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              COMBO DRIVE  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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INTRODUCTION 

Features 

Welcome to a multimedia world of CD-ReWritable technology and DVD-ROM 
capabilities. This high-performance combo drive combines CD-RW and DVD-
ROM in one single drive which frees up precious bay space and presents you 
abundant function. It reads CDs of all types at maximum 52X speed, and 
DVD-ROMs at 16X speed maximum. For the writing ability, it writes to CD-Rs 
at up to 52X speed, and to CD-RWs at up to 32X speed. 

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 With the bundled 

software, you can enjoy the fun of creating customized audio and data CDs 
and the fascinating DVD entertainment of high resolution.  

Here are some important features of this Combo Drive: 

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EIDE/ATAPI Interface for easy installation 

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8X, 16X, 24X, 32X, 40X, 48X and 52X writing speed on CD-R 
media 

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4X, 10X, 12X, 16X, 24X and 32X writing speed on CD-RW 
media 

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Adopts Buffer Underrun Prevention technology (MTKSuperLink) 

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Supports writing modes of TAO, DAO, SAO and packet writing 

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Large internal buffer: 2MB 

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Supports MultiRead function 

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Serves as RPC-2 DVD-ROM Drive  

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Smooth DVD playback  

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Low power consumption 

Summary of Contents for BCO5232IM

Page 1: ...Combo Drive CD R 52X CD RW 32X DVD 16X User s Manual...

Page 2: ...INVISIBLES DE CLASSE 3B EN CAS D OUVERTURE EVITER TOUTE EXPOSITION AUX RAYONS Copyright Statement It is a criminal offence under applicable copyright laws to make unauthorised copies of copyright prot...

Page 3: ...cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to rad...

Page 4: ...PACKAGE CONTENTS 2 INSTALLATION 3 HOST INTERFACE CONNECTIONS 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 4 DRIVER INSTALLATION 6 FOR WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT 6 SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION 6 DVD REGION CODING 7 OPERATION CONNECTION...

Page 5: ...RWs at up to 32X speed With the bundled software you can enjoy the fun of creating customized audio and data CDs and the fascinating DVD entertainment of high resolution Here are some important featur...

Page 6: ...ium II Celeron 400MHz above with at least 64MB of memory Fast and sufficient hard disk space minimum 200MB for installation 1GB or more is recommended IDE host interface supporting ATAPI MMC command M...

Page 7: ...ted by having the Combo Drive on the same cable Jumper Setting On the rear panel of the Combo Drive you will find three pairs of jumpers CS CSEL SL Slave and MA Master Use the jumper cap to set the de...

Page 8: ...the back of your computer and then remove the cover from the computer 3 Insert the Combo Drive into one of the vacant 5 25 drive bays and secure it to your PC with all four mounting screws 4 Connect...

Page 9: ...Out and the sound card as Audio in with a 4 pin audio cable To M B Interface If your mainboard is integrated with built in sound system plug the 4 pin audio cable into the CD IN connector on the main...

Page 10: ...r home or car CD player For the CD RW media you can write and erase data on the CD as you do with a floppy disk DVD Playback Software The bundled DVD playback software has a newly enhanced MPEG 1 and...

Page 11: ...ind don t play a part in controlling the playback region It solely depends on the decoder RPC Phase 2 as RPC2 RPC2 drives maintain the region change count information in hardware and in general the re...

Page 12: ...ed into DVD ROM drives to record how many times a user has changed the region code Once the limit of 5 changes is reached the drive won t allow you to change the region code any more It means the code...

Page 13: ...disc Place the disc in the tray then press the Close Eject button or gently push the tray to close it 3 Emergency Eject Hole When the Eject Close button can t work properly and the disc tray can t be...

Page 14: ...llows you to connect the drive to your sound card with a 4 pin audio cable 3 Device Configuration Jumper Set the jumper to Master Slave or Cable Select according to your system configuration 4 IDE Int...

Page 15: ...at once Multi session Incremental Packet Writing fixed and variable packet size Writing speed CD R 8X 16X 24X 32X 40X 48X52X CD RW 4X 10X 12X 16X 24X 32X Mechanism physical spec Interface E IDE ATAPI...

Page 16: ...ata Capacity DVD ROM Single layer 4 7GB Double layer 8 5GB one side CD ROM 74min 650MB Mode 1 80min 700MB Mode 1 Disc Format Supported Write Read CD DA CD ROM CD ROM XA CD EXTRA Video CD Photo CD CD I...

Page 17: ...is drive click on the Add New Hardware in the Control Panel Windows will start detecting Q2 Do I need to install driver for this Combo Drive No because Windows 98 ME 2000 XP have IDE driver built in a...

Page 18: ...ns 1 Need to be ejected by the application Some of the burning or playing application will lock the drive You have to eject by the application and close it so as to restore the use of panel buttons 2...

Page 19: ...ep the source destination discs clean no scratches fingerprints or contaminants 8 Copy data as image file to hard drive to avoid buffer underrun 9 Keep the system clean Do not install redundant driver...

Page 20: ...3100552470 Version 1 0 June 2004...

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