1. BEFORE USING

Thank you for purchasing TEAC USB Portable CD-R/RW unit CD­W28PU. This is a CD-R/RW drive that is used by connecting it to the
USB terminal of a personal computer. The drive functions as a device
conforming to the USB1.1 when connected to the USB1.1 terminal

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and as a device conforming to the USB2.0 when connected to the
USB2.0 terminal.

A floppy disk drive may be required for installing software when using
this drive.

This user’s manual describes how to set the CD-W28PU, how to con­nect it to a personal computer, and ho w to operate it. Read the instruc­tion manual of your computer as well.
Read the user’s manual provided with each software to understand
how to use it.

Read this instruction manual carefully before use for proper handling
and operations of the CD-W28PU.

1.1 Computers to connect

• A PC/AT compatible machine with a USB1.1 or USB2.0 interface

(two or more USB connectors are required when using the USB
floppy disk drive for system recovery)

• CPU of Intel Pentium II 266MHz or more

• Main memory of 64MB or more

• Free hard drive space of approx. 800MB or more when writing to

the CD-R or CD-RW disc.

– The USB control conforms to one of the following: UHCI (Univ ersal

Host Controller Interface), OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface)
or EHCI(Enhanced Host Controller Interface) of the USB 2.0. The
drive may not operate with some USB interfaces that conform to
the OHCI.

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– Your PC must conform to a boot from the USB CD-ROM in order to

start from a bootable CD-ROM including a recovery CD using the
drive.

– It is recommended that you create a boot disk in advance taking

into consideration the re-installation (described in System Recov­ery Procedure) of your OS.

– Refer to the TEAC homepage for the latest information on the op-

erational conformity.

1.2 Conforming OSes (as of October in 2001)

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Any one of the following operating systems is required.

• Microsoft

• Microsoft

• Microsoft

• Microsoft

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Windo ws 98 Second Edition

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Windows Me

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Windo ws 2000 Professional

®

Windows XP

• The drive does not conform to Windows 95, Windows 98 and MS-

DOS.

1.3 Checking the USB controller

To use the CD-W28PU in your computer, the USB controller incorpo­rated in the computer must be operating normally. Execute the follow­ing steps to check the operation state of the USB controller.

In Windows 98SE or Windows Me

1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.

2. Double-click System.
In Windows Me, System may not appear in the Control Panel. In
that case, left-click Display all the Control Panel options to display
it.

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3. Click the Device Manager tab.

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In Windows 2000

1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.

2. Double-click System.

3. Click the Hardware tab.

4. Click the Device Manger (D)... button.

5. Confirm that USB (Universal Serial Bus) Controller exists in the

Confirm that USB (Universal Serial Bus) Controller exists in the
device list. The name of the USB controller depends on the PC
used (the figure below represents a USB controller provided by Intel).

device list.

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1.4 Writing media and writing speed

T Writing speed to the media
The conforming writing speed is indicated on the package of the CD­R/RW media. When writing, write within the scope of the specified writ­ing speed of the media used.

T CD-R media and writing speed
Data can be appended to the CD-R disc once or up to a maximum of
approx. 100 times. The data written cannot be erased, however , it has
a wide range of compatibility that allows read by most CD-R OM drives
or CD players .

Writing speed: 2x, 4x, 8x
There is no problem in using a media that conforms to 8x speed or
more. However, only a maximum of 8x speed can be obtained when
using it in this drive.

T CD-RW media and writing speed
The CD-RW disc can be erased and rewritten. A multi-read CD-ROM
drive or a CD play er that conforms to CD-RW media is required to read
written data.

• 1x, 2x, 4x conforming media: 2x, 4x

• 4x - 10x (High Speed) conforming media: 4x, 8x

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Different logos are indicated as shown below on the CD-RW media
depending on the conforming speed. When writing to the CD-RW me­dia in 8x speed, use the media indicated as “High Speed” or “4x - 10x”.

Logo mark

Conforming

1x, 2x, 4x conforming

High Speed (4x - 10x) conforming

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T Certifieded media
The write operation of the drive has been checked using the following
CD-R and CD-RW media. (as of October in 2001)

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Media

Manufacturer

Type of Media

CD-R CD-RW (74min)

74min 80min 10xtype 4xtype
Kodak
Sony
Taiyo-y u de n
T D K
Hitach i (Maxel)
Fuji-Film
Mitsui-chemical
Mitsubishi-chemical
Ricoh

OO

OO

OO

OO

OO

OO

OO

OOOO

OOOO

––
––
––
––
––
––
––

Certified media

– Not-certified media or media of which sale has not been con­firmed

Note
The 80-minute media in the above table includes products
whose write time is indicated as 79 minutes. The actual write
time of some products does not reach 80 minutes.

• Media of which write operation has not been confirmed
This product is designed to operate also with CD-R or CD-RW media
that are not shown in the above table, however, note in advance that
sufficient write quality may not be assured depending on the combina­tion.

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1. Before Using

Even when using media of which write operation has
been confirmed, normal write operation may not be
performed due to variations of the product lot etc., or a

C a u t i o n

read using other CD-ROM drives or CD pla yers cannot
be performed due to the deterioration of the write qual­ity of the CD-R/RW media. It is recommended that you
check the contents of data after writing to a CD-R/RW
media.

2. PRODUCT OUTLINE

Features of the CD-W28PU

•Easy connection

Since this product incorporates the interface conforming to the
USB2.0 High Speed, it can be connected or disconnected to or
from your computer easily ev en when the po wer of the computer is
on. Furthermore, since this product conforms to the USB1.1, it can
be used with most computers that incorporate the USB interface.

* The operation when connected via a USB hub is not supported.

•High-speed write

This product enables stable write onto the CD-R/RW media in 8x
speed at the maximum when connected to a computer conforming
to the USB2.0 by incorporating the interface conforming to the
USB2.0 High Speed.

* When connected to the USB1.1 host controller, a speed of 4x to

6x speed is obtained depending on other specifics.

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•Conformance to media manufactured by major media manufactur-

ers
This product is best tuned to almost all the CD-R and CD-RW me­dia manufactured by major media manufacturers and the media
written by this product realizes a very high write quality. Therefore,
this drive can be used with little concern for compatibility issues.

•Incorporation of the Just Link function

This product incorporates the Just Link function which prevents b uffer
underrun errors that cause a write failure onto the CD-R/RW me-

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2.1 Procedure before using the CD-W28PU

The procedure outline that must be followed before using the drive is
described below. Refer to each section of this document for details of
each procedure.

•Open the package and check the accessories.

•Check the names and functions of each section of the drive.

•Connect the drive and the provided AC adapter.

•Start your computer system and connect the USB terminal of the

•Install the provided device driver and CD-R/CD-RW writing soft-

•Check that the drive operates normally and keep the enclosed war-

dia. With this function, write to the CD-R/RW media is assured when
connected to the USB1.1 as well as the USB2.0.

•Top loading

This product sports a top loading mechanism that allows easy load­ing and ejection of a disc. The top co ver can be opened manually or
by using software that works with the computer.

•Ready-to-use software is provided

computer to the drive.
ware as required.
ranty in a safe place after filling it in.

2.2 Precautions when unpacking the package

Open the product packing box and chec k to mak e sure that the f ollo w­ing components are included. The CD-W28PU is a precision device.
Remove it from the box very carefully. Avoid jarring it.

•Check the appearance of the drive to see if there is an y damage to

the switches or connectors or any other defects.

•It is recommended that you keep the packing box and cushioning

material in case of transporting the drive for repair, etc.

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2.3 Package List

CD-W28PU drive unit

USB interface cable

User’s Manual

(this document)

AC adapter

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Recovery driver disk CD-R/RW writing

software

Warranty (see last page)/

User Registration card

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3. PRECAUTIONS FOR SETTING AND HANDLING

•Place the drive in a stable place

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without any vibrations or tilt.

•Avoid placing the drive in a

place subject to considerable
temperature change such as in
direct sunlight or near a heater.

•Avoid placing the drive in a

dusty or damp place

•Do not place the drive very

close to an AV device or a dis­play monitor.

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