User manual AOPEN DRW2412PRO

[. . . ] No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of AOpen Inc. All brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Disclaimer AOpen Inc. makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". [. . . ] These discs can be played back in a CD-ROM drive or a CD player. CD-RW discs This DVD+RW/+R drive can write/re-write at 2x or 4x speed on those discs that support 4x speed. These discs can be read/played on a CD-ROM that supports "Multi-Read". High Speed CD-RW discs This DVD+RW/+R drive can write/re-write these discs at 4x, 8x, or 10x speed. These discs can be read/played by a CD-RW drive that bears the High Speed CD-RW logo. DVD+RW discs This DVD+RW/+R drive can writing/re-writing DVD+RW disc at high speed. These discs can be read/played by DVD-ROM drive or DVD player that bears the DVD+RW logo. DVD+R discs This DVD+RW/+R drive can writing/re-writing DVD+R disc at high speed. These discs can be read/played by DVD-ROM drive or DVD player that bears the DVD+R logo. The handling of CD-R, CD-RW and DVD+RW/+R Discs Please read the following regarding the handling of CD-R, CD-RW and DVD+RW/+R discs. Do not expose the discs to excessive heat such as in direct sunlight or near a heater. Do not bend or drop discs -- E-19 -- Hardware Installation English 4. Before You Start Please understand that CD & DVD recording are non-interruptible process. If you have a HDD set up only for CD or DVD recording purpose, the recording process shall be smooth. However, if an extra HDD is not available, you might prefer carrying out the following steps to optimize your Windows2000/XP/ME/98SE/98(or NT4. 0) CD recording arrangement: Close all resident programs that include Anti-Virus, Screen Saver, System Agent, Power Management, etc. Further, maximizing and minimizing windows are not recommended either. If not, any operation of these applications will intrude the CD/DVD recording process and damage your disk. This is particularly important When you write files to CD/DVD+RW from HDD. Defragmentation of HDD reallocates all The files so that these relevant files are placed in the nearby clusters. This saves time and risks when CD/DVD burning software is trying to search for the files you want to record on CD or DVD. 4. 2. Installing Software For information on installing procedures and how to use the authoring software, please refer to the manual that came with it. If you want to use another type of authoring software not bundled with this product, please refer to each manual on how to install and operate. Please note that some authoring software or version of authoring software does not support this product. -- E-20 -- Technical Support English 5. Technical Support For additional information or help during installation or normal operation of this drive not available in this manual or from our Web site, please contact our dealer where you have purchased this product for support, or you may contact us directly: AOpen Inc http://www. aopen. com. tw http://english. aopen. com. tw AOpen America Inc. http://www. aopen. nl Please provide product information, including the model name and serial number, computer system information, and/or a detail description of your problem or question by E-Mail. The AOpen technical support staff will respond as quickly as possible. Firmware Upgrade The DVD+RW/+R uses Flash type firmware, a small piece of software that can be overwritten and updated. [. . . ] If some other programs create the CD disc, please verify you are using version 2. 23 of the MSCDEX. EXE file. First, restart your PC and when you see "Starting MS-DOS. . . " appear on your monitor, press F8. Each line in your CONFIG. SYS and AUTOEXEC. BAT files will load one at a time. Press "Y" until you see a line containing "MSCDEX. EXE", then press "Y" and you will see the version number displayed on monitor. [. . . ]