User manual FREECOM CABLE II FIREWIRE

[. . . ] Before installing the drive, please read through the following points regarding its compatibility with your system. GB FREECOM Technologies GmbH Berlin, Germany www. freecom. com Warning !The products named in this manual are only used for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies. If this is the case, the user has to take appropriate measures and assume all responsibility and costs for. FREECOM Technologies is not liable for any damages that may occur from the use of a FREECOM system. [. . . ] Select your drive for driver installation from the FREECOM floppy disk/CD in the next window. The files from the FREECOM installation disk will be installed on your hard disk. The next "Hardware Assistant" window shows you that the software for the new device has been installed. 7 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 8. To install further drivers for the "FREECOM USB Cable II", you will have to repeat the installation procedure. Driver installation is then complete and your drive will appear with the new drive letter under "My Computer". For CD-R(W) drives, now install the mastering and UDF software if necessary. Note: you can plug the drive in and unplug it at the USB port while the PC is running. The drive will be recognized automatically under "My Computer" when it is reconnected ("hot plug & play"). 2. 2 Uninstalling the software under Windows 98 SE / Windows ME (USB) The FREECOM installation disk contains the program DriverRemove. EXE with which you can remove all FREECOM drivers for USB. 8 Driver installation for PC 2. 3 Allocation of the drive letter to the FREECOM drive under Windows 98 SE / Windows ME (USB) After successful installation, Windows assigns the FREECOM drive a new drive letter automatically in most cases. This can shift the drive letter of an already present drive (for example, from 'D' to 'E'). If this leads to problems, it is possible to change the drive letter assignment as follows. Click "Start" - "Settings" - "Control Panel". Select "Device Manager" and click on "Drives" or "CD-ROM", if the FREECOM drive you are using is a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD recorder or CD rewriteable. Click the FREECOM drive, and then "Properties" - "Settings". (The currently assigned drive letter as well as the reserved drive letters will then be displayed). Under Reserved Drive Letter, enter a drive letter, for example, 'F' for the FREECOM device as the "Start drive letter" and "F" again as the "Last drive letter". When you restart your computer, the FREECOM drive will be assigned the letter "F" in "My Computer". After the FREECOM Cable II USB is connected to the PC, the driver data base is loaded automatically. Note: If you are connecting a USB device to your computer for the first time, you might be prompted to first install the special Windows 2000 drivers for USB from the Windows 2000 CD. Now insert the FREECOM installation diskette/CD Software for Cable II USB for Windows 2000 in the drive of your computer. Click on Next. GB 2 9 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 2 4. In the next window, select the recommended option Find the best driver for the device and confirm by clicking Next. 5. [. . . ] The drive will be recognized automatically under "My Computer" when it is reconnected ("hot plug & play"). 2. 6 FREECOM Cable II IEEE 1394 installation under Windows 2000 (First Installation) The required driver is automatically installed once the FREECOM Cable II IEEE 1394 has been inserted and it is immediately allocated a drive letter. GB 2 11 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 4 CHAPTER 3: Software Installation for Macintosh (CD-RW) 3. 1 Installing "Toast" Software for Cable II USB/Cable II IEEE 1394 (FireWire) To install the "Toast" software application: 1. The "Toast Installer CD" includes installers in several languages, each in its own installer. Double-click the "Toast" Installer (the appropriate language). [. . . ]