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Getting Started

Creative Blaster CD-RW

Nero®-Burning ROM Software

Prassi™ abCD™ Software

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative 
Technology Ltd.  No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or 
mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.  
The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance 
with the terms of the license agreement.  It is against the law to copy the software on any other medium except as specifically 
allowed in the license agreement.  The licensee may make one copy of the software for backup purposes.

Copyright © 1999 Creative Technology Ltd.  All rights reserved.

Version 1.0 (CLI)

July 1999

Sound Blaster, Creative, and the Creative logo are registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/
or other countries.
Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the 
United States and/or other countries.

Nero is a registered trademark of Ahead Software GmbH and its licensors.  Prassi and abCD are trademarks of Prassi Software 
USA, Inc.

All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Summary of Contents for Blaster CDRW 6424

Page 1: ...Blaster CDRW 6424 User Guide On line Version ...

Page 2: ...license agreement It is against the law to copy the software on any other medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement The licensee may make one copy of the software for backup purposes Copyright 1999 Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Version 1 0 CLI July 1999 Sound Blaster Creative and the Creative logo are registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd in the United...

Page 3: ...sion number xii Disk Backup xii Document Conventions xiii 1 Installing Blaster CD RW What You Need 1 Installing the BlasterCD RW Drive 2 Installing the Blaster CD RW Software 4 Windows 95 98 4 2 Advanced Configurations Changing the Settings in Windows 95 98 7 Adding a CD ROM Drive 8 In Windows 95 98 8 3 Troubleshooting CD RW Drive 9 ...

Page 4: ...askbar Icon 12 Mounting CD 12 Ejecting a Disc 13 Formatting a Disc 13 Notes 14 5 Using Ahead Software Nero Burning Rom Installing Nero in Windows 95 98 15 To Uninstall Nero 15 Starting Nero 16 To check your CD RW drive 16 Creating Your First CD 17 To Create a Data CD ISO9660 17 To Create an Audio CD 18 To Duplicate a CD 19 Troubleshooting 21 More Support 24 ...

Page 5: ...mpiling Disassembling or Reverse Engineering You acknowledge that the Software contains trade secrets and other proprietary information of Creative and its licensors Except to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement or by the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located you may not decompile disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the Software or engage in any other activities to obta...

Page 6: ... Windows 95 98 1 Start Windows 95 98 2 Insert the disk into your floppy disk drive 3 Open the My Computer window by double clicking its icon 4 Double click the icon representing the drive containing your disk The README file appears in the folder 5 Double click the README file The Windows 95 Notepad appears and displays the contents of the README file To view the file in DOS 1 Start your computer ...

Page 7: ...ber will enable Technical Support to troubleshoot any problems involving your drive should you need to call our Technical Support staff To check the Firmware version number 1 Switch on the computer after you have installed the CD RW drive 2 Click Start Settings Control Panel 3 In the Control Panel window double click the System icon 4 In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager ta...

Page 8: ... example you must supply a value for xxx yy Italic in the text emphasizes or identifies a word or phrase that is being defined In this document it is also used to identify a button or menu item that you are to select for example Select the Play button on the main menu ALL CAPS A word in all capital letters identifies a key you are to press For example Select Yes and press ENTER The notepad icon in...

Page 9: ... however CD ROM access time and transfer rate may be reduced Data Cable Screws for the CD RW Drive CD Audio Cable Phillips Screwdriver not included CD RW Software CD Creative CD RW Drive Driver Installation Disc Installing your Blaster CD RW requires you to perform the following steps Install the CD RW drive Install the Creative CD RW software Refer to the colored insert for specific information a...

Page 10: ...RW drive 5 Connect the data cable to the rear of the Creative CD RW drive 6 Optional Connect the audio cable to the rear of the CD RW drive 1 2 3 4 5 6 Power Supply Connector Data Cable Connector CD Audio Connector Colored Stripe Pin 1 Before you remove the computer cover touch a grounded metal surface to discharge static electricity When connecting the data cable align the cable s colored stripe ...

Page 11: ... Optional Connect the CD audio cable from your CD RW drive to your audio card s CD_IN connector 12 Replace the computer cover 13 Reconnect the power cable monitor and other devices 8 7 9 10 Power Supply EIDE Connector Power Supply Cable Data Cable The power supply is generally located in a rear corner of your computer housed in a metal box with several cables protruding from it If you do not have ...

Page 12: ...ative CD RW software 1 Turn on the power to your computer 2 When Windows boots choose the button on the task bar The Start menu is displayed 3 Choose Run on the Start menu The Run dialog is displayed 4 Insert the Drivers Disk into the floppy drive 5 On the Run dialog enter A SETUP A is your floppy drive and choose OK The installation program prepares the InstallShield Wizard to guide you through t...

Page 13: ...e README TXT file appears Read this file before you proceed with the installation 7 Choose Next The Choose Destination Location dialog appears The default path is C Program Files Sbcd To change the destination directory choose Browse ...

Page 14: ...r Card if you have daisy chained the CD RW drive to the primary port on your motherboard Choose Onboard IDE Secondary Port if the CD RW drive is connected to an available secondary IDE port on your motherboard Choose Plug and Play Card if you attached the drive to a Plug and Play interface card Choose Non Plug and Play Card if the drive is connected to a non Plug and Play interface card 10 The Set...

Page 15: ...ype For example click on the plus sign next to Hard disk controllers or CD ROM controllers 6 Double click the hardware For example double click on IDE CD ROM Controller 7 Click the Resources or Settings tab 8 If your device does not have a Resources tab either you cannot change its resources or it is not using any resource settings 9 Disable the Use automatic settings option 10 Double click the re...

Page 16: ...de by configuring the jumper block at the back of the CD ROM drives the factory default for the Creative CD RW drive is for a master In Windows 95 98 After connecting the drive switch on your computer to allow Windows 95 to detect the CD ROM drive When prompted to select a driver for your new hardware insert the Drivers Disk into the appropriate drive select Driver from disk provided by hardware m...

Page 17: ...mixer or volume control Connect headphones to the stereo phone jack on the audio card If there is no sound from your headphones check to see if the audio cable is properly connected from the CD RW drive to the audio card PROBLEM Interface card or Creative CD RW drive is not ready Causes The problem may be caused by Power or data cable is not properly connected I O setting in CONFIG SYS file is not...

Page 18: ...anaging the taskbar icon the menu and the disc format process PtUDF vxd is the UDF Windows installable file system It manages all the requests from the Windows File System when an abCD disc has been mounted PtabCD vxd is the CD RW device driver that manages all the low level commands sent by both abCD exe while formatting for instance and by the UDF Windows installable file system that answers req...

Page 19: ...tup options listed 6 Restart your computer when the installation is complete Note Nero software will not operate if you do not have a Creative CD RW drive installed in your system To Uninstall Nero 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Select Nero Burning Rom and then click the Remove button Installing more than one recording software on your computer i...

Page 20: ...he Nero program To check your CD RW drive You should see the SCSI IDE identification string of your Creative CD RW drive for example CREATIVE CD RW6424 on the lower right corner of Nero s main window If the message No recorder selected is displayed you may have problems with your system configuration Refer to the Troubleshooting section at the end of this chapter ...

Page 21: ...ormats may be unreadable 4 Click the New button A blank compilation window for CD ROM appears 5 Drag the files in the File Browser to the compilation window You can open the File Browser using the menu command View New File Browser or clicking the File Browser icon 6 Click the Write CD icon in the toolbar The Write CD dialog box appears showing the Burn tabbed page 7 In the Write CD dialog box che...

Page 22: ...of the following You used your recorder s drive letter instead of your CD ROM s drive letter Nero does not recognize this CD ROM drive model yet and needs to auto detect it first The CD ROM drive is unable to read digital audio at all 7 If you wish to extract audio files from another CD source insert the next CD now and follow Step 6 Otherwise proceed to the next step 8 Once you have compiled all ...

Page 23: ...D icon in the toolbar The Write CD dialog box appears showing the Burn tabbed page 7 In the Write CD dialog box check and change the options if necessary 8 Click the Write button to confirm and start the burning process When completed the CD will be ejected 9 You can check the contents of your new CD by re inserting the CD and clicking the CD Info icon To Duplicate a CD There are two methods to du...

Page 24: ...an check the contents of your new CD by re inserting the CD and clicking the CD Info icon Checking the Capacity of Your Original CD 1 Insert the original CD into the CD recorder 2 Use the menu command CD Recorder CD Info The CD Info dialog box similar to appears The most important information is the Total Capacity value The format displayed is M S F Minutes Seconds Frames One frame equals 1 75 sec...

Page 25: ...ked up at all because they have a special copy protection It is possible for Nero to backup these CDs without displaying errors but the copies will not run Important Unless you own the copyright or have permission to copy from the copyright owner you may be violating national or international copyright laws and may be subjected to payment of damages and other remedies if you make copies of the CDs...

Page 26: ...have an outdated Nero version and need an update for new CD recorder models Check our website http www ahead de for updates If the update does not solve the problem write us an e mail to support ahead de Tell us the exact model of the CD recorder and the exact version of Nero for example 4 0 0 6 you are using you are using the latest WinAspi drivers for Windows 95 98 Start Windows Explorer right c...

Page 27: ... box 4 Click the Continue button and insert the installation CD 5 Wait until all the tests are done Nero will store the parameters You should now be able to use your CD ROM drive with Nero My Audio CD player will not accept CDRWs Cause This is probably a hardware problem of your audio CD player There are very few audio CD players that accept CDRWs Solution Use CDRs to create audio CDs instead Nero...

Page 28: ... bit counter will cause an overflow in 2037 Since Nero uses the MFC it will also work only until 2037 More Support Nero provides context sensitive help on the interface itself For additional information concerning an item on one of Nero screens click the button in the toolbar and then click the item A corresponding information window appears You can also get more help and information from the manu...

Page 29: ...RW drives the icon appears as blocked and the tip the string that appears when you stop the mouse on a taskbar icon displays as shown When a compatible drive is found the icon is normal and the tip specifies which drive or drives is managed Mounting CD Prassi abCD remains in the idle status if there is no disc in the drive or if the disc is not compatible for example it is a standard CD ROM a CD R...

Page 30: ...alog can be selected by the Taskbar Icon menu or it is opened automatically when a new blank disc is inserted if the abCD specific option is set A new disc an erased disc or a disc containing data or audio must be completely formatted The process takes about 35 minutes but is not CPU intensive A progress dialog is maintained in a screen corner You can quickly format a disc for abCD only if it is a...

Page 31: ...format is refused by the user because for instance he inserted a blank RW disc just to make a CD copy abCD recognizes this and it will not try to mount until the disc is ejected and inserted again Volume Label This default date time volume label is in the standard format 981011 1847 as it is common to some mastering software applications Note that in the case of abCD a dash is used instead of an u...

Page 32: ...t space is insufficient Solution Add the following statement to the CONFIG SYS file SHELL C COMMAND COM E 512 P The E switch sets a new size for the system environment space If the message reappears after changing the size to 512 reset it to 1024 See your DOS manual for information about the Shell command ...

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