User manual AOPEN EHB-5232U

[. . . ] 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 our company. All brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Disclaimer We make 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". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not our company. , its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software. [. . . ] These discs can be read/played by a CD-RW drive that bears the High Speed CD-RW logo. Ultra Speed CD-RW discs This disc allows writing/re-writing at 8x to 24x speeds. This COMBO drive can write/re-write these discs at4x, 10x, 12x 16x, 24x or 32x speed. These discs can be read / played by a CD-RW drive that bears the Ultra Speed CD-RW logo. The handling of CD-R and CD-RW Discs Please read the following regarding the handling of CD-R and CD-RW 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-10 -- Specification English 4. Before You Start Please understand that CD recording is a non-interruptible process. If you have a HDD set up only for CD 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 Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP 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 recording process and damage your disk. Defragment of HDD reallocates all the files so that these relevant files are placed in the nearby clusters. This saves time and risks when Easy CD Creator is trying to search for the files you want to record on CD. 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 COMBO drive, 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 COMBO drive. -- E-11 -- Specification 5. Firmware Upgrade The COMBO drive uses Flash type firmware, a small piece of software that can be overwritten and updated. To ensure more reliable operations and enhanced performance of the drive, updates to the firmware will be made available. You can download and upgrade the latest version via our Web site regularly. Confirming the firmware version The Windows 98SE users can confirm the firmware version on the COMBO drive property with Device Manager. Use your writing software to check it. -- E-12 -- Specification English 5. 2. Troubleshooting Write problems Symptom No drive recognition Possible Causes Solutions Bad connection between Ensure that USB cable is not damaged. Using other writing software Use the writing software provided with this which not supports your Combo drive. ensure your Combo drive is supported by contacting the software supplier. [. . . ] (Bent pins, orientations or bad contacts. ) Check if the power cable attached correctly to each drive. Q: The Combo drive doesn't show up in My Computer or Explorer. The following steps will assist you to get your drive to work as a CD-ROM: If you cannot find USB2. 0 Combo drive in Explorer, restart your computer, or shut it down and then turn it on again. You can test it by pressing eject button to see if the tray opens and closes. Be careful to turn off your computer system before checking this item. Check the connection to see if the USB2. 0 connector well inserted. Q: The USB2. 0 Combo drive has problem in reading CD disc, or Error message when double-clicking on the Combo drive icon. There are several ways to solve this problem as follows: The CD disc in the tray may be loaded upside-down, or a little off-center. [. . . ]