User manual TEAC CD-W0030A

[. . . ] (Lower the volume before you start a CD-ROM audio program to protect your hearing and the audio speakers. ) LED indicators: The drive features two LED indicator lights on the front panel. Various operations are indicated as per the following table: Operation At tray loading At tray eject During write/erase During audio play During seek/data transfer Right LED green LED flashes green LED flashes off green LED flashes green LED lights Left LED off off green LED flashes off off emergency eject mechanism: If the eject button fails, you can turn off the power to the CD-RW drive and insert a small, thin rod (such as a straightened paper clip) into the emergency eject mechanism opening and press firmly to eject the disc. Caution: Do not attempt to use the emergency eject mechanism when either the Power or Busy indicator is lit or you may seriously damage the disc or the CD-RW Drive. [. . . ] Remove your computer's cover, faceplate, or 5. 25-inch bay cover, as well as mounting clips, screws, and retaining brackets. Note: If you have a SCSI CD-ROM drive or no IDE CD-ROM/DVD drive installed in your system, continue with Step 4. If you have an IDE CD-ROM/ DVD drive installed in your system, skip step 4 and continue with Step 5. If you have a SCSI CD-ROM drive or no IDE CD-ROM/DVD drive installed on your system, do the following: 4a) Confirm that the jumper on the rear panel of the CD-RW drive is configured to its default setting of Master. Install the CDRW drive in your personal computer in a horizontal orientation (within ±10° of horizontal). Warning: Do not use mounting screws longer than 3x5mm to secure the CD-RW drive or you may damage the unit. secure drive with 3x5mm screws 4c) Locate the secondary IDE connector on your system's motherboard and connect one end of the IDE interface cable. Be certain to connect Pin-1 of the interface cable to Pin-1 on the secondary IDE connector on the motherboard. (Pin-1 on interface cable is usually designated by a color strip along one edge of the cable. Also, the interface ribbon cable connector may feature a tab on one side. Insert the cable so that the tab aligns with the notch on the interface connector. Do not use excessive force while trying to insert the cable into position). TEAC CD-RW Installation Guide 4 Installing the CD-RW Drive 4d) Connect the opposite end of the interface ribbon cable to the interface connector on the rear panel of the CD-RW drive. AUD IO O UT audio cable IDE INTE RFA CE DC IN notch PUT FG power cable pin 1 IDE interface ribbon cable tab 4e) Connect one end of an analog audio cable to the analog audio connector on the rear panel of the CD-RW drive and connect the opposite end to your sound card. If you have an IDE CD-ROM/DVD drive installed on your system, do the following: Typically, your IDE CD-ROM/DVD drive is connected to the secondary IDE motherboard connector as a Master. In such cases, it is strongly recommended that you connect the CD-RW drive as a Slave drive to the same cable that currently hosts your CD-ROM/DVD drive. Install the CDRW drive in your personal computer in a horizontal orientation (within ±10° of horizontal). Warning: Do not use mounting screws longer than 3x5mm to secure the CD-RW drive or you may damage the unit. 5c) Connect the CD-RW to the vacant middle connector on your CD-ROM/ DVD interface cable. (If your original cable does not have an available middle connector, you will need to acquire and install a standard IDE cable with three connectors. ) 5d) Your CD-ROM/DVD drive probably uses an audio cable that is connected to the computer's sound card. Therefore, there is no need to connect an audio cable to your CD-RW drive. [. . . ] Once you confirm that you can read (play) data discs from the CD-RW drive, install the premastering software to enable recording to CD-R and CD-RW discs. The premastering software is to be purchased separately. · · · Recommended Software Before you can record data onto CD-R or CD-RW discs using your TEAC CD-RW Drive, you must first install pre-mastering or packet-writing software onto your computer's hard disk. TEAC recommends the following applications for Windows 95/98/Me/2000-Professional and NT: Adaptec Easy CD Creator, Version 4. 02d or higher: A full-featured premastering software application that enables you to create audio CDs and data CDs. [. . . ]