User manual BELKIN F5U142

[. . . ] Connect the Media Reader's USB plug to the USB port on your PC or USB Hub and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. Your media reader will be recognized by Windows as two individual Removable Disk Drives. You will see 4 P73881_F5U142_man. qxd 11/27/01 8:50 AM Page 5 Installation Procedure for Windows (cont. ) an icon representing each disk drive currently installed on your PC. Your Dual Media Reader will be listed as Removable Drive (X), and Removable Drive (Z), where X and Z represent the drive letters assigned by Windows. [. . . ] Windows XP Smart Media Reader Windows XP compatible drivers for the Smart Media reader are not available at this time. A compatible driver will provided shortly after the release of Windows XP. To install the Compact Flash Media reader, simply plug the Media Reader into an available USB port on your computer or USB hub. Your new Media Reader will appear in the "My Computer" window as Removable Drive (X), where X is the drive letter assigned to the Media Reader by your operating system. 7 P73881_F5U142_man. qxd 11/27/01 8:50 AM Page 8 Installation Procedure for Windows Accessing Files and Data (cont. ) 1. A window will open displaying the contents of the currently installed media card. To move files to and from the disk, simply drag the file to the alternate location or use other file transfer methods that are standard in your computer's operating system. Safe Removal of Media Readers in Windows 98se, Me, 2000, or XP Important Note: Do not under any circumstances remove either one of the media cards from the reader at the same time your system is writing data to the second media card. Doing so could result in the loss of all data on the second media card. To safely remove a Media Reader from your computer, click on the "Unplug or Eject Hardware" button which can be found in the right hand corner of the Windows task bar. Failure to follow this step could result in the loss or corruption of data stored on your media card. 8 P73881_F5U142_man. qxd 11/27/01 8:50 AM Page 9 Uninstalling Your Belkin USB Media Reader/Writer All versions of Windows 1. To uninstall a Belkin USB Media Reader/Writer, Click the "Start Button", select "Programs", then select your USB Media Reader from the program list. For Compact Flash or SD/MMC readers, you may perform the uninstall from Windows Device Manager. (To uninstall from Windows Device Manager, the Media Reader must be plugged in to your computer. ) Right click on My Computer, then select Properties, then Device Manager. Select the Media Reader from the list of drives, then click on "Remove". Now unplug the Media Reader from the USB port on your computer or hub. 9 P73881_F5U142_man. qxd 11/27/01 8:50 AM Page 10 Installation Procedure for Mac OS Mac OS 8. 6 1. Select the driver for your reader from the list (SmartMediaTMCompact FlashTM) and click the "Install" Button. Connect the Media Reader's USB plug to an available USB port on your Mac, or USB Hub, and insert your media card(s). Once a media card is inserted, it will appear on your desktop as a standard Mac OS disk drive. If you wish to assign a new drive name to the media card, use the Mac OS format utility to reformat the card. Mac OS 9. 0 ­ 9. x 1. Select the driver for your reader from the list (SmartMediaTMCompact FlashTM) and click the "Install" Button. Connect the Media Reader's USB plug an available USB port on your Mac, or USB Hub, and insert your media card(s). Once a media card is inserted, it will appear on your desktop as a standard Mac OS disk drive. If you wish to assign a new drive name to the media card, use the 10 P73881_F5U142_man. qxd 11/27/01 8:50 AM Page 11 Installation Procedure for Mac OS (cont. ) Mac OS format utility to format the card. OS-X Smart Media Reader OS-X compatible drivers for the Smart Media reader are not available at this time. [. . . ] There is no need to uninstall drivers when the Reader is removed from your Mac. 14 P73881_F5U142_man. qxd 11/27/01 8:50 AM Page 15 Troubleshooting Cannot Find the Drive: · Click on My Computer on your Desktop. If you do not see Removable Drive (X), where x represents the drive letter on your computer, unplug the Media Reader/Writer and uninstall the software and remove the device in the Device Manager. · Then, first re-install the software for the device you want to install. · Check My Computer on your Desktop to see the Removable Drive. In Windows 2000, the computer keeps asking for the installation CD: · Unplug the USB Media Reader/Writer, then uninstall the software/device. [. . . ]